International

11-01-2024 LONDON/ WASHINGTON: The United States military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has said it shot down 18 drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the southern Red Sea, the armed group’s 26th attack on international shipping lanes in the last seven weeks. Working with forces from the United Kingdom, CENTCOM said …

11-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Do you want money in exchange for impregnating a woman? Who can decline this unique offer! In early December, Mangesh Kumar (name changed) was scrolling through Facebook when he came across a video from “All India Pregnant Job Service” and decided to watch …

11-01-2024 WASHINGTON: The cost of war on Gaza’s civilians is “far too high”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Blinken said Israel needed to remove barriers so more essential aid could be allowed into Gaza but he said Israel faced a huge challenge in fighting an enemy in …

11-01-2024 RICHLAND, WA: A brand new substance, which could reduce lithium use in batteries, has been discovered using artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing. The findings were made by Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), which is part of the US Department of Energy. Scientists say the material could …

11-01-2024 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UK says it is interested in normalizing relations with Israel after the war in Gaza, but that any deal must lead to the creation of a Palestinian state. Prince Khalid bin Bandar told media a pact was “close” when the Kingdom paused …

11-01-2024 NEW YORK: A fifth and final batch of court documents relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been released. Among the 1,400 pages of records are depositions with Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. This last trove shows Epstein refused hundreds of times to answer lawyers’ questions, including …

11-01-2024 WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ DOHA: Of all the priorities for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on his fourth visit to the Middle East in three months, there is one message above all others that he wants to deliver. His main mission on this trip is to ensure the Israel-Gaza war …

11-01-2024 LONDON/ NEW YORK: The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Nino weather event. Last year was about 1.48C warmer than the long-term average before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels, the EU’s …

New York :: The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed is in the custody of Pakistan and serving a 78-year imprisonment sentence, the United Nations said in updated information. As a result of his conviction in seven terror financing cases, Saeed has been serving his sentence since February 12, …

10-01-2024 QUITO: Masked gunmen have broken into a live television studio in Ecuador and threatened terrified staff. Employees were forced on to the floor during the broadcast by the public television channel TC in the city of Guayaquil before the live feed cut out. The attackers were later seen leaving …