14-03-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ DAMASCUS/ BAB AL-HAWA: The United Nations, the Syrian government and other actors are responsible for delays in getting emergency aid to Syrians after the devastating earthquakes last month, an UN-appointed commission of inquiry says. The allegations, shared on Monday, add to a growing chorus of criticism of …

14-03-2023 LONDON/ WASHINGTON: Governments in the United Kingdom and the United States have taken extraordinary steps to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), even as another major bank was shut down. The UK Treasury and the Bank of England announced early on …

14-03-2023 ROME: About 30 migrants were missing and presumed drowned after the overcrowded boat they were on capsized during a rescue attempt by a cargo ship off Libya, Italy’s coastguard said. Seventeen migrants were saved and a search was underway for the missing after the early-morning attempted rescue in Libya’s …

14-03-2023 SEOUL: South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years on Monday, after nuclear-armed Pyongyang warned such drills could be seen as a “declaration of war”. Washington and Seoul have ramped up defence cooperation in the face of growing threats from the …

14-03-2023 PARIS: Organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics say they plan to make the Games the world’s first ‘climate positive’ sporting event, a boast experts claim is ‘misleading’. “We want to show that we can do these Games with half the emissions,” Georgina Grenon, Paris 2024’s director of environmental excellence, …

14-03-2023 RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister (FM) Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that the Saudi government is preparing for the resumption of bilateral relations with Iran in a couple of months and expressed hope to exchange visits with Iran. In a Chinese-mediated deal, Saudi Arabia and Iran have decided to resume …

13-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A Japanese tourist left India after she was harassed and manhandled by a group of boys during the celebrations of the religious festival Holi, NDTV reported. After the video of the incident went viral on social media, the police said that they took three people …

13-03-2023 MOSCOW/ BAKHMUT: The chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner has said that his forces are close to the centre of the front-line city of Bakhmut. In a video posted on messaging app Telegram on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin is seen standing on the rooftop of a high-rise building in what …

13-03-2023 OCCUPIED WEST BANK: The Israeli military says its forces shot and killed three Palestinian men who opened fire on soldiers in the occupied West Bank, the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the men were killed on Sunday …

13-03-2023 TEHRAN: The Iranian Foreign Ministry hailed the agreement on the resumption of ties with Saudi Arabia as a testimony to Tehran’s balanced foreign policy, dynamic diplomacy, smart interaction and materialization of the good neighborliness policy. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday night in relation to the rapprochement …