International

07-05-2023 MEXICO CITY: The Mexican president says his country has proof that illegal shipments of the powerful opioid drug fentanyl are arriving from China. A container with hidden packages of the drug was intercepted in the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador said. “We already have …

07-05-2023 NEW YORK: The former president of the United States, Donald Trump’s 48-minute video that shows him providing evidence for his civil rape trial has been released by a New York court. During the video, Trump misidentifies his accuser, E Jean Carroll, for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a photo. …

07-05-2023 GEORGIA: At least four people have been killed in a shooting incident in Georgia Thursday as the shooter opened fire on two of his relatives and a McDonald’s worker before shooting himself fatally. The killing took place in the city of Moultrie in rural South Georgia. The local coroner …

07-05-2023 TEHRAN: Iran executed a Swedish-Iranian dissident convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused of attacks, including one on a military parade in 2018 that killed 25 people. Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death for being “corrupt on earth”, a capital offence under Iran’s strict interpretation of Islamic …

07-05-2023 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s warring parties have met for direct talks in Saudi Arabia as mediators pressed for an end to a conflict that has killed hundreds and sent tens of thousands fleeing. Saudi Arabia and the United States welcomed the start of the “pre-negotiation talks” on Saturday in the Saudi …

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 …