International

12-02-2022 MEXICO CITY: Heber Lopez, the Director of Mexican online news site Noticias Web, has been fatally shot, becoming the fifth journalist to be murdered in the country since the beginning of the year. Lopez was attacked on Thursday at his office in Salina Cruz, in the southern state of …

11-02-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: On a petition linked to the hijab row raging in Karnataka, the Supreme Court today rejected an urgent hearing and said, “We will interfere only at an appropriate time.” A girl in Karnataka had approached the Supreme Court after the High Court yesterday advised students …

11-02-2022 TEHRAN: The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement downplayed Washington’s warmongering tone concerning Iran, saying the United States and the Israeli regime are frightened of engaging in military conflict with the Islamic Republic. Today, the United States is fearful of engaging in a war with Iran since the …

11-02-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Owners are shattered after four businesses were destroyed when tobacconist in Melbourne’s south-east was the subject of a “nightmare” arson attack late last night. CCTV has captured the Thompson Road store in Patterson Lakes exploding into a fireball about 11.35pm after two intruders smashed through the …

11-02-2022 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Syrian air defenses successfully shot down a number of Israeli missiles fired towards Damascus and its environs early on Wednesday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry (MOD). Four Israeli F-16 jets targeted the Damascus area at around 1am local time on Wednesday. Videos of air defense fire …

11-02-2022 LONDON: London’s police chief announced her resignation Thursday after a string of scandals rocked the British capital’s force, including racism, sexism and a serving officer murdering a young woman. Cressida Dick, who became the first woman to head London’s Metropolitan Police in 2017, said she had “no choice but …

11-02-2022 DUBAI/ RIYADH/ SANA’A: Dozens of people suffered injuries caused by shrapnel from a drone intercepted by air defences at Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi movement said. In a statement carried by Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya TV, the coalition later warned people in …

11-02-2022 NEW YORK: Price rises in the US accelerated by more than expected last month, pushing annual inflation up to 7.5% – the highest rate since 1982. Food and energy costs helped to drive the increases, which left few spending categories untouched. The rising prices are squeezing household finances as …

10-02-2022 OTTAWA: Two of the world’s biggest carmakers, Ford and Toyota, say production is being disrupted by trucker protests in Canada. Plants have been forced to shut because car parts are being held up at two US border points blocked by truckers protesting against a vaccine mandate. Canada’s Transport Minister, …

10-02-2022 MOSCOW/ MINSK: Russia and Belarus have started 10 days of joint military drills amid ongoing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Belarus is a close ally of Russia and has a long border with Ukraine. France called the drills – believed to be Russia’s biggest deployment to Belarus …