15-09-2024 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia started producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpiya-A1 last year using Chinese engines and parts, which it has deployed in the war in Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents seen by Reuters. The intelligence which included a production …

15-09-2024 KINSHASA: A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sentenced to death 37 people, including three United States citizens, on charges of taking part in a failed coup in May. “The court pronounces the harshest sentence: the death penalty for criminal association, the death penalty …

15-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s highest court has granted bail to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case, paving the way for his release almost six months after he was arrested. Kejriwal, a key leader in an alliance against Prime Minister Narendra …

15-09-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has denounced election-season attacks on the Haitian American community in the United States, calling out Republican leaders for fear-mongering. Speaking on Friday at a White House brunch billed as a “celebration of Black excellence”, Biden warned that Haitian Americans were a “community that’s under attack …

15-09-2024 VIENNA: Sandbags are being prepared in Austria, reservoirs have been emptied in the Czech Republic and flash floods are expected in Poland, as forecasters warn of days of “potentially catastrophic” rainfall. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said there is “no reason to panic”, after attending a flood risk …

15-09-2024 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has called both major US presidential candidates “against life” and advised Catholic voters to choose the “lesser evil” when casting their ballots in the November election. The pontiff said not welcoming migrants seemingly referring to Trump is a “grave” sin, and compared Kamala Harris’s stance …

15-09-2024 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced new sanctions against the Russian media channel RT, accusing it of being a “de facto arm of Russia’s intelligence apparatus”. The top US diplomat told reporters on Friday that RT is part of a network of Russian-backed media outlets which …

14-09-2024 PYINGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korea for the first time showed images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility and called for more weapons-grade material to boost the arsenal. The state media report on Kim’s visit …

14-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among Small Island developing states, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced on Thursday. The move comes as the US seeks to repair ties with …

14-09-2024 NEW DELHI/ GUWAHATI/ DHAKA: More than 100 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar including women and children have been on hunger strike since Monday to protest at their indefinite detention at a camp in northeastern India, authorities told media. More than one million Rohingya refugees fled to countries including Bangladesh and …