International

07-05-2023 LONDON: As the UK continues to face a cost-of-living crisis and widespread strikes over pay, some Britons are questioning why taxpayers have to foot the bill for King Charles III’s lavish coronation on Saturday. The cost of the coronation has been kept under wraps and the total sum is …

07-05-2023 KYIV: Ukraine says it downed a Russian hypersonic missile over the capital Kyiv using a newly acquired US Patriot defence system in what would be a first in its ability to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern weapons. The Kinzhal missile is one of the latest and most advanced …

07-05-2023 WASHINGTON: As the fears of default loom large on the world’s largest economy, US President Joe Biden has said that the circumstances are not at the point where the 14th Amendment needed to be invoked to avoid the country defaulting on its loans. It is implied from his comments …

06-05-2023 TOKYO: No threat of a tsunami is in sight as an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 shook Japan’s western prefecture Ishikawa Friday, authorities said on Friday amid reports of injuries and collapsed buildings. The quake had a depth of 12 kilometres. The earthquake struck 2:42pm on the northern tip of …

06-05-2023 TEHRAN: Stressing the need for Muslim unity and resistance as the sole way for countering the Zionist regime, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the Israeli regime is going to disappear in the not-too-distant future. The Iranian president held separate meetings with the leaders and commanders of the Palestinian resistance …

06-05-2023 KHARTOUM: BBC Arabic reporter Mohamed Osman has lived in Sudan for his entire life. When fighting broke out between rival military factions last month, he initially stayed to report on the conflict but in the end it became too dangerous. He reflects on the difficult decision to leave his …

06-05-2023 TEHRAN: Mahsa Amini’s name made headlines around the world when she died in custody last September, sparking waves of protests in Iran but not many people have heard of Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi. The two female journalists helped break the story of Amini’s death and have been detained …

06-05-2023 KYIV: Ukraine’s air force has shot down one of its own drones which it says had lost control above central Kyiv. There were explosions for around 15 to 20 minutes on Thursday evening as air defence attempted to shoot it down in an area near the president’s office. Ukraine …

06-05-2023 WASHINGTON: CEOs of top artificial intelligence companies, including Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft, met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday to discuss risks and safeguards associated with the technology, which is catching the attention of governments and lawmakers worldwide. Generative artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, has …

06-05-2023 OTTAWA: China has accused Canada of “slander and defamation” after it said Beijing targeted a member of its parliament and his family. On Friday, China said the allegation that it attempted to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong over his anti-China stance was “nonsense”. Chong, 51, previously accused China of …