International

21-09-2023 OTTAWA/ WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: Canada worked “very closely” with the United States on intelligence that Indian agents had been potentially involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia earlier this year, a senior Canadian government source said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday …

21-09-2023 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH: US and Saudi officials are discussing the details of a mutual defence pact, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing American officials, amid a push by Washington to get the Saudi kingdom and Israel to normalise relations. The agreement would see the US and Saudi Arabia …

20-09-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India said on Tuesday it had expelled a Canadian diplomat with five days’ notice to leave the country, just hours after Ottawa expelled the South Asian nation’s top intelligence agent and accused him of a role in the murder of a Sikh separatist …

20-09-2023 MELBOURNE: The Australian weather bureau has announced that a spring heat wave affecting extensive areas of the southeastern region, including Sydney, is set to intensify on Monday. Temperatures are projected to reach as much as 16 degrees Celsius (60 Fahrenheit) higher than the average for September. Australia is currently …

20-09-2023 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: The prisoner swap between the United States and Iran is a step towards de-escalating tensions between the two countries, experts say, but it does not point to an imminent thaw in frosty relations. Alex Vatanka, director of the Iran program at the Middle East Institute think tank …

20-09-2023 WASHINGTON: The White House stated on Tuesday that the US is “deeply concerned” about Justin Trudeau’s claims that Indian government agents were involved in the assassination of a Khalistani leader in British Columbia in June. Justin Trudeau on Monday claimed that there are “credible allegations of a potential link” …

20-09-2023 MEXICO: Scientists are sounding the alarm over a looming mass extinction event driven by human activities. A recent study has unveiled a stark reality our actions are pushing entire branches of the “Tree of Life” towards the brink of extinction. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National …

19-09-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A “special” five-day session of India’s parliament is being held amid growing disquiet in the country over parliamentary processes being undermined in the world’s most populous democracy. In his speech on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the 75-year history of the Indian …

19-09-2023 BERLIN: More than 200 Eritrean opposition supporters have been arrested in Germany after violence broke out on Saturday during a cultural festival organized by the supporters of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in the southern city of Stuttgart, local police said on Sunday. At least German 26 police officers were …

19-09-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies QUEENSLAND/ SYDNEY: The government of Australia’s northeastern state of Queensland has stunned rights experts by suspending its Human Rights Act for a second time this year to be able to lock up more children. The ruling Labor Party last month pushed through a suite of …