26-05-2023 DHAKA: Bangladesh will take steps to tackle and prevent unlawful practices or interference in its elections, authorities said, a day after the United States threatened curbs on citizens of the South Asian nation who undermine them. Concern flared after accusations of vote rigging and targeting of the political opposition …

26-05-2023 CONAKRY: With the acrid smell of burning tyres hanging in the air, Conakry resident Mariame Diallo pointed to blood splatters on a wall where she said her teenage brother was shot at close range during a protest in the capital against Guinea’s military government on May 11. “I will …

26-05-2023 SYDNEY: When conwoman Melissa Caddick vanished from her luxurious eastern Sydney home in November 2020 with only her partially decomposed foot found washed up on a beach months later it set off a frenzy in Australia. The case blindsided investors, baffled police, and captured the imagination of a nation. …

26-05-2023 KIGALI/ PRETORIA: One of four remaining fugitives from the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been captured, UN prosecutors say. Fulgence Kayishema was arrested in Paarl, South Africa, on Wednesday, the UN court which has been trying the genocide suspects announced. Kayishema was charged in 2001 over an incident during which …

26-05-2023 TOKYO: Japan scrambled fighter jets after spotting Russian “intelligence-gathering” aircraft off its coasts along the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan on Thursday, the country’s defence ministry has said. One Russian aircraft travelled from Japan’s north down along part of its west coast, while the other took a similar …

26-05-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: More than 100 firefighters from Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) were sent to tackle a major blaze in the Surry Hills area of Sydney, Australia. Some of the walls of a multi-story building collapsed, with FRNSW stating that there were concerns the fire could …

26-05-2023 BERLIN: Persistent inflation has helped push Germany into recession in the first three months of the year, an upgrade to growth data shows. Europe’s largest economy was also badly affected when Russian gas supplies dried up after the invasion of Ukraine, analysts said. The economy contracted by 0.3% between …

26-05-2023 RIYADH/ OTTAWA: Saudi Arabia and Canada have announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations, following a five-year dispute over human rights that saw Riyadh expel Ottawa’s ambassador. An official statement issued by the Canadian government on Wednesday said the development came following discussions between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau …

26-05-2023 TOKYO: Three people have been killed including two police officers and one wounded in a shooting and stabbing attack in rural Japan with the camouflage-clad perpetrator barricading himself inside a building, news reports said. Officers rushed to the scene on Thursday after a pedestrian reported a commotion in Nakano …

26-05-2023 DAMASCUS: On a cold winter night, Syrian Ibrahim Othman went out to pray and came home cradling a baby girl, abandoned at the doorstep of the village mosque just hours after she was born. “I took her home and told my wife, ‘I brought you a gift,’” said the …