International

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 …

30-03-2023 AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam has warned rowdy British sex and drug tourists to “stay away”. A digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35 in the UK is being pushed out by the Dutch city’s council. The initiative forms part of efforts to clean up Amsterdam’s raunchy reputation as Europe’s …

29-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI: A US Federal Court in New York has summoned India Punjab’s Chief Minister and two other officials after a violent crackdown was launched against Sikhs including a total ban on the internet in the state. The New York Federal Court …

29-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: An Australian man armed with a budget metal detector has hit the jackpot, finding a 4.6kg rock containing gold worth AU$240,000 (£130,000; $160,000). The man, who doesn’t want to be named, made the discovery in Victoria’s goldfields which were the heart of Australia’s gold …

29-03-2023 LISBON: Portuguese police have shot a man suspected of stabbing two people to death at an Ismaili Muslim centre in Lisbon. Police were called to the centre on Tuesday morning where they encountered a suspect “armed with a large knife”, a police statement said. Officers ordered him to surrender …