11-07-2023 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has ruled out the possibility of an imminent agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia for the normalization of ties between the two countries. In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Biden said Tel Aviv and Riyadh “are a long way from a normalization agreement” …

11-07-2023 LONDON: Cable News Network (CNN), a US-based broadcaster, is being sued by its former reporter for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal after she was severely injured while on assignment in Israel. The reporter, British-Pakistani Saima Mohsin, was left disabled following an accident when she was reporting from Jerusalem on …

11-07-2023 MADRID: Walking Borders, a migrant aid group, reported that approximately 300 individuals in route from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands on three migrant boats went missing on Sunday. Helena Maleno of Walking Borders told Reuters that two boats with one carrying at least 65 people and another between 50 …

11-07-2023 BEIJING: A stabbing rampage in a kindergarten in the Chinese province of Guangdong left at least six people dead and one injured, authorities said Monday, sparking fears about the safety of children’s schools. The 25-year-old suspect with surname Wi was arrested and authorities have started an investigation into the …

11-07-2023 BEIJING: A stabbing rampage in a kindergarten in the Chinese province of Guangdong left at least six people dead and one injured, authorities said Monday, sparking fears about the safety of children’s schools. The 25-year-old suspect with surname Wi was arrested and authorities have started an investigation into the …

11-07-2023 NEW YORK: Flash flood warnings were issued for New York City overnight, with officials asking residents of basement apartments to move to a higher floor and for all New Yorkers to stay off roads. Heavy rainfall, the city said in a statement, could be dangerous for low-lying areas and …

10-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: On a cold January night in 1876, two weary travelers knocked at Mohammed Khan’s house in Delhi’s Sabzi Mandi, a thriving labyrinth of narrow alleys in India’s capital – and asked if they could stay the night. Khan graciously decided to let the …

10-07-2023 DAMASCUS/ LONDON: The Syrian government has cancelled the BBC’s media accreditation over what it called “biased and misleading reports”. Syria’s information ministry said the broadcaster failed to adhere to “professional standards”. A recent BBC story linked the trade of an amphetamine called Captagon with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s family. …

10-07-2023 PARIS: France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks during the July 14 national holiday weekend, following protests sparked by the killing of a teenager by the police. Fireworks were used in some protests that erupted in France after a police officer shot dead 17-year-old Nahel M …

10-07-2023 MEXICO CITY: The body of a Mexican journalist missing for days has been found in the state of Nayarit, according to the state public prosecutor’s office. Luis Martín Sanchez Iniguez worked for the newspaper La Jornada. He had been missing since Wednesday and his wife filed a missing person’s …