International

27-01-2024 GENEVA/ UNITED NATIONS: Climate change, and not El Nino, was the primary driver of the unprecedented drought last year in the Amazon rainforest that caused rivers to dry up, required deliveries of essential supplies to river communities and resulted in the deaths of endangered dolphins, scientists have said. A …

27-01-2024 MOSCOW: A court in Moscow has extended the pretrial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until the end of March, meaning the journalist will spend at least a year behind bars in Russia. United States Consul General Stuart Wilson attended Friday’s hearing at …

27-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India celebrated its 75th Republic Day on January 26 with a grand display of its women power, rich cultural heritage and military might comprising missiles, warplanes, surveillance gadgets and lethal weapon systems with French President Emmanuel Macron gracing the occasion as the chief …

27-01-2024 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The US government privately warned long-time antagonist Iran about a “terrorist threat” within its borders ahead of a deadly attack this month that was claimed by the Islamic State militant group, a US official said on Thursday. While the official said the warning about the Jan. 3 …

27-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Driving through the Mira Road neighborhood of Mumbai was a usual affair for 21-year-old Mohammad Tariq, who ran errands on his father’s white loading auto carrier but on Tuesday, participants in a Hindu nationalist rally stopped the vehicle in the middle of …

27-01-2024 BAMAKO: Mali’s military rulers have announced the cancellation of a 2015 peace deal with separatist rebels after months of fighting in the West African nation. Military authorities said late on Thursday that the so-called Algiers Accord had ended with “immediate effect” due to other signatories not keeping their commitments …

27-01-2024 BEIJING/ TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said. The discussions about the attacks and …

27-01-2024 THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice issues a series of provisional measures against Israel on the basis that the rights of the Palestinians not to be subject to genocide must be protected before the court can make a final ruling on the merits of the case. The court …

26-01-2024 KYIV: Ukraine expects to start construction work on four new nuclear power reactors this summer or autumn, Energy Minister German Galushchenko told Reuters on Thursday, as the country seeks to compensate for lost energy capacity due to the war with Russia. Two of the units which include reactors and …

26-01-2024 KUALA LUMPUR: Hindus in Malaysia have marked the festival of Thaipusam, one of the most important in their religious calendar, displaying their devotion in a mass procession with some piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers. Authorities said they were expecting as many as two million people devotees and …