International

31-03-2023 MELBOURNE/ LONDON/ TOKYO: Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States have expressed concern over the Myanmar military’s dissolution of the country’s former ruling party, warning the move could bring further instability to the violence-wracked country. The statements of concern on Wednesday came a day after the Myanmar …

31-03-2023 MOSCOW: Russian authorities have detained an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top KGB successor agency, said on Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, suspected of trying to obtain classified information. It …

30-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Several casualties have been reported as the two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed in the northwest of Kentucky during a training mission Wednesday night, resulting in “several casualties,” officials said. The helicopters, from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), crashed at around 10 pm in Kentucky’s Trigg …

30-03-2023 DUBAI: DUBAI: United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has appointed his eldest son Sheikh Khaled as crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the Gulf state, and named his brothers to top roles, state media said on Wednesday. Sheikh Mohammed, who became president …

30-03-2023 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden has criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans for judicial reform and also said that the Israeli leader would not be getting an invitation to visit the White House in the near future. President Biden passed these remarks while speaking to reporters in North …

30-03-2023 LONDON: Heartbroken parents of a five-year-old boy claimed that they heard the hospital staff laughing in the background at the time when their son’s life support machine was switched off, Daily Mail reported. Muhammad Ayaan Haroon was admitted to Sheffield Children’s Hospital in South Yorkshire, England after he was …

30-03-2023 LONDON: Newly appointed First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf led the prayer in Bute House on his first night at the official residence of Scottish leader after winning the election. Pakistani origin Yousaf had shifted to his official residence with family, after taking oath as the First Minister. He …

30-03-2023 SHANGHAI/ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved on Wednesday a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as Riyadh builds a long-term partnership with China despite US security concerns. Saudi Arabia has approved a memorandum granting the kingdom the status of a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), …

30-03-2023 NASHVILLE: The shooter who killed six people at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday bought seven guns legally and hid them at home, police say. Investigators say the suspect’s parents felt the 28-year-old should not own weapons, and did not realize the guns had been concealed in their …

30-03-2023 MEXICO CITY: Outrage is growing in Mexico following a fire at a migrant centre in Ciudad Juarez in which 38 migrants died. Unverified footage has emerged, which appears to show the moment the fire started at the centre run by Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INE). In it, uniformed officials …