International

15-12-2023 ANTARCTICA’S COASTLINE: Scientists now have good numbers to describe the true scale of the world’s biggest iceberg, A23a. Satellite measurements show the frozen block has a total average thickness of just over 280m (920ft). Combined with its known area of 3,900 sq. km (1,500 sq. miles), this gives a …

15-12-2023 WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has voted to formalize its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Lawmakers voted along party lines to back a resolution that Republicans say will give them more power to gather evidence and enforce legal demands. Three Republican-led House committees allege bribery and corruption …

14-12-2023 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY: Strong wind and heavy rain in Gaza overnight on Wednesday brought even worse misery to displaced families, tearing and flooding flimsy tents, drenching clothes and blankets and making everyone cold. At a tent camp in Rafah, located on sandy terrain strewn with rubbish, people were trying …

14-12-2023 JEDDAH/ NEW DELHI: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Wednesday expressed concern over the Indian Supreme Court’s verdict upholding India’s revocation of Article 370 that guaranteed special status to the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Earlier this week on December 11, the top Indian court ruled that …

14-12-2023 BEIJING/ HANOI: China and Vietnam agreed to step up co-operation on security matters in their move towards becoming a community with a “shared future”, they said on Wednesday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a visit to Hanoi. On Xi’s two-day trip, the Communist-ruled neighbors, close in economic …

14-12-2023 LONDON: At -49, the British Prime Minister’s net favorability rating is comparable to that Boris Johnson’s at the time of his resignation while Rishi Sunak will be breathing a sigh of relief that he managed to pass his flagship Rwanda bill through the Commons last night in the face …

14-12-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: In November, Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan, uploaded on its official X page a video of Israeli children singing a song celebrating their country’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The broadcaster deleted the video clip after a huge online backlash. Even after the video was silently …

14-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Two men jumped into the legislators’ area of the Indian parliament’s lower house on Wednesday and opened canisters that emitted yellow smoke in a major security breach for a heavily-secured building in New Delhi, Reuters reported. The breach at the high-security zone in …

14-12-2023 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said Israel is starting to lose global support over its “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza. His comments, made to donors at a fundraising event on Tuesday, marked his strongest criticism yet of Israel’s leadership. Biden has offered unwavering public support to the country since …

14-12-2023 DUBAI: The COP28 climate talks went into overtime on Tuesday as countries engaged in shuttle diplomacy to bridge deep international divisions over how to deal with fossil fuels in the summit’s final text. Where the conference lands on the issue will send a powerful message to global investors and …