International

19-10-2023 TEHRAN: Members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should impose an oil embargo and other sanctions on Israel and expel all Israeli ambassadors over a deadly strike on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Amirabdollahian’s remarks came in a statement on Wednesday …

19-10-2023 BEIJING: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that attacks by Hamas on Israel did not justify the “collective punishment” of Palestinians, and called for an immediate ceasefire. Speaking at an economic forum in China, Guterres condemned the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel that killed more than …

19-10-2023 NEW YORK:  X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, has begun charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines to use the platform’s basic features and aims to expand the annual fee to all new users globally. Under the trial, new users in the Philippines and …

19-10-2023 JERUSALEM/ WASHINTON: US President Joe Biden landed in Tel Aviv on Wednesday hours after Israel launched a deadly airstrike on a hospital in Gaza City, martyring hundreds of Palestinians and drawing condemnations from world leaders. Biden on a solidarity visit to Israel backed the ally´s account that Palestinian fighters …

19-10-2023 BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country rejected “economic coercion” and “bloc confrontation” Wednesday, at the opening ceremony of a forum of international delegates to the forum marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing. Xi also lauded his grand plan of building …

19-10-2023 JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden landed in Tel Aviv on Wednesday hours after Israel launched a deadly airstrike on a hospital in Gaza City, martyring hundreds of Palestinians and drawing condemnations from world leaders. Biden has expressed “iron-clad” support for Israel in its war against Hamas over the October …

19-10-2023 KHARTOUM/ DARFUR: The BBC has seen new evidence of the brutal ethnic violence that has swept western Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival military factions in April. Analysis of satellite and social media data reveals at least 68 villages in Darfur have been set on fire by …

18-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM/ ISLAMABAD: An Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza City has martyred at least 500 people in the deadliest single incident since Israel launched an unrelenting bombing campaign in retaliation for the October 7 Hamas cross-border attack. The inhumane attack on …

18-10-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has declined an appeal to legalize same-sex marriages in a blow for LGBTQ rights in the world’s most populous country. The top court announced the ruling on Tuesday after hearing arguments in April and May, with three of five justices finding that …

18-10-2023 GAZA CITY: Freelance journalist Rakan Abdelrahman works out of a cafe, wearing his vest marked “press”, ready to rush out if he needs to as he reports on Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip but Abdelrahman, whose work has appeared in Middle East Eye and The National, is not …