International

15-11-2021 MOGADISHU: A prominent Somali journalist who was a critic of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab has been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu. Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, also known as Abdiaziz Afrika, was targeted as he was leaving a restaurant in the city shortly after midday. …

15-11-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Four children have died after a house fire broke out at Werribee in Melbourne’s south west overnight. The children were all aged 10 and under. Among the victims were two boys, aged 10 and three, and two girls, aged six and one. The children’s father and …

21-11-2021 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Commandos with the naval force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have seized a foreign tanker in the Persian Gulf for smuggling diesel. Colonel Ahmad Hajian, the commander of the Naval Type 412 Zulfiqar in the southern Persian county in the Hormozgan province, was quoted by …

21-11-2021 SANA’A; RIYADH: Yemen’s Houthi fighters said they fired 14 drones at several Saudi cities on Saturday, including at Saudi Aramco facilities in Jeddah, with the Saudi state news agency reporting that the Saudi-led coalition attacked 13 targets in Yemen during a military operation against the group. Yahya Saree, the …

21-11-2021 BEIJING/ UNITED NATIONS: China has strongly criticized the United Nations over comments demanding the release of a citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of the country’s COVID-19 response. The Chinese mission in Geneva voiced outrage on Saturday at what it said were the “irresponsible” and “erroneous” comments made by …

21-11-2021 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden was declared healthy and fit to execute his duties as president of the US during a routine medical check-up during which his powers were transferred briefly to Vice-President Kamala Harris. “The President remains a healthy, vigorous, 78-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute …

20-11-2021 WISCONSIN/ WASHINGTON: A jury in the United States has found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges related to the shooting of protesters at a demonstration against racial injustice in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. Rittenhouse, now 18, had faced a potential life sentence for fatally shooting two demonstrators, Joseph …

20-11-2021 LONDON/ JERUSALEM: Hamas has condemned a move by Britain towards banning the group as a terrorist organization which could see supporters of the Palestinian movement face up to 14 years in prison. Home Secretary Priti Patel, who will push for the ban in Parliament next week, argued on Friday …

20-11-2021 ISFAHAN/ TEHRAN: Thousands of protesters have gathered in Isfahan in central Iran to demand the revival of a major river that has dried up. Footage broadcast by state television and dozens of videos circulating on social media on Friday showed a sea of farmers and other people standing on …

20-11-2021 Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI: Pakistan-born economist Dr Adnan Qadir Khan has been appointed as Chief Economist for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in the UK government. According to a statement, the London School of Economics (LSE) School of Public Policy announced in a congratulatory message that their …