22-09-2023 BAKU: As Azerbaijan launched its military operations against terrorist factions in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region Tuesday, a separatist official from the mountainous region claimed that at least 200 people were dead with another over 400 injured, with no apparent end in sight to the decades-long conflict. The Karabakh region’s …

22-09-2023 LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK: In much of what we see, hear, and read, the climate crisis has become inescapable. On Netflix, ‘Don’t Look Up’ spent weeks as the most-streamed movie ever. Pop star Billie Eilish sings about hills burning in California. At the bookstore, climate fiction has become a …

22-09-2023 RIYADH: WASHINGTON: In a major development, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) said the kingdom was moving closer to normalizing ties with Israel at a steady pace and warned of getting a nuclear weapon if Iran gets one. In an interview with Fox News, the Saudi crown …

21-09-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India has warned its citizens against visiting parts of Canada, the latest salvo in a diplomatic row over Ottawa’s allegations that New Delhi was involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader this year. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has demanded India …

21-09-2023 GAZA/ WEST BANK: Israeli forces have killed at least five Palestinians during two raids in the occupied West Bank, and another Palestinian in a separate incident in the blockaded Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours in the latest spike of violence on the occupied territories. On Tuesday, Israeli …

21-09-2023 TOKYO: Japan has told Beijing to remove a buoy that it found floating in the sea near the disputed Senkaku islands, known in China as the Diaoyu islands. Tokyo says the buoy was found within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The uninhabited chain of islands and rocks, which lie …

21-09-2023 LONDON: When was the last time you felt confident enough to dance on your daily commute, with a camera capturing your every move? It’s a scenario most of us wouldn’t dare to entertain but, there’s Sabrina Bahsoon, affectionately known as “Tube Girl” by her ever-growing legion of fans on …

21-09-2023 OTTAWA/ WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: Canada worked “very closely” with the United States on intelligence that Indian agents had been potentially involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia earlier this year, a senior Canadian government source said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday …

21-09-2023 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH: US and Saudi officials are discussing the details of a mutual defence pact, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing American officials, amid a push by Washington to get the Saudi kingdom and Israel to normalise relations. The agreement would see the US and Saudi Arabia …

20-09-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India said on Tuesday it had expelled a Canadian diplomat with five days’ notice to leave the country, just hours after Ottawa expelled the South Asian nation’s top intelligence agent and accused him of a role in the murder of a Sikh separatist …