International

13-07-2024 NIEMAY: Authorities in Niger have declared a curfew in the volatile Tillaberi region after several prisoners escaped from a heavily fortified jail known to hold jihadists. The incident occurred on Thursday at Koutoukale prison located about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north-west of the capital, Niamey, the interior ministry said. …

13-07-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence minister has called for a state inquiry into what led to the Hamas attacks on 7 October, as the military admitted it failed in its duty to protect a small community were 101 people were killed. Yoav Gallant made his comments after the first in a …

13-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and former UK PM Tony Blair are among the international guests that have arrived in Mumbai for the wedding ceremony of the son of Asia’s richest man on Friday. Anant Ambani, son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, …

13-07-2024 MOSCOW: An Australian soldier and her husband have been arrested and each charged with spying for Russia. Investigators say the couple both Russian-born Australian citizens obtained Australian Defence Force (ADF) material to share with Moscow. However, Australian police say “no significant compromise” of military secrets has been identified. It …

13-07-2024 BEIJING: China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has hit back at NATO’s “groundless accusations” that Beijing is helping Russia in its war on Ukraine. He has also warned the Western alliance against stirring up confrontation. Wang’s comments, made in a call with his Dutch counterpart, came hours after leaders of …

13-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Media watchdogs in India have accused the police in Uttar Pradesh state of “grave overreach” for filing cases against journalists after they wrote about the alleged lynching of a Muslim man last week in social media posts. Police in the northern state’s Shamli …

12-07-2024 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has announced it will extend the registration cards of nearly 1.5 million Afghan refugees after a senior UN official urged the country to halt its deportation plan. “The federal cabinet approved one-year extension of the validity of POR (Proof of Registration) cards of 1.45 million …

12-07-2024 BAGHDAD: The first wife of the late leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been sentenced to death by a court in Iraq, the country’s judiciary says. Karkh Criminal Court convicted the woman of “working with the extremist organization and detaining Yazidi women”, according …

12-07-2024 LA PAZ, SUCRE: Rival factions of the governing party in Bolivia have clashed in the city of La Paz. Footage showed party faithful throwing stones, wielding sticks and kicking and punching each other. The Movement Toward Socialism (Mas) is deeply split, with some backing the current president, Luis Arce, …

12-07-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli military has told all residents of Gaza City to evacuate south to the central Gaza Strip, amid intensified operations in the north. Leaflets dropped by aircraft instruct “everyone in Gaza City” to leave what is described as a “dangerous combat zone” via designated safe …