International

17-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Last month, three days after Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal, India imposed a ban on July 20 on the export of non-basmati white rice. The move followed a ban on the export of broken rice, which was announced in …

17-08-2023 NIAMEY: Over 27 Niger soldiers have been killed in an attack by armed groups near the border with Mali, the country’s Ministry of Defence said. According to a statement released late on Tuesday, “a detachment of the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) moving between Boni and Torodi was the victim …

17-08-2023 PHILADELPHIA: A teenager from Philadephia was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the accusation of organizing a terrorist attack with Al-Qaeda affiliated Khatiabt al-Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ) group. The 17-year-old teenager was suspected of allegedly communicating with the Khatiabt al-Tawhid outfit operating under the umbrella of Al-Qaeda. …

17-08-2023 LONDON: Pro-Khalistan secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has announced it has raised £250,000 For Khalistan Referendum voting in Scotland in 2024 in response to the Indian government’s push to crackdown on Sikh Khalistani activists in the United Kingdom. SFJ made the announcement within 3 days of UK Security …

17-08-2023 HAWAII: The number of people known to have died in the horrific wildfire that levelled a Hawaiian town reached 107 on Tuesday, authorities said, as a makeshift morgue was expanded to deal with the tragedy. State governor Josh Green has repeatedly warned that the final toll from last week’s …

16-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: More than 50 people died amid landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains over the weekend in India’s Himalayan region. Officials from the state disaster management authority fear that the death toll is expected to rise as more than 20 people …

16-08-2023 TOKYO: Typhoon Lan pummeled western Japan on Tuesday, prompting local officials to issue evacuation warnings, knocking out power to thousands of homes, canceling hundreds of flights and disrupting summer traditions like a nationwide baseball tournament. Moving in from the Pacific Ocean, the tropical storm had maximum sustained winds of …

16-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban is marking the second anniversary of its return to power with a public holiday, celebrating the takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what it described as security across the country under an “Islamic system”. “On the second anniversary of …

16-08-2023 MOSCOW: As many as 30 people lost their lives including three children when a powerful explosion took place followed by a fire in a filling station in the capital city of the Republic of Dagestan, leaving over 100 others injured, according to media report early Tuesday. At least 13 …

16-08-2023 DHAKA: Thousands of enraged demonstrators marched across Bangladesh shouting anti-government slogans after a powerful Jamaat-e-Islaami opposition leader, Delwar Hossain Sayedee, died of a heart attack in jail on Monday at the age of 83. Sayedee, vice president of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, died in a prison hospital early Monday …