International

18-07-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian traders and shopkeepers will hold a nationwide protest next week against a hike in taxes on a range of products and services, including food grains and household items, that went into effect on Monday, a top official of a leading traders’ group said. “The …

17-07-2022 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Russian forces have fired missiles and shells at cities and towns across Ukraine after Russia’s military announced it was stepping up its onslaught against its neighbor, with Ukrainian officials reporting that at least 17 more civilians had been killed. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu gave “instructions to …

17-07-2022 TEHRAN: The Iranian government has blacklisted United States officials over their backing of a group that Tehran considers to be a “terrorist” organization. The Iranian foreign ministry on Saturday published a list of 61 current and former American officials who it said have provided “deliberate support” to the Mujahideen-e …

17-07-2022 PORT-AU-PRINCE: The UN human rights office has expressed concern about rising violence around Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, saying 99 people have been reported killed in recent fighting between rival gangs in the Cite Soleil district alone. The warning on Saturday came hours after the UN Security Council unanimously approved a …

17-07-2022 RIYADH: The United States “will not walk away” from the Middle East and leave a vacuum to be filled by Russia, China or Iran, US President Joe Biden has told a summit in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah. He also told the summit that the US is …

16-07-2022 COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan parliament met on Saturday to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the current term after the president fled abroad and resigned following mass protests over the country’s economic collapse. Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena promised a swift and transparent political process …

16-07-2022 JEDDAH: The United States and Saudi Arabia agreed on the importance of stopping Iran from “acquiring a nuclear weapon”, during a visit by US President Joe Biden, a joint statement carried by the Saudi state news agency (SPA) said. The statement said Biden also affirmed the United States’ continued …

16-07-2022 PARIS/ MADRID: Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal, with officials issuing health warnings for a new heatwave in the coming days. Temperatures were expected to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of Europe as …

16-07-2022 ISTANBUL: Vandals broke into a Jewish cemetery in Istanbul overnight and smashed dozens of gravestones, the local Jewish community said Friday. It said in a post on Twitter that gravestones were destroyed in the Haskoy cemetery, sharing pictures of the vandalism. “The matter has been conveyed to the relevant …

16-07-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The US House of Representatives, with a majority of voice votes, has passed an India-specific legislative amendment, proposed by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khana, giving an expemtion to New Delhi over its missile purchase from Moscow. According to a report published in Daily …