International

01-12-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been censured by the nation’s parliament for giving himself secret powers while in office. The historic motion follows a damning report which said his actions were “corrosive of trust in government”. It marks the first time …

01-12-2022 NEW YORK: Kanye West has been ordered to pay Kim Kardashian $200,000 (£167,000) per month in child support in a divorce settlement. The former rapper and reality TV star will share joint custody of their four children. Kardashian filed for divorce in 2021, after eight years with West, who …

01-12-2022 WASHINGTON: The leader of a far-right militia has been found guilty of plotting to stop US President Joe Biden from taking office after the 2020 election. A jury found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of the rare charge of seditious conspiracy following a two-month trial. He plotted an …

01-12-2022 AUCKLAND: The leaders of New Zealand and Finland have dismissed a journalist’s suggestion that they arranged a meeting because they are “similar in age”. At a press conference in Auckland, Finland’s Ms Sanna Marin and New Zealand’s Ms Jacinda Ardern said they met because they are prime ministers, not …

01-12-2022 BUCHAREST: NATO foreign ministers will on Wednesday seek to reassure fragile countries in Russia’s neighborhood that they fear could be destabilized by Russia as the conflict in Ukraine drags on, squeezing energy supplies and pushing up prices. “The reason we are having this gathering is a signal from us …

30-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ AYBAK/ ISLAMABAD: As many as 16 Shia studentsamong 21 civilians have been killed after a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban regime has said. The blast took place in Aybak in the Samangan province and left …

30-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ QUETTA: A suicide bomb blast has struck a police vehicle in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least one police officer and two civilians and wounding dozens, according to police. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also known as the …

30-11-2022 TEHRAN: Deploring outsiders for upsetting security and creating problems in the region, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the withdrawal of foreign forces will be conducive to regional security. Speaking at a joint press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Tehran on Tuesday, the Iranian president said, …

30-11-2022 OTTAWA: Genealogical testing has led to an arrest in the 1983 murders of two women in Toronto, one of whom was the daughter of a founder of gold mining giant Barrick Gold, police said Monday. Erin Gilmour, 22, and Susan Tice, 45, were found stabbed to death four months …

30-11-2022 LONDON/ BEIJING: The United Kingdom has summoned the Chinese ambassador in London for a rebuke after the arrest and alleged assault of a BBC journalist covering protests against Beijing’s zero-COVID-19 policy. Zheng Zeguang was called in to the foreign office on Tuesday after the incident involving Ed Lawrence in …