International

03-07-2023 STOCKHOLM: Reacting to the “despicable act” of the public desecration of a copy of the Holy Quran on the occasion of Eid ul Adha, the Swedish government on Saturday strongly condemned the “Islamophobic act committed by individuals in the country. In a statement, Sweden’s ministry of foreign affairs said: …

02-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PUNE: At least 25 people were killed while eight were injured after a bus caught fire overnight on an expressway in western India on Saturday, police said. The bus was travelling to the city of Pune when it hit a pole and overturned …

02-07-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: An inquiry that examined business dealings with China has found the former premier of Australia’s most populous state engaged in corrupt conduct involving another lawmaker with whom she was in a secret romantic relationship. The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said in a …

02-07-2023 PARIS/ NANTERRE: Nearly 1,000 people were arrested for violence and looting across France as the country braced for more riots ahead of the funeral of the teenager killed by an officer during a traffic stop. Despite the government’s claims that violence had “lessened” compared to previous nights, the interior …

02-07-2023 BERLIN: Muslims in Germany often face rampant discrimination, hatred and sometimes violence in their daily lives, according to a new report commissioned by the interior ministry in Berlin. The Independent Group of Experts on Muslim Hostility (UEM) analyzed scientific studies, police crime statistics and documentation of anti-Muslim incidents by …

02-07-2023 UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council ended a decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali after the ruling military demanded the withdrawal of the international force battling an armed rebellion “without delay”. The end of the operation, known as MINUSMA, follows years of tensions and government restrictions that have hobbled peacekeeping …

02-07-2023 BONN/ LONDON: The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and sea. As envoys gathered in Bonn in early June to …

02-07-2023 WASHINGTON: The US State Department did not adequately prepare for the swift collapse of the Afghan government in 2021, an internal review has found, in the latest report to criticize the United States’ chaotic withdrawal from the country. While the so-called After Action Review (AAR) released on Friday lauded …

01-07-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: A recently shared video by the Indian army from the violence-wracked north-eastern state of Manipur captured a dramatic sequence of scenes. The two-minute 14-second footage shows unarmed women confronting soldiers on a busy street. Aerial shots show women gathering around an excavator …

01-07-2023 BANGKOK: A woman who got stuck in a travellator in Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport had to have her leg amputated by rescuers. Her son said the family was “shocked” and worried about her mental health after the surgery was carried out on Thursday evening. The 57-year-old’s leg got stuck …