International

30-07-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties involving the single-engine jet’s failure, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Times of India quoted unnamed …

29-07-2022 PARIS: Energy was the main topic on the agenda between French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, during talks in Paris seen as a diplomatic rehabilitation of the de facto leader of the Saudi kingdom. Aides to the French president had indicated ahead of the …

28-07-2022 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN: A series of heavy explosions reportedly took place at a military base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah used by American troops. Russia’s state-run Sputnik news agency, citing local sources, reported on Wednesday that sounds of several loud blasts had been heard in the northern and western …

29-07-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Fatima Payman, 27, made history this week after becoming the first hijab-wearing Senator in Australia’s parliament. Payman broke down a few minutes into her first speech in Parliament when thanking her father for his sacrifices who arrived in Australia as an …

29-07-2022 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, highlighting Beijing’s concerns about a possible visit to the Chinese-claimed Island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Those who play with fire will perish by it,” …

28-07-2022 DAMASCUS: Dozens people have been killed and dozens wounded in the southern Syrian province of Sweida in clashes between armed residents and gangs aligned with the government security agencies, activists and local media said. Ten government loyalists from the “Falhout” faction and seven local fighters died in fighting on …

28-07-2022 SANA’A: August is around the corner, which in Yemen means that millions of students will be heading back to school but with the conflict in the country continuing and the education sector ailing, not all teachers and pupils are excited. Education in Yemen has been a casualty of the …

28-07-2022 SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent and for any military clash with the United States, state media reported on Thursday, amid signs the North could conduct its first nuclear test since 2017. Kim made the remarks during …

28-07-2022 BAGHDAD: More than nine months after Iraq held its October 2021 parliamentary elections, political leaders have been unable to form a government. The country’s political crisis reached a boiling point when demonstrators, mostly supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, one of the most powerful people in the country, stormed …

27-07-2022 COLOMBO: With no fuel and no money for food, HG Indrani and her family of nine trudged for an hour to a community kitchen in Colombo, in hopes of finding a simple vegetarian meal. Rampant food inflation and chronic shortages of cooking gas and petrol are making daily life …