International

21-10-2023 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden began a new mission on Thursday urging Americans that billions more should be spent on aiding Israel and Ukraine in their battles since only US intervention can avert world catastrophe. “American leadership is what holds the world together. American alliances are what keep …

21-10-2023 LONDON: Over a decade after her “Islamophobia has passed the dinner table test” speech in government, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a former UK minister, has made a keynote intervention “Muslims Don’t Matter; the silencing, stereotyping and stigmatizing of Muslims by the British press and political parties”. In her speech delivered …

21-10-2023 JERUSALEM: Two accused masterminds of Hamas’s October 7 attacks, Mohammed Deif and Yahya Sinwar, sit at the top of Israel’s hit list as it threatens that every member of the militant group faces death when it invades Gaza. Military strategist Deif and political leader Sinwar have already spent time …

21-10-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Canada announced on Thursday that it has withdrawn 41 of its diplomats from India, marking a significant deterioration in bilateral relations. The withdrawal comes as a result of an ongoing dispute regarding the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister …

21-10-2023 JERUSALEM: The ongoing conflict in Gaza has taken a devastating toll on children, with one child losing their life every 15 minutes due to Israeli bombings, according to a Palestinian not-for-profit. Since the commencement of Israel’s airstrikes on the besieged Palestinian enclave on October 7, more than 100 children …

21-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban administration Thursday expressed the desire to formally become part of President Xi Jinping’s ambitious as well as far-reaching ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) as part of its efforts to rebuild war-torn Afghanistan through Chinese investment. “We requested China to allow us …

20-10-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Fresh off its first-ever successful robotic moon landing, India aims to put an astronaut on the lunar surface by 2040 and build an Earth-orbiting space station by 2035, the nation’s government said on Tuesday (Oct. 17). On Aug. 23, India became just the fourth nation …

20-10-2023 BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned Western states against “decoupling” from his country’s economy, insisting amid declining foreign investment that China’s development should be viewed as not a threat but an asset. Xi’s caution came as he opened the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum in Beijing on …

20-10-2023 WASHINGTON: Some 500 people have been arrested during a sit-in at the United States Congress in Washington, DC, where they protested against “Israel’s ongoing oppression of Palestinians”, according to Jewish Voice for Peace, the group that organized the demonstration. The protesters, many wearing shirts emblazoned with the words “Not …

20-10-2023 Multiplying and escalating crises are placing ever greater strains on people’s mental health and the services available to support them. From the lingering effects of COVID-19, the uptick in climate-related emergencies and the ongoing impacts of conflict and displacement in many regions, more and more people are suffering. Meanwhile, …