International

06-01-2022 PARIS/ RIYADH: French prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation into a blast in Saudi Arabia that badly wounded a French driver in the Dakar Rally. The explosion damaged a support vehicle for the Sodicars Racing team as it left a hotel in Jeddah last Thursday. The driver, Philippe Boutron, …

06-01-2022 SANA’A/ RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition has launched air attacks in Yemen’s capital Sanaa in response to a United Arab Emirates-flagged vessel in the Red Sea being seized and drone attacks launched by Yemeni Houthi fighters earlier this week. On Wednesday, Saudi state TV reported the coalition as saying it …

05-01-2022 LONDON/ PARIS: Last year, more than 28,000 migrants crossed the Channel from France to the UK in small boats. At least 44 people died or went missing during the attempt. At least 28,395 people reached the UK in small boats in 2021, a record figure which is more than …

05-01-2022 CAPE TOWN: A fire that devastated South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town has been contained after it reignited on Monday, city officials say. The fire first broke out on Sunday and completely destroyed the National Assembly, or lower chamber. Strong winds caused smouldering wood in the roof to catch …

05-01-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Authorities in Delhi on Tuesday ordered people to stay home over coming weekends having seen COVID-19 cases quadruple in a week, with its chief minister saying he had caught the virus just a day after he addressed an election rally without a mask. Chief Minister …

05-01-2022 TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it has detected a new “realism” on the part of Western countries, as further meetings in Vienna aimed at rescuing an accord on its nuclear program got underway. Negotiations to restore the 2015 accord between Tehran and world powers (United States, France, Britain, Russia, China, …

05-01-2022 WASHINGTON: Two of Donald Trump’s children have refused to testify to a fraud inquiry into the family’s business. Donald Jr, 44, and Ivanka, 40, were ordered to give evidence by New York Attorney General Letitia James. She opened a civil inquiry in 2019 into claims that – before he …

05-01-2022 By SJA Jafri TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS/ BAGHDAD: Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani helped create a resistance front in Iraq and neighboring Syria against the presence of American occupation forces, Hezbollah’s Secretary General said. Seyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks in a televised speech on Monday evening, while addressing a ceremony held …

04-01-2022 BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Two explosive-laden drones were shot down on Tuesday by Iraq’s air defenses as they approached the Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. forces, west of Baghdad, an official of the U.S.-led international military coalition said. A similar attack was foiled on Monday, when …

04-01-2022 JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday lifted restrictions barring same-sex couples and single men from becoming parents through surrogacy within the country, upholding a Supreme Court ruling to end the ban. “It is a historic day for the LGBTQ struggle in Israel,” Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said at a news conference, …