International

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 …

30-03-2023 Bureau Report + BBC Punjabi NEW DELHI: Rumours are circulating in India about the whereabouts of a controversial self-styled Sikh preacher, more than 10 days after he went on the run. A massive operation is under way to find Amritpal Singh, who is wanted in many cases including attempted …

30-03-2023 JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted angrily to comments by the US president, who urged him to walk away from his controversial judicial reform plans. “They cannot continue down this road,” Joe Biden told reporters. Netanyahu later tweeted that Israel would make its own decisions, “not …

30-03-2023 KYIV: The UN atomic watchdog chief arrived Wednesday at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a rare visit to Europe’s largest atomic facility currently controlled by Russian forces. There are persistent fears over the safety of the nuclear plant in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, where there has been frequent …