International

08-05-2023 OTTAWA/ EDSON: Raging wildfires spreading across Alberta have forced the Canadian province to announce a state of emergency, with 25,000 people forced to flee their homes due to the out-of-control blazes. The huge wildfires, fanned by strong dry winds, have grown in number to around 110 as of Sunday, …

08-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to host a day-long trilateral dialogue with China and Afghanistan in Islamabad after the arrival of the Chinese and Afghan foreign ministers, Qin Gang and Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Friday. In addition to attending the fifth round of the trilateral …

08-05-2023 ANKARA/ KHARTOUM: Turkey will move its embassy in Khartoum to Port Sudan after the Turkish ambassador’s car was hit by gunfire, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said. “With recommendation from the transitional government and Sudan army, we decided to move our embassy temporarily to Port Sudan for security reasons,” …

08-05-2023 CAIRO: Foreign ministers from Arab League member states have agreed to reinstate Syria’s membership after its suspension more than 10 years ago, according to Iraqi state media. The ministers voted for Syria’s return into the fold at the Arab League’s headquarters in Cairo on Sunday. The decision was made …

08-05-2023 HOUSTON: A lone gunman went on a mass killing spree at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, near Dallas, shooting at least nine people dead before he was taken out by the police who responded rapidly to the situation to restrict the shooter from doing further fatal damage, CNN …

07-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: The death toll of ethnic clashes among tribal groups in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur has reached 54 after another night of violence as the country’s armed forces struggle to enforce law and order. Reportedly, thousands of troops were dispatched to …

07-05-2023 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Ukraine has accused Russia of attacking the besieged city of Bakhmut with phosphorus munitions. In drone footage released by Ukraine’s military, Bakhmut can be seen ablaze as what appears to be white phosphorus rains down on the city. White phosphorus weapons are not banned, but their use …

07-05-2023 BAGHDAD: At least 400 women are in the second week of a hunger strike in a high-security prison in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, the BBC has learned. They are in prison for being part of the Islamic State group, after what they say were unfair trials. The group is said …

07-05-2023 MEXICO CITY: The Mexican president says his country has proof that illegal shipments of the powerful opioid drug fentanyl are arriving from China. A container with hidden packages of the drug was intercepted in the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador said. “We already have …

07-05-2023 NEW YORK: The former president of the United States, Donald Trump’s 48-minute video that shows him providing evidence for his civil rape trial has been released by a New York court. During the video, Trump misidentifies his accuser, E Jean Carroll, for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a photo. …