International

12-05-2023 ISTANBUL: Three days before Turkey’s tightest presidential vote in years, one of the four candidates, Muharrem Ince, has pulled out of the race. Ince had been under increasing pressure for splitting the opposition vote, when they have their biggest chance yet of removing Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power. “I’m …

12-05-2023 LONDON: The UK has confirmed it is supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles it requested for its fight against invading Russian forces. The Storm Shadow cruise missile has a range of over 250km (155 miles), according to the manufacturer. By contrast, the US-supplied Himars missiles used by Ukraine only have …

12-05-2023 MANAGUA: The National Assembly of Nicaragua has voted to dissolve the local branch of the Red Cross, a nonprofit humanitarian organization, as part of an ongoing clampdown on groups seen as hostile to the government of Daniel Ortega. The law to shutter the Red Cross passed unanimously on Wednesday, …

12-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ AMRITSAR: Five people have been arrested after a third blast in less than a week shook the area around the Sikh holy site of the Golden Temple in Punjab state’s Amritsar city, Indian police said. Two of the suspects had prepared the improvised …

12-05-2023 WASHINGTON: The civil suit against Donald Trump filed by writer E Jean Carroll dates back to 2019 when she accused him of sexually assaulting and raping her in the mid-1990s. Trump denied the allegations and accused Carroll of lying to sell her book. The suit continued, with the Department …

12-05-2023 HELSINKI: Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her husband, Markus Raikkonen, are to divorce after 19 years together, Marin announced on Instagram on Wednesday. “We have filed for divorce together. We are grateful for 19 years together and our beloved daughter,” Marin wrote in an Instagram story. “We are …

12-05-2023 BEIJING: Hu Mingdan, a civil servant in eastern China, prided herself on landing a job known as an “iron rice bowl”, the kind where you don’t worry about being laid off or chasing payment. That is until late last year when, for the first time in more than 10 …

12-05-2023 JERUSALEM/ DOHA: One year since Al Jazeera’s television reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces, demands for justice remain unanswered. Al Jazeera Media Network submitted a formal request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute those responsible for shooting the veteran journalist on May …

12-05-2023 Bureau Report PENNSYLVANIA/ ISLAMABAD: Amid speculations that Pakistan’s chances of clinching a long-suspended International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout have been reduced due to the political situation, the lender clarified that it “remains engaged” with Islamabad, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Declining to comment on the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran …

12-05-2023 WASHINGTON: Republicans in the House Oversight Committee accused President Joe Biden’s family of having earned over $10 million through questionable business deals while he was vice president. The committee claimed that Biden’s son, Hunter, had received $1 million linked to a business agreement with a Romanian tycoon while the …