International

13-11-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Residents of India’s capital, Delhi, woke up to smoky skies as air quality dropped after the festival of Diwali. People in the city burst crackers late into Sunday night despite a ban on fireworks due to high pollution levels. Delhi has been battling toxic air …

13-11-2023 LONDON: United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minster Rishi Sunak has sacked the country’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman as he announced the reshuffling of his cabinet on Monday, media reported. “It has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve as home secretary”, Braverman said, according to The Guardian, after …

13-11-2023 NORMANDY, FRANCE: As the world commemorates wars and conflicts during a weekend of remembrance, World War Two (WWII) veterans mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy. D-Day is a term used for the day when the Allied forces invaded Normandy, France to attack …

13-11-2023 LOS ANGELES: Law enforcement officials found four Los Angeles (L.A.) County Sheriff’s Department employees dead on Monday and Tuesday, in what officials described as unrelated suicides, according to multiple reports. The deaths include one retired LASD member and three current members over a 24-hour period, according to KTLA. The …

13-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DOHA: India has filed an appeal with Qatar over death sentences handed to eight former Indian naval officers on unspecified charges. Reports say the men, who worked with a private company in Qatar, were arrested last year on suspicion of spying. Neither Qatar …

13-11-2023 LISBON/ VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has fired the Texan bishop Joseph Strickland, a fierce critic who has questioned the Pope’s leadership of the Catholic Church. The Vatican said the bishop would be “relieved” of his duties as a result of investigations at his Diocese of Tyler. Bishop Strickland is …

13-11-2023 PARIS: Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told media. In an exclusive interview at the Elysee Palace, he said there was “no justification” for the bombing, saying a ceasefire would benefit Israel. While recognizing Israel’s right to protect itself, “we do …

13-11-2023 NEW YORK: This week marked the end of the most dramatic phase of Donald Trump’s New York business fraud trial, which saw high-profile members of his family make the journey to Lower Manhattan one by one to answer probing questions from prosecutors. On Monday Trump’s defence team will begin …

13-11-2023 PARIS: Something unprecedented is happening this weekend in Paris, brought about by the war between Israel and Hamas and its spill-over in Europe. For the first time ever, a major demonstration attended by representatives of the major political parties will include the far right but not the far left. …

13-11-2023 GAZA CITY: Staff inside Gaza’s largest hospital have said patients and refugees are trapped in horrific conditions as heavy fighting rages in nearby streets. A surgeon at Al-Shifa in Gaza City told the BBC that the hospital had run out of water, food and electricity. Israel said it had …