International

12-02-2023 ISTANBUL: Turkey’s most devastating earthquake since 1939 has raised big questions about whether such a large-scale tragedy could have been avoided and whether President Erdogan’s government could have done more to save lives. With elections on the horizon, his future is on the line after 20 years in power …

12-02-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies BRISBANE/ MELBOURNE: As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to host Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the pro-Khalistan separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has announced to host. The March 19 vote in Brisbane follows a massive show of 55,000 Australian Sikhs in Melbourne’s Federation …

12-02-2023 WASHINGTON: A US F-22 fighter jet on Friday shot down an unidentified object flying high over Alaska, US officials said, less than a week after the military brought down a Chinese balloon that had flown across the United States. A Sidewinder missile downed the latest craft, which was about …

12-02-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ DAMASCUS: More than five (5) million Syrians may be homeless after Monday’s devastating earthquakes that struck the country and its neighbor Turkey, according to a United Nations official. “As many as 5.3 million people in Syria may have been left homeless by the earthquake,” Sivanka Dhanapala, the …

11-02-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The public interest litigation (PIL) petition which was filed by Hindu Sena asking for a ban on the British Broadcasting Corporation was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Friday. The Hindu Sena was seeking ban on BBC for airing the documentary named India: …

11-02-2023 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Russia’s latest aerial attack on Ukraine saw missiles cross Moldovan airspace, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials have said. Kyiv’s top general said two missiles fired from the Black Sea flew above the neighboring country, something confirmed in Chisinau. The general also said the missiles crossed NATO member, Romania …

11-02-2023 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden, under fire from some lawmakers, said on Thursday he did not view a Chinese spy balloon that transited the United States before it was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean to have been a major security breach. Biden, who has sought to maintain communications with …

11-02-2023 JAKARTA: When Netflix announced the exclusive production of seven Indonesian films and series in September 2022, few expected overnight success but by the end of the year, the Big Four by Timo Tjahjanto, the first film in the series, had become one of the video-on-demand giant’s most-watched films not …

11-02-2023 TOKYO/ MANILA: The leaders of Japan and the Philippines have agreed to increase defence ties, allowing Japanese troops greater access to Philippine territory. The defence arrangement signed by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday will allow Japanese troops to join training exercises …

11-02-2023 ISTANBUL: Thousands of people have offered to adopt the baby girl who was born under the rubble of a collapsed building in north-west Syria, following Monday’s earthquake. When she was rescued, baby Aya, meaning miracle in Arabic was still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord. Her mother, …