09-11-2023 LONDON: Shadow minister Imran Hussain has quit Labour’s frontbench in protest at Sir Keir Starmer’s position on the Israel-Hamas war. Hussain’s decision will be a blow for the Labour leader, who has been attempting to hold his party together in an increasingly fractious debate over whether the leadership should …

09-11-2023 COLUMBUS, OHIO: Columbus area residents Beth and Kyle Long held hands as they walked into the Franklin County early voting centre to cast their ballots for a proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion and other reproductive rights into the state’s constitution. Beth, now 18 weeks pregnant after in …

09-11-2023 GAZA CITY: Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli forces targeted the International Red Cross humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza City. Doctors Without Borders staff member killed in Gaza, MSF calls for action to “stop bloodshed”. Israel killing Palestinian children at unprecedented rate, according to rights group, Defense for Children International-Palestine. …

08-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian actress Rashmika Mandanna has called a deepfake video of herself, which has gone viral on social media, “extremely scary”. Ms Mandanna’s face was morphed onto an Instagram video posted by a British-Indian woman named Zara Patel. India’s information technology minister has called …

08-11-2023 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: A senior Hamas leader has refused to acknowledge that his group killed civilians in Israel, claiming only conscripts were targeted. Moussa Abu Marzouk told the BBC that “women, children and civilians were exempt” from Hamas’s attacks. His claims are in stark contrast to the wealth of …

08-11-2023 NAYPYIDAW/ MOSCOW: Myanmar coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has met Russia’s Navy Chief as the two countries prepared to hold their first ever joint maritime exercises off Myanmar’s Andaman coast. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar, in a front-page report, showed Min Aung Hlaing saluting an …

08-11-2023 MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that a remark by an Israeli junior minister who appeared to express openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza had raised a huge number of questions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday suspended Heritage Minister Amihay …

08-11-2023 NEW YORK: Hundreds of protesters, many from the group Jewish Voice for Peace, staged a sit-in on Monday outside New York’s Statue of Liberty, calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Video on social media, including footage posted by the group itself, showed throngs …

08-11-2023 RIYADH: AlUla’s rise as a tourist destination has been boosted with national flag carrier Saudia increasing its connectivity to the ancient city from Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam to eight flights a week. According to a statement, the agreement between the Royal Commission for AlUla and the airline was formalized …

08-11-2023 WASHINGTON: Under dark skies and steady rain, hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied at the Port of Tacoma, in Washington State, to block a military supply vessel they believe will carry weapons from the United States to Israel. There, they fear any weaponry on board will be used in Israel’s …