International

14-04-2024 BEIRUT: Hezbollah said it has fired “dozens of rockets” at Israeli artillery positions in response to the Israeli military’s strikes in southern Lebanon, in one of its largest assaults since the start of the war on Gaza. The Iran-aligned armed Lebanese group confirmed in a statement late on Friday …

14-04-2024 KHARTOUM: The woman with sad eyes and a quiet voice is just one of the millions of people living in camps for those forced to flee their homes in Sudan, where a civil war broke out a year ago between the army and an armed paramilitary group. The country …

14-04-2024 WASHINGTON: Vice-President Kamala Harris lambasted Donald Trump over abortion restrictions as she held a campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona on Friday. The state was pushed to the front of the US abortion battle this week after the state’s Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law banning almost all abortions. “Donald …

14-04-2024 CANBERRA: Australia’s foreign minister has suggested the country could recognize Palestinian statehood, to increase momentum towards peace. However, Hamas could have no role in its governance, Penny Wong said. Both Australia’s opposition and the Zionist Federation of Australia say such a move would be premature. Canberra has long said …

14-04-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel “sooner than later”, as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike that killed top commanders early this month. Israel has not admitted attacking an Iranian consulate in Syria but is widely believed to have been …

14-04-2024 BERLIN: The German parliament has passed a law making it easier for citizens and residents to legally change gender. It’s also introducing hefty fines in specific circumstances for disclosing someone’s prior registered name or gender without consent. Previously, changing your registered gender required a doctor’s certificate and the approval …

13-04-2024 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: Iranian armed forces have seized a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions across the region after a deadly Israeli attack on Iran’s consulate in Syria. The ship was commandeered by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite force that lost seven members, …

13-04-2024 Bureau Report SYDNEY: An attacker who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by police in Sydney’s beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, police said, as hundreds fled the scene. The assailant was shot by a police officer after he attacked shoppers in the busy …

13-04-2024 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran has signaled to Washington that it will respond to Israel’s attack on its Syrian embassy in a way that aims to avoid major escalation and it will not act hastily, as Tehran presses demands including a Gaza truce, Iranian sources said. Iran’s message to Washington was …

13-04-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has been urged to ban imports of Chinese-made electric cars to the US. The chair of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Sherrod Brown, wrote “Chinese electric vehicles are an existential threat to the American auto industry”. His comments are the strongest yet by any US …