International

26-10-2023 MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA: Dozens of US states on Tuesday accused social media giant Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, of deceptive and unlawful conduct harming vulnerable youth for financial gain “from children´s pain”. “In seeking to maximize its financial gains, Meta has repeatedly misled the public about …

25-10-2023 BERLIN: Several people are missing after a collision between two cargo ships in the North Sea, one of which is believed to have sunk, German authorities said on Tuesday. The accident happened early on Tuesday morning about 22 kilometres (13 miles) southwest of the island of Helgoland, the German …

25-10-2023 ALASKA: An off-duty pilot has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, after he allegedly tried to crash a passenger jet during a flight on Sunday night. The suspect was sitting in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight behind the captain and the first-officer, according to an …

25-10-2023 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States has said China is expanding its arsenal of nuclear weapons even more quickly than expected. China had more than 500 operational nuclear warheads by May 2023 and was “on track to exceed previous projections”, the Pentagon said in its annual report (PDF) on China’s …

25-10-2023 GAZA CITY: Doctors in the Gaza Strip have warned of the “catastrophic consequences” in case of electricity supply interruption as fuel in the hospitals possibly running out in the next 48 hours amid the relentless bombardment of the besieged territory by the Israeli forces. Any infants relying on ventilators …

25-10-2023 GRAND-SACONNEX, SWITZERLAND/ BERUIT/ GAZA: The International Organization for Migration has reported that almost 20,000 people have been internally displaced in Lebanon as a result of escalating violence on the Lebanese-Israeli border, which has intensified following the outbreak of the conflict in Gaza. The movements of these displaced individuals have …

25-10-2023 KREMLIN, MOSCOW: Russia has criticized the United States president’s assertion that Washington must be the driving force in a new “world order”, saying such an “American-centric” vision is outdated. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that while he agrees on the need for a “new world order”, …

25-10-2023 WASHINGTON/ GAZA: The United States has rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, warning that it would benefit Hamas, and give them an opportunity to regroup. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller stated that a ceasefire would provide Hamas with an opportunity to regroup and continue launching terrorist …

24-10-2023 LISBOB: The oldest dog in the world, a Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo dog named Bobi, has died at the age of 31, or about 217 in dog years. Owner Leonel Costa announced on Monday that Bobi had passed away in a veterinary hospital over the weekend, at the age …

24-10-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ NAIROBI: After investigating the circumstances of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder in Kenya one year ago, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) accuses the authorities in both countries of duplicity. What with opaque or misleading investigations, a lack of cooperation and failure to arrest suspects, everyone is …