International

05-11-2024 PAIPORTA: A crowd of enraged survivors hurled clots of mud left by storm-spawned flooding at the Spanish royal couple on Sunday during their first visit to the epicenter of their nation’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory. Spain’s national broadcaster reported that the barrage included a few rocks and …

05-11-2024 Bureau Report LAHORE: Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore will close primary schools for a week after it saw “unprecedented” pollution levels, government authorities have said. For days, the city of 14 million people has been enveloped by smog, a mix of fog and pollutants caused by low-grade diesel fumes, …

05-11-2024 DEARBORN, MICHIGAN: For more than a year, Layla Elabed says she and other Arab Americans have been at a “collective funeral”. “We’re grieving. We’re frustrated. We’re angry. We’re heartbroken. We feel betrayed,” Elabed said, finally taking a breath as she reflected on Israel’s raging wars on Gaza and Lebanon …

04-11-2024 MADRID: A delegation led by Spain’s king and prime minister was heckled as it visited the Valencia region hit by deadly floods, with some screaming “assassins” and others throwing mud, according to journalists at the scene. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited the town of Paiporta, one of …

04-11-2024 LONDON: Home to just 4,500 people and set in a scenic, rural valley, this quaint market town has blossomed into a bastion of tolerance. “None of the bars here are gay bars,” said Liz Paton but “at the same time, they all are.” Paton is the charismatic owner of …

04-11-2024 DETROIT: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris campaigns in Michigan on Sunday while her Republican rival Donald Trump will stop in three eastern battleground states in the final days of an election that could be decided by a small slice of American voters. Opinion polls show a historically close race, …

04-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Firecrackers are central to Diwali celebrations for millions of Indian Hindus and this year was no different even as some cities, including New Delhi, banned their use to curb some of the worst pollution levels in the world. Diwali honors the victorious return of Lord …

04-11-2024 JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said a senior Hezbollah operative was captured in a naval raid in the northern Lebanese town of Batroun on Friday. An official said Special Forces had apprehended the individual and taken them back to Israeli territory, in what was described as a “special operation”. Lebanon’s …

04-11-2024 LA PAZ: At least 200 soldiers are being held hostage by armed supporters of Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales, the foreign ministry has said. Bolivia’s military reported that the armed group had taken control of a military facility near the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. In an update Bolivia’s foreign …

04-11-2024 CHISINAU: Moldovans are casting ballots in a tense presidential run-off as pro-Western incumbent, Maia Sandu, hopes to win a second term amid allegations of Russian meddling. Polls opened on Sunday at 7am local time (05:00 GMT) and will close at 9pm (19:00 GMT). More than three million people are …