International

06-11-2023 OTTAWA: In a rather startling development, a new study has revealed a “record spike” in the number of immigrants that are leaving Canada. According to the Institute for Canadian Citizenship’s (ICC) report “The Leaky Bucket”, a record number of immigrants are choosing to leave Canada instead of staying in …

06-11-2023 GAZA CITY: At least 4,008 children have been killed in the ongoing war in Gaza as the death toll after nearly a month of Israeli bombings hits 9,770, according to the Palestinian health ministry. On Sunday afternoon, an Israeli air strike hit several houses near a school at the …

06-11-2023 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis Sunday made an urgent plea for a halt to the conflict in Gaza on Sunday, calling for humanitarian aid and help for those injured to ease the “very grave” situation. “I keep thinking about the grave situation in Palestine and Israel where many people have …

06-11-2023 PARIS/ NEW DELHI: Global human rights organizations have urged the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to call on India to stop prosecuting and intimidating human rights activists, defenders and non-profit organizations in the country under the garb of countering terrorist financing. Amnesty International, Charity & Security Network, and Human …

05-11-2023 WASHINGTON DC: Tens of thousands of people have gathered in the United States capital to demand a ceasefire in Gaza as Washington continues to resist calls for an end to the war despite the mounting death toll. The demonstrators in Washington, DC on Saturday directed their anger towards US …

05-11-2023 BERLIN: Armed police officers wave cars off the motorway going from Poland to Germany. They’re searching for people-smugglers and their desperate cargo. This is the German government’s latest bid to show it is getting a grip on rising levels of irregular migration but, as we found in a rural …

Protests in Israel target Netanyahu over release of captives 05-11-2023 JERUSALEM: Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Israel as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his government’s lack of preparedness for the October 7 attacks by Palestinian group Hamas and its handling of the ensuing …

05-11-2023 BANGKOK/ TEHRAN: A veteran Thai politician from Thailand’s Muslim minority has said he met Hamas officials in Iran in an effort to secure the release of the Thai nationals being held captive in Gaza by the Palestinian group. Former lawmaker and education minister Areepen Uttarasin said on Friday that …

05-11-2023 CANBERRA/ BEIJING: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Beijing on Saturday, a little over 50 years since his predecessor Gough Whitlam’s historic journey to China but while Albanese may be following in the steps of Whitlam, who forged ties with China in 1972, he was careful first …

05-11-2023 BOGOTA: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has condemned Israel’s bombardments of Gaza, calling its war in the besieged Palestinian enclave that has so far killed more than 9,000 people “genocide”. Petro’s remarks came in a post on X on Wednesday, accompanied by a picture of victims of the Israeli air …