International

13-06-2024 KUWAIT CITY: At least 49 people have been killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, the country’s Interior Ministry says. Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of the building and thick black smoke billowing from the upper …

13-06-2024 UNITED NATIONS: Israel and Hamas have been accused of committing a litany of war crimes and human rights abuses since 7 October in a new independent report to the UN Human Rights Council. The damning accusations, compiled by investigators from the UN’s Commission of Inquiry, accused both sides of …

12-06-2024 WASHINGTON: Jurors in the Hunter Biden gun case have begun deliberating, and must now decide the fate of the US president’s son. The 54-year-old is accused of lying about his drug use on a federal form while buying a weapon in 2018, and of illegally possessing a firearm while …

12-06-2024 NEW YORK: The world’s first AI beauty pageant, Miss AI, is set to redefine our understanding of beauty and technology. Organized by Fanvue, a platform for AI-generated creators, the contest celebrates the creativity and technical skill behind digital influencer personas worldwide. Most interestingly, the panel of judges will also …

12-06-2024 BEIJING: Four US college instructors teaching in China have been stabbed while visiting a public park, US officials have said. The tutors from Cornell College in Iowa were at the park in Jilin province, north-eastern China with a faculty member from Beihua University on Monday when the attack occurred, …

12-06-2024 GENEVA: The UN human rights office said on Tuesday the killings of civilians in Gaza during the Israeli operation to free four hostages, as well as Palestinian armed groups’ holding of captives in densely populated areas, could amount to war crimes. Israel said the operation, accompanied by an air …

12-06-2024 THE HEGUE: The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Chief prosecutor has appealed to witnesses to send evidence to aid an urgent investigation opened by his office into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region. Sudan has been mired in war since April last year when …

12-06-2024 LILONGWE: Rescue teams in Malawi have found the wreckage of a plane that was carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima but reported that there were no survivors. The remains of the military plane were located on Tuesday in a mountainous area in the north of the country, a day after …

12-06-2024 TEL AVIV/ CAIRO: Hamas accepts a UN resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said on Tuesday in what the US Secretary of State called “a hopeful sign”. Conversations on …

11-06-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan. The proposal sets out conditions for a “full and complete ceasefire”, the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages’ remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Fourteen of the …