International

10-09-2024 ALGIERS: Algeria’s incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, has been re-elected to the position with an emphatic vote; says the country’s electoral authority. “Of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accounting for 94.65 percent” of Saturday’s vote, National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE) head Mohamed …

10-09-2024 MADRIS: Madrid says it would grant political asylum to Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who has arrived in Spain after a month in hiding in the crisis-hit South American country. Gonzalez, accompanied by his spouse, travelled on a Spanish military aeroplane which landed around 04:00pm at the Torrejon air …

10-09-2024 GAZA CITY: More than 630,000 students in Gaza will not be returning to school on Monday, officials said, as Israel’s war on the Palestinian enclave disrupts schooling for a second year. Israel’s bombardment caused mobile phone and internet outages in central and southern Gaza, according to service provider Paltel …

10-09-2024 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: More than 10,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders due to a fast-spreading, uncontrolled wildfire in southern California. The Line Fire also threatens thousands of homes, businesses and other buildings in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles. The wildfire, which started on Thursday, spread rapidly …

10-09-2024 CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has vowed to “continue to fight” for democracy in his own country, after being granted asylum in Spain. González left Venezuela on Saturday, having spent weeks in hiding at the Spanish embassy in Caracas arriving at the Torrejon de Ardoz military air base …

10-09-2024 NEW YORK: The US government is taking aim at the engine of Google’s immense wealth its extremely lucrative ad tech business. A trial beginning on Monday will hear the Department of Justice’s case that the search engine’s parent company Alphabet illegally operates a monopoly in the market. The company …

09-09-2024 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Pakistani capital, demanding the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been behind bars for more than a year on what his party calls are politically motivated charges. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf …

09-09-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: At least 31 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Saturday, according to medical sources. An estimated 750,000 Israelis have taken to the streets in one of Israel’s biggest-ever protests as anger boils over at the government’s failure to bring those held captive home. …

09-09-2024 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: The international world order is “under threat in a way we haven’t seen since the Cold War”, the heads of the UK and US foreign intelligence services have warned. The chiefs of MI6 and the CIA also said both countries stand together in “resisting an assertive Russia …

09-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the opposition Congress party on Friday, entering politics a year after protesting against the chief of the sport’s governing body in India over alleged sexual harassment. The move came weeks after Phogat’s emotional return …