International

02-08-2023 PARIS/ ABUJA: France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from the West African nation of Niger because of anti-French sentiment following last week’s coup. It has said it will also help other European nationals to leave. The coup has prompted demonstrations against the former colonial power, with the French …

02-08-2023 STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s government has no plans to make sweeping changes to freedom of speech laws but repeated it would look into measures that would allow police to stop the burning of holy books in public if there was a clear threat to national security. “We stand up for the …

02-08-2023 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s ruling military has granted partial clemency to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pardoning the Nobel laureate in five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted and jailed for a total of 33 years following a coup two years ago, according to media reports. The …

02-08-2023 LONDON/ DAMASCUS: The United Kingdom has acknowledged that the Daesh/ Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group committed “acts of genocide” against the Yazidi people in 2014. Marking the ninth anniversary of atrocities committed by ISIL against …

01-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: The victims of a shocking sexual assault incident, which occurred in India’s Manipur state a couple of months ago, have sought justice pleading the country’s Supreme Court against the central and state governments. India’s top court had strongly denounced the “deeply disturbing” …

01-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music “causes moral corruption”. Thousands of dollars’ worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a bonfire on Saturday in western Herat province. Since taking power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed numerous …

01-08-2023 LOS ANGELES: At least seven people have been killed and several wounded in multiple plane crashes over the weekend in the US with the latest being reported from Southern California Sunday that resulted in the deaths of three including a pilot at Cable Airport in Upland. Federal Aviation Administration …

01-08-2023 PANAMA CITY: As climate change and rising sea levels threaten the island of Gardi Sugdub, leaders in the local Indigenous community are increasingly worried that the Panamanian government will fail to follow through on promises to help with relocation. In a 52-page report on Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) …

01-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies PESHAWAR/ BAJAUR: The death toll from a massive suicide bombing that targeted an election rally for a pro-Taliban Muslim leader has risen to 54, as Pakistan held funerals and the government promised to hunt down those behind the attack. While no one immediately claimed responsibility …

31-07-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: Misinformation has been widely shared in the violence-hit state of Manipur in north-east India, despite attempts by authorities to quash it by restricting internet access. The conflict between the majority Meitei community and the tribal Kuki minority recently made global headlines after …