23-05-2023 MEXICO CITY: A tragic incident unfolded during a car rally near the Mexico-US border, where 19 people were shot, with 10 fatalities reported. Authorities are actively seeking multiple shooters responsible for this roadside massacre. The ambush occurred in San Vicente, close to Ensenada, on the Pacific coast of the …
Read More »China poses systemic challenge to world order: British PM
23-05-2023 LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that China is posing the biggest security challenge considering it far beyond the threat that the West believes Russia posed after its war in Ukraine. PM Sunak while speaking in Hiroshima, said: “China is challenging global security and prosperity of our …
Read More »India’s top court upholds legality of bull-taming sport
22-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has upheld a law allowing Jallikattu, a controversial bull-taming festival popular in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The practice – first banned by a court in 2006 was legalized again by the state through an amendment in 2017. Animal …
Read More »Bahrain to restore full diplomatic relations with Lebanon
22-05-2023 MANAMA/ BEIRUT: Bahrain says it will restore full diplomatic relations with Lebanon following a row over the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen that saw the countries break ties for a year and a half. Manama said on Saturday it was bringing an end to the impasse, a move welcomed …
Read More »First Saudi astronauts to blast off in private mission to ISS
22-05-2023 RIYADH: Two Saudi astronauts will be travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time on a private mission to carry out a number of experiments, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Rayyanah Barnawi, the first female Arab astronaut and breast cancer researcher, and fighter pilot …
Read More »Mexican gov’t sends marines to take over private rail line
22-05-2023 MEXICO CITY: The government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador has deployed marines to the country’s south to occupy a section of railroad operated by a private conglomerate. Officials called the measure “temporary” and in the “public interest”, as the government works to update a rail-to-sea network on …
Read More »Russia bans entry for 500 Americans including Obama
22-05-2023 MOSCOW: Russia has implemented a ban on the entry of “500 Americans,” a list that includes prominent figures such as former US President Barack Obama, late-night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN journalist Erin Burnett. The ban is a response to the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Joe Biden …
Read More »IRGC urges Iraq to honor commitment on expulsion of terrorists
22-05-2023 TEHRAN: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ground Force warned that its strikes against the KRG-based terrorist groups will resume if the Iraqi government fails to meet its commitment to disarm and evict the terrorists. Speaking to Tasnim in Iran’s western city of Sanandaj on Saturday, IRGC Ground Force Commander …
Read More »Quad countries make thinly veiled swipe at China
22-05-2023 HIROSHIMA: The leaders of the Quad group, Australia, India, Japan and the United States have delivered a thinly veiled swipe at Beijing’s behavior at a summit in Hiroshima. The US President Joe Biden and his three partners in the group did not mention China by name on Saturday but …
Read More »Floods displace thousands of residents in Northeast Italy
22-05-2023 ROME/ BOLOGNA: More than 36,000 people have been forced from their homes by deadly floods in northeast Italy, regional officials have said, as rising waters swallowed more houses and new landslides isolated hamlets. Fourteen people were killed this week after streets in the cities and towns of the Emilia-Romagna …
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