International

14-10-2023 STOCKHOLM: A Swedish court on Thursday found a man guilty of inciting ethnic hatred by burning the Holy Quran in 2020 marking the first time the accusation of desecrating the Islamic holy book has been prosecuted in the nation’s legal system. The conviction follows a spate of Holy Quran …

14-10-2023 UNITED NATIONS: More than one million residents of Gaza City Friday were warned by the Israeli military to evacuate and move to the south in the next 24 hours, as it deployed its tanks near the Gaza Strip amid fears of a major ground offensive. As the Israeli warplanes …

13-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Last week, Sarah Sunny made history after she became India’s first deaf lawyer to argue in the country’s Supreme Court. The 27-year-old first appeared before Chief Justice DY Chandrachud in September after the court made an exception and allowed a sign language interpreter …

13-10-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz vowed Thursday his country would not allow basic resources or humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas released the people it abducted during its surprise weekend onslaught. “Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electric switch will be turned on, no water tap will be …

13-10-2023 ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has initiated talks with Hamas to secure the release of Israeli hostages captured during a recent attack by the Palestinian resistance group. A senior Turkish official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, revealed that President Erdogan ordered the negotiations. Turkey, which has had …

13-10-2023 RIYADH/ TEHRAN: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi engaged in a historic telephone call on Wednesday and discussed ways to defuse the tension surrounding Palestine following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. The telephonic discussion marked their first direct communication since the …

13-10-2023 WASHINGTON: The White House backtracked a statement by US President Joe Biden saying he had seen photos of Israeli children who were beheaded by Hamas. In an address to Jewish community leaders at the White House on Wednesday, Biden said: “I never really thought that I would see, have …

12-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s financial crimes agency has arrested a Chinese employee of smartphone maker Vivo, the firm said. Indian officials have not commented yet but Vivo said it “will exercise all available legal options” on behalf of its employee, Andrew Kuang. Authorities raided Vivo’s office …

12-10-2023 BRUSSELS/ NEW YORK: The EU has warned Elon Musk that X is being used to spread “disinformation” after Hamas’ attack on Israel. In a post on the site formerly known as Twitter, the bloc’s industry chief said “violent and terrorist content” had not been taken down, despite warnings as …

12-10-2023 GAZA: Gaza’s power authority has said the blockaded enclave’s sole power plant will run out of fuel within hours, leaving the Palestinian territory without electricity after Israel cut off supplies in retaliation to the recent attacks by Hamas, the armed group that runs Gaza. Palestinian Energy Authority Chairman Thafer …