International

29-10-2023 MADRID: An independent commission in Spain has estimated that over 200,000 minors have been sexually abused by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, with over 0.6% of Spain’s adult population (around 39 million people) reporting suffering sexual abuse by clergy during their childhood. When lay members’ abuse is included, …

28-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies QUEENSLAND/ SYDNEY: Australia’s most serious bushfire season since its so-called “Black Summer” has turned fatal. As more than 100 fires burned across the country on Thursday, Queensland officials said two people have died in major blazes near the town of Tara. Two people also died …

28-10-2023 BRUSSELS: EU leaders have called for “corridors and pauses” as a means to get badly needed humanitarian aid into Gaza. After more than five hours of talks at a summit in Brussels, a joint statement urged safe and unhindered access. It follows days of disagreement, with some member states …

28-10-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel says it has conducted targeted raids in the central area of the Gaza Strip and struck dozens of Hamas targets. The Israel Defense Forces said Shadi Barud, the deputy head of Hamas’s intelligence arm, was killed in a targeted operation. The UN’s top humanitarian official …

28-10-2023 NEUSCHWANSTEIN, GERMANY: A US man has been charged with murder, rape and attempted murder over a deadly June attack against two American women near Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. The 31-year-old suspect – who has not been publicly named faces life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say he lured the …

28-10-2023 BEIRUT/ GAZA CITY: A member of a Hamas delegation visiting Russia says the group cannot release the captives taken during the October 7 attack until there is a ceasefire in Gaza. The US says it struck Iranian and pro-Iranian sites in Syria, in action it said was “separate and …

28-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: On October 7, within hours of the armed group Hamas launching a surprise attack on Israel, social media platforms were rife with support for Israel and also fake news. What stood out in the clamor was the fact that a fair amount of …

28-10-2023 WASHINGTON/ DAMASCUS: The US carried out airstrikes targeting two facilities linked to Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria on Thursday, according to a statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, following a series of drone and rocket attacks against US forces in the region. The statement said the facilities have been …

27-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies DOHA/ NEW DELHI: Eight former officers of the Indian Navy have been handed death penalty in Qatar following allegations of spying for Israel, sources said. Calling the judgement “shocking”, the foreign ministry said it would not comment much on the case given the “confidential nature …

27-10-2023 GAZA CITY: The family of an Al Jazeera news reporter has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, the network has confirmed. Wael Al-Dahdouh’s wife, teenage son and young daughter were all killed at a refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, Al Jazeera said in a …