International

29-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A Hindu group has filed a complaint with police against Twitter’s country head for showing regions outside a map of India on its website, kickstarting an investigation in a fresh headache for the United States-based social media firm. A map on Twitter’s careers page showed …

29-06-2021 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: Violence erupted after the demolition of a Palestinian business by Israeli forces began in the al-Bustan area of the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Tuesday. Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers entered the Palestinian neighborhood and destroyed a butcher’s shop in Silwan. Soldiers used tear …

28-06-2021 PYONGYANG/ SEOUL: Everyone in North Korea is heartbroken over leader Kim Jong Un’s apparent weight loss, said an unidentified resident of Pyongyang quoted on the country’s tightly controlled state media, after watching recent video footage of Kim. The rare public comment on Kim’s health come after foreign analysts noted …

28-06-2021 BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON: Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi has condemned th overnight air attack on Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq and Syria which a monitor said killed at least seven fighters. In a statement on Sunday, the US military said it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria …

28-06-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON: Britain’s financial regulator has said Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto-currency exchanges, cannot conduct any regulated activity and issued a warning to consumers about the platform, which is coming under growing scrutiny globally. In a notice dated June 25, the Financial Conduct Authority …

28-06-2021 PARIS: France’s far-right National Rally (RN) have failed to win their first ever region, as results from the second round of regional elections come in. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur was a target for Marine Le Pen’s party. But exit polls suggest their hotly-tipped candidate lost to the centre-right Republicans. The election …

28-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ JAMMU-KASHMIR: Two blasts took place at an Indian Air Force base in Jammu airport during the early hours of Sunday, according to various Indian media reports. The blasts, as per Indian media, were caused by drones while another IED explosive, meant for use in …

28-06-2021 COLOMBIA: Nine people, including four police officers, have died in three separate attacks across Colombia, which has seen a recent surge in violence and instability in several parts of the country. Three off-duty police officers died in an attack by armed men in the northeastern town of Pailitias, a …

28-06-2021 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS/ BAGHDAD: The United States said on Sunday it carried out a round of air raids against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq and Syria, in response to drone attacks against US personnel and facilities in Iraq. In a statement, the US military said it targeted operational and …

27-06-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SASKATOON (CANADA): Saskatoon’s Muhammad Kashif says he was taking his routine walk when a vehicle allegedly drove up and then someone stabbed him in the back multiple times. The Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said the “serious assault” was reported in the 2900 block of Preston …