International

02-12-2023 DUBAI: In a surprise that has lit up COP28, delegates have agreed to launch a long-awaited fund to pay for damage from climate-driven storms and drought. Such deals are normally sealed last minute after days of negotiations. COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber shook up the meeting by bringing the decision …

01-12-2023 GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes resumed pounding Gaza, Palestinian civilians fled for shelter and rocket sirens blared in southern Israel on Friday as war resumed after a week-old truce ran out with no deal to extend it. As the deadline lapsed, journalists in Khan Younis in southern Gaza saw eastern …

01-12-2023 Thirty Palestinian prisoners freed from Israeli jails in seventh exchange of Israel-Hamas truce after more Israeli captives released in Gaza. International mediators, including Qatar, Egypt and the US, are pushing for another extension of the pause in fighting. Top US diplomat Blinken says Israel plans to resume Gaza offensive, …

01-12-2023 NEW YORK: Former President Donald Trump finds himself once again under a gag order as New York Judge Arthur Engoron reinstates the communication restraint during the ongoing civil fraud trial. The temporary lifting of the gag order by Associate Justice David Friedman earlier this month has been overridden, emphasizing …

01-12-2023 JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s military operations in southern Gaza must not repeat the massive loss of civilian life and displacement seen during its offensive in the north. At a news conference in Tel Aviv following a …

01-12-2023 CANBERRA: Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from January, in an effort to curb nicotine addiction in children. New laws to stop single-use vapes from being made, advertised, and supplied in the country will also be introduced. It comes amid a broader push to phase out recreational vaping …

01-12-2023 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) founder and Khalistan Referendum spokesman Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has said the assassination plot charges against Nikhil Gupta and other Indian state officials by the US authorities are in fact charges against Narendra Modi. The Sikh leader said it is reassuring that the US …

01-12-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: In the cramped conditions of a makeshift tent near the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis, Nariman cradles her baby daughter. The 23-day-old girl is younger than the war itself and Nariman’s whole family is sick. “I don’t have enough money to buy my daughter …

01-12-2023 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: US law enforcement authorities have announced filing a “murder-for-hire” charge against Indian national Nikhil Gupta in what they said was a “foiled plot to assassinate” pro-Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York City allegedly supervised by an Indian government official. Sources said Indian national Gupta is …

01-12-2023 WASHINGTON: The Washington Post has joined the growing list of companies suspending advertising on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X platform amid a series of anti-Semitism controversies related to Musk’s online posts. The decision comes after Musk shared a meme endorsing the debunked “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, a move that has intensified the …