International

21-05-2023 NEW YORK: The 75-year-old says ‘struggle continues’ in first public appearance since the knife attack that cost him his sight in one eye and the ability to use one hand. British writer Salman Rushdie attended a New York gala on Thursday night in his first public appearance since a …

21-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: As the stalemate between Islamabad and New Delhi continues over bilateral relations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the sole responsibility for the normalization of ties on Pakistan. India wants “normal and neighborly relations”, Modi said in an interview with a Japanese …

21-05-2023 JEDDAH: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said that he was ready to take cooperation with Saudi Arabia to a “new level”, urging more support for his people, Arab News reported. Zelensky was in Saudi Arabia for the 32nd Arab League summit being hosted by the Kingdom, seeking support …

21-05-2023 JEDDAH: The 32nd summit of the Arab League concluded with member countries adopting the Jeddah Declaration in which they reiterated the need for unity for security and stability in the region. The summit convened in Jeddah with Syria participating for the first time after over a decade deliberated over …

20-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: China has said it will not attend the upcoming G20 tourism meeting scheduled to take place in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. China and Pakistan have both condemned India for holding the event in the Muslim-majority Kashmir, a region that …

20-05-2023 JEDDAH: Years after the deadly civil war which led to the expulsion of Syria from the Arab League, President Bashar al-Assad received a warm welcome from Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) Friday at the summit in Jeddah. “We are pleased today by the attendance of Syrian President …

20-05-2023 OUAGADOUGOU/ BAMACO/ CANBERRA: An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive in West Africa by al-Qaeda militants for more than seven years has been released. Dr Kenneth Elliott is safe and well and has been reunited with his family, Australia’s foreign minister said. He and his wife were seized in 2016 …

20-05-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has stayed a ban imposed by West Bengal state on a controversial film that shows three women from the country joining the Islamic State group. The court also asked the film’s makers to add a disclaimer that the film is “a fictionalized …

20-05-2023 TEHRAN: Authorities in Iran have executed three men sentenced to death in connection with the nationwide protests last year, the judiciary says. The three were convicted over their alleged involvement in a shooting attack that killed three security personnel in Isfahan in November. Amnesty International says they were subjected …

20-05-2023 MADRID: A wildfire in the western Spanish region of Extremadura has ravaged up to 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) and forced 550 people from their homes with windy weather complicating efforts to bring it under control, according to emergency services. “They are very strong gusts of wind generating a speed …