International

11-06-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ PARIS: Australia has unveiled a substantial compensation deal with French submarine maker Naval Group, ending a contract dispute that soured relations between Canberra and Paris for almost a year. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that the French firm had agreed to a …

11-06-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW/ SRINAGAR: Indian police shot dead two demonstrators on Friday during street protests around the country sparked by a ruling party official’s remarks about the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him/ PBUH), an officer told AFP Saturday. “Police were forced to open …

11-06-2022 GENEVA/ COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is at risk of tipping into a full-blown humanitarian crisis as the country’s economy suffers its biggest shock in decades, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday. Sri Lanka’s 22 million people are suffering the country’s most serious financial turmoil in seven decades, with …

11-06-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR/ LONDON/ KARACHI: Malaysia’s government said Saturday it has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with campaigners welcoming the move but cautioning the country had failed to deliver on previous vows to improve rights. The death penalty remains mandatory for several offences …

11-06-2022 WASHINGTON: Chris Licht, the new leader of CNN, announced that the “Breaking News” banner will now be only used for truly urgent incidents, Business Standard reported. Inheriting the media outlet a month ago from the former President of CNN, Jeff Zucker, Licht is making new changes, one of which …

10-06-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW/ SRINAGAR: Police confronted stone-throwing crowds in at least two Indian cities on Friday as crowds protested in many areas of the country over derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad made by two former members of the ruling party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has …

10-06-2022 MARYLAND: A gunman has opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing facility in northern Maryland, United States, killing at least three people and critically wounding a fourth before being taken into custody after a shoot-out with police. Washington County Sheriff Doug Mullendore said police responded to reports of …

10-06-2022 PARIS: France has sought to push the European Union towards a long-stalled asylum pact with a plan to relocate about 10,000 asylum seekers a year to willing member states – and for unwilling ones to pay up instead. Presented on Friday to an EU interior ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg, …

10-06-2022 MICHIGAN: A white police officer was charged with second-degree murder on Thursday for the fatal shooting of a Black man during an altercation after a traffic stop two months ago in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a case that sparked racial justice protests in the city. The criminal case against …

09-06-2022 UNITED NATIONS/ BEIJING/ MOSCOW: China and Russia have accused the United States of stoking tensions on the Korean Peninsula during a landmark meeting held to explain their decisions to veto new global sanctions over Pyongyang’s renewed ballistic missile launches. Zhang Jun, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, told the …