International

11-11-2020 JEDDAH/ RIYADH: Several people were wounded on Wednesday when an explosive device hit a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. France’s foreign ministry said several countries had representatives at the commemoration attended by European diplomats. “The annual …

11-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australian police say they have rescued 46 children and arrested 14 men after an investigation into an international child abuse network. The victims were allegedly subjected to crimes including sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation. The investigation also led …

11-11-2020 Bureau Report AHMEDABAD/ NEW DELHI: Six-year-old Arham Om Talsania has earned a Guinness world record by becoming the youngest computer programmer, Indian media reported on Tuesday. Arham, who hails from Ahmedabad, is a student of class 2. The six-year-old boy has passed the Python Programming Language exam to become …

11-11-2020 MANAMA/ DUBAI: Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers who led his island nation’s government for decades and survived the 2011 Arab Spring protests that demanded his ouster over corruption allegations, died on Wednesday. He was 84. Bahrain’s state-run news agency announced …

11-11-2020 Bureau Report + BBC CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been criticized for interrupting a senior minister who was responding to a question about what it’s like to be a woman in parliament. Anne Ruston, minister for families and social services, was asked if the culture for …

10-11-2020 CAIRO: The Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Mosque has vowed to take legal action against all those who insult Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He asserted the same during a meeting with the French foreign minister on Sunday, Arab News reported. Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, the senior-most cleric at Al-Azhar and Egypt’s highest …

10-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The high court in Mumbai has refused to grant bail to top Indian TV news anchor Arnab Goswami, who is under arrest in an abetment to suicide case. The 47-year-old founder of Republic TV was detained last week and …

10-11-2020 WASHINGTON: Melania Trump is “counting every minute” to divorce her husband, American president Donald Trump, following his defeat in the US Election 2020, according to a report in Daily Mail, which cited a former aide to the First Lady. “Fellow ex-aide Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed the couple’s 15-year marriage …

09-11-2020 NEW YORK: The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows. The developers – Pfizer and BioNTech – described it as a “great day for science and humanity”. Their vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries …

09-11-2020 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: As the United States reportedly plans a flurry of fresh sanctions on Iran before Donald Trump’s presidency comes to an end; Tehran has told its rivals in the Middle East not to count heavily on Washington to help them in the future. “Trump’s gone in 70 days …