International

29-11-2021 BAGHDAD: A court has resumed hearing a case in which a judge was asked to formalize a religious wedding between a 12-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man, raising concerns across Iraq. It was not clear whether a verdict would be given on Sunday. The court, located in Baghdad’s Kadhamiya …

28-11-2021 WELLINGTON: A New Zealand MP cycled to hospital while in labour on Sunday only to give birth barely an hour later. “I genuinely wasn’t planning to cycle in labour, but it did end up happening,” Julie Anne Genter said on Facebook afterwards. The Green party’s spokesperson for transport was …

28-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD/ DUBAI: Arif Naqvi, Pakistani citizen, former Abraaj boss and a friend to top Pakistani ruling and business elite across the political divide, faces extradition to the US from London and nearly 300 years in prison on charges levelled by US …

28-11-2021 LONDON/ WASHINGTON/ BERLIN: Protests are being staged at Amazon buildings in the UK, US, and Europe on Black Friday. The shopping sales day is among Amazon’s busiest all year. An international coalition of unions, equality and environmental groups called “Make Amazon Pay” is staging a day of action. The …

28-11-2021 GENEVA/ JOHANNESBURG: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday categorized a newly found coronavirus variant in South Africa as a “variant of concern.” On November 9, WHO released a report stating that the initial infection was detected in a sample and named it Omicron, a letter in Greek alphabet. …

27-11-2021 Bureau Report LONDON/ NEW DELHI: Rejecting the Indian media reports, Scotland Yard has clarified that it did not raid the West London office of the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ). The UK police issued the clarification after several Indian media organizations started propaganda that detectives of the metropolitan police had …

27-11-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: A commercial airline pilot has been accused of murdering two elderly campers who went missing in Australia 20 months ago. Greg Lynn, 55, was arrested on Monday night after police helicopters descended on his campsite in Victoria. He was charged with murdering Russell Hill, 74, and …

27-11-2021 GUAYMAS/ ISTANBUL: Riot police in Turkey and Mexico have fired tear gas and smoke bombs at protesters calling for an end to violence against women. In the Mexican city of Guaymas, three people were shot dead in an apparent attack on the city’s female mayor. And in the Turkish …

27-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, has resumed exports of coronavirus vaccines to the UN-backed COVAX distribution programme after halting most overseas sales in March. The company was to have been COVAX’s main supplier, but an explosion of cases in India …

27-11-2021 NEW YORK: Oil fell sharply as a new coronavirus strain raised concerns about the outlook for demand and sent global markets spiraling. Futures in New York tumbled below $74 a barrel and benchmark Brent shed as much as 6%, the most since July. The emergence of the new strain …