International

25-07-2023 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States said Sunday it was deeply concerned by reports of viral videos showing two women paraded naked in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, a sexual assault case that enraged the country. The assault, in which a mob allegedly raped and paraded the naked women, …

25-07-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has arrived at parliament for a key vote related to his government’s bitterly contested judicial overhaul, only hours after being discharged from hospital after an emergency heart procedure. Thousands of demonstrators who marched from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last week remained camped out …

24-07-2023 OTTAWA: Four people, including two children, are missing as severe flooding hit Canada’s Nova Scotia province, authorities said on Saturday evening. Royal Canadian Mounted Police described a harrowing situation in which three people escaped from a car submerged in water but were unable to rescue two children inside. In …

24-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Thousands of tribals, mostly women, have staged a massive sit-in protest in India’s Manipur, demanding the arrest of those involved in the harrowing mob assaults on two women, as the opposition parties slammed the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for failing …

24-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has rejected a claim by Iran’s foreign minister that the leaders of the ISIL (ISIS) armed group had been sent to Afghanistan. “If Iran has any intelligence that Daesh members have been transferred to Afghanistan, we hope (they) share it …

24-07-2023 ATHENS: Greece’s capital is facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years with temperatures forecast to soar above 40C (104F) as the nation and others in southern Europe, such as Italy and Spain, swelter in another record-breaking heatwave. “We are expecting breaking records when it comes to temperatures over …

24-07-2023 TEL AVIV: Tens of thousands of Israelis have marched into Jerusalem and more protesters took to the streets in Tel Aviv in a last-ditch show of force aimed at blocking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul plan. Protests have intensified in the days leading up to the debate …

23-07-2023 NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: The death toll of the deadly landslide in the mountain hamlet of Irshalwadi in India’s Maharashtra state has risen to 26 Saturday while dozens more are feared to be still stuck under the debris and mud, officials said. The landslide, which hit about 60 km (37 …

23-07-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ WASHINGTON: The United States has commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia, the first time a US Navy vessel joined active service at a foreign port, as the two close allies step up their military ties in response to China’s expanding regional reach. The Independence-class littoral combat …

23-07-2023 BAGHDAD: Hundreds of people in Baghdad have attempted to storm the city’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified area with a number of foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government. Nearly 1,000 protesters were dispersed by security forces early on Saturday, in reaction to reports of a Quran burning …