International

11-12-2024 LONDON: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says no decision has been made yet on whether the UK government could remove Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from a list of banned terrorist groups after the rebels led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. HTS was proscribed as a terror organization …

10-12-2024 WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump has signaled that, under his administration, the United States would cease any involvement in Syria’s long-running civil war, hinting at a possible end to support for Kurdish-led forces in the region. In a Saturday morning missive on social media, Trump addressed the surprise opposition offensive …

10-12-2024 SEOUL: South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested. Yoon survived an impeachment vote in the opposition-led parliament late …

10-12-2024 NEW DELHI/ KADAMTALA: The last thing that Shahin Ahmed, 38, remembers of his brother, Alfeshani Ahmed, was a frantic call with him amid gunshots and screams. At about 9pm on October 6, Alfeshani, a 36-year-old owner of a smartphone and electronic accessories shop, had just hastily shut his shop …

10-12-2024 MOSCOW: Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum “out of humanitarian considerations”, Russian news agencies are quoting a Kremlin source as saying. Russian state TV also reported the news, which put an end to speculation about the whereabouts of Syria’s former president after …

10-12-2024 ACCRA: Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday’s election and congratulated the opposition candidate, former President John Mahama, on his victory. “The people have voted for change,” said Bawumia. The elections come amid the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation, which saw the cost of basic …

10-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Footage has shown prisoners being freed from Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison including a small child being held with his mother after rebels took control of the country. The child is shown in video showing women being released that was posted by the Turkey-based Association of Detainees and The …

10-12-2024 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australian breaker Rachael Gunn’s legal team has stopped a musical parody about her journey to the Paris Olympics from taking to the stage. The show titled ‘Raygun: The Musical’ was created by Australian comedian Steph Broadbridge, who was also due to feature in the cast. It …

10-12-2024 KYIV: Some 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a rare admission of the extent of the nation’s casualties. In a post on social media, the Ukrainian president said 370,000 injuries had been reported, though this figure included soldiers who …

09-12-2024 LONDON: Millions of Britons have been warned to brace for further disruption as more strong winds are set to sweep across the UK following Storm Darragh. Northern Ireland was exposed to wind gusts of up to 80mph overnight, while a Met Office yellow wind warning came into force across …