International

10-08-2020 CITY OF VICTORIA: Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested under the territory’s national security legislation and accused of “colluding with foreign powers” in one of the most prominent arrests since China imposed the controversial law just over a month ago. Mark Simon, a Senior Executive at …

09-08-2020 The article contains graphic images and details some people may find upsetting. By SJA Jafri + (Courtesy BBC) TOKYO/ WASHINGTON/ UNITED NATIONS: It is 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August, leading to the end …

09-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to release 400 Taliban prisoners after an Afghan grand assembly, known as the Loya Jirga, passed a resolution to approve the move. The resolution recommending the release of the prisoners was passed on Sunday at the …

09-08-2020 BEIRUT: At least 728 people have been wounded in clashes with authorities as thousands of protesters hit the streets of central Beirut as riot police fired tear gas at those trying to break through a barrier to the parliament building. One police officer was also reported killed. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan …

08-08-2020 BEIRUT: Thousands of Lebanese, furious with their political leaders, are taking to the streets again, four days after a huge explosion left at least 158 dead. Some protesters have clashed with police who fired tear gas. Tuesday’s blast at the port devastated parts of the city and has reignited …

08-08-2020 SANA’A/ UNITED NATIONS: Air raids in northern Yemen have killed dozens more children, a United Nations official said, making it the third such attack with significant child deaths in the rebel-controlled region this month. Lise Grande, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said in a statement on Friday a …

08-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: The United States Department of State said in a letter it has repeatedly requested that Saudi Arabia “clarify the status and nature” of the detention of two children of a former top Saudi intelligence officer exiled in Canada who has alleged that …

08-08-2020 KERALA/ NEW DELHI: At least 16 people were killed and 123 others wounded when a passenger jet skidded off the runway after landing in heavy rain in the southern state of Kerala, officials have said. The Air India Express flight from Dubai was repatriating Indians stranded overseas amid the …

07-08-2020 KERALA/ NEW DELHI: An Air India Express plane with nearly 200 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, Indian media reports. The aircraft, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway at Calicut airport upon landing, reports say. Rescue operations are under …

07-08-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK/ HOUSTON: Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks. The prediction by the university’s widely cited Institute for Health Metrics …