International

15-12-2022 NAYPYIDAW: Htu Seng has spent the past decade defending the land and environment of her native Kachin State but it was only after the military seized power in a coup in February 2021 that she began fearing for her life. Forcibly relocated from her village near the river confluence …

15-12-2022 BEIJING: China’s National Health Commission has scaled down its daily COVID-19 report in response to a sharp decline in PCR testing since the government eased antivirus measures after daily cases hit record highs. A notice on the commission’s website on Wednesday said it stopped publishing daily figures on the …

14-12-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian troops prevented their Chinese counterparts from entering Indian Territory on Dec. 9 during a border scuffle that led to injuries on both sides, India’s defence minister, Rajnath Singh, told parliament on Tuesday. The latest face-off occurred in the Tawang sector of India’s …

14-12-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Fight like wild and mad dogs has been started between Aussies after ethnic, religious, sectarian, social, cultural and criminals/ gang conflicts have already been become the routine in Australia just because either no-interest of Australian authorities, bureaucracy, politicians and other concerned …

14-12-2022 KYIV: Global economic powers pledged to beef up Kyiv’s military capabilities with a focus on air defence, as Russian missiles, artillery and drones hammered targets in Ukraine with no end in sight to Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two. The Group of Seven promised to “meet Ukraine’s urgent …

14-12-2022 DHAKA: The leader of Jamat-e-Islami (JI/ Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), Bangladesh’s largest Muslim party, has been arrested days after he announced the party would join opposition-led protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Shafiqur Rahman was arrested from his residence at around 1 am on 13th December (19:00 …

14-12-2022 TUNISIA, TUNIS: A Tunisian advocacy group has called on United States President Joe Biden to confront Tunisian President Kais Saied during the latter’s visit to Washington for human rights abuses it says were carried out by high-ranking Tunisian officials over the past year. The US-based Tunisian United Network (TUN) …

14-12-2022 BRUSSELS: Greek MEP Eva Kaili has denied involvement in an alleged bribery scandal involving World Cup host Qatar at the European Parliament. She is one of four suspects charged, after Belgian investigators found €1.5m (£1.3m) in two homes and a suitcase. MEPs have voted, by 625 to one, to …

14-12-2022 JERUSALEM: A close ally of Israeli prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has been elected as the new speaker of Israel’s parliament, marking a step closer to the formation of what is expected to be the most right-wing government in the country’s history. Yariv Levin, a senior member of Netanyahu’s right-wing …

14-12-2022 WELLINGTON: New Zealand´s Jacinda Ardern apologized for calling a political rival an “arrogant prick” in parliament on Tuesday, as the prime minister faces a drop in public support. In the throes of spirited parliamentary debate, Ardern took issue when the leader of an opposition party asked her to give …