13-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DOHA: India has filed an appeal with Qatar over death sentences handed to eight former Indian naval officers on unspecified charges. Reports say the men, who worked with a private company in Qatar, were arrested last year on suspicion of spying. Neither Qatar …

13-11-2023 LISBON/ VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has fired the Texan bishop Joseph Strickland, a fierce critic who has questioned the Pope’s leadership of the Catholic Church. The Vatican said the bishop would be “relieved” of his duties as a result of investigations at his Diocese of Tyler. Bishop Strickland is …

13-11-2023 PARIS: Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told media. In an exclusive interview at the Elysee Palace, he said there was “no justification” for the bombing, saying a ceasefire would benefit Israel. While recognizing Israel’s right to protect itself, “we do …

13-11-2023 NEW YORK: This week marked the end of the most dramatic phase of Donald Trump’s New York business fraud trial, which saw high-profile members of his family make the journey to Lower Manhattan one by one to answer probing questions from prosecutors. On Monday Trump’s defence team will begin …

13-11-2023 PARIS: Something unprecedented is happening this weekend in Paris, brought about by the war between Israel and Hamas and its spill-over in Europe. For the first time ever, a major demonstration attended by representatives of the major political parties will include the far right but not the far left. …

13-11-2023 GAZA CITY: Staff inside Gaza’s largest hospital have said patients and refugees are trapped in horrific conditions as heavy fighting rages in nearby streets. A surgeon at Al-Shifa in Gaza City told the BBC that the hospital had run out of water, food and electricity. Israel said it had …

12-11-2023 LONDON: Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in central London chanting “Stop bombing Gaza” and “Ceasefire now” in the largest Palestine solidarity demonstration held in the country so far. Police estimate that about 300,000 demonstrators joined the march on Saturday, which fell on the same day as the …

12-11-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which is one of the most important festivals in the country. People pray, enjoy festive meals and light fireworks; sweets are distributed among neighbors and friends and a feeling of joy permeates the air. …

12-11-2023 BAGHDAD: United States troops in Iraq have been targeted in new attacks using drones and explosives, military and security sources reported. Three attacks took place on Thursday, the sources told media. The incidents add to the more than 40 assaults that US and allied troops based across the Middle …

12-11-2023 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: An unusual statement by Israeli spy agency Mossad saying that it had helped foil a Hezbollah attack in Brazil is the latest incident to strain relations between Israel and Latin America’s largest nation against the backdrop of the Gaza war. On Wednesday, Brazil arrested two …