International

19-08-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: India’s decision to allow voting rights to any Indian citizen living temporarily in Indian-administered Kashmir has again ignited anger and fears of an attempt by the Hindu nationalist government to change the demography of its only Muslim-majority region. The move, announced on Wednesday by …

19-08-2022 NEW YORK: The man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges and has been held without bail. Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, just before the “The Satanic Verses” author …

19-08-2022 TEHRAN: The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates rejected allegations that the country is holding American nationals, including freelance journalist and veteran US Marine Corps Austin Tice. Tice disappeared a decade ago while reporting on the foreign-sponsored conflict in the Arab country. In a statement on Wednesday, the …

19-08-2022 DUBAI: An India vs Pakistan cricket match is always a huge deal for residents of both countries and fans go to any extremes for tickets. On August 28, a highly-anticipated India vs Pakistan match, which is part of the Asia Cup, is set to take place in Dubai. Tickets …

19-08-2022 RIYADH: A Saudi Arabian student sentenced to 34 years in prison for her social media activity had been reported to the country’s authorities using a crime-reporting app, highlighting the use of technology by Saudi authorities to clamp down on dissent. Salma al-Shehab, a 34-year-old mother of two children who …

18-08-2022 NEW YORK/ TEHRAN: The man who allegedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie has said that he admires Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who issued a call for Rushdie’s death in 1989. Hadi Matar, the suspected attacker, told the New York Post during a video interview that he respects the …

18-08-2022 SEOUL: Talks with North Korea should not be for political show but contribute to establishing peace, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday, just hours after the North test fired two cruise missiles into the sea. Speaking at a wide-ranging news conference to mark his first 100 days …

18-08-2022 LONDON: A British-Pakistani woman has been elected as a councillor in Salford for Higher Irlam and Peel Green. Mishal Saeed, who is a graduate of the University of Oxford, won by 1,317 votes on Labour Party’s ticket. Local elections are an important opportunity for residents to make their voices …

18-08-2022 BANGKOK: An Indian man has been arrested at Thailand’s main airport attempting to smuggle out a menagerie of live creatures including a white desert fox and a raccoon, officials said Wednesday. The Southeast Asian kingdom is a major transit hub for wildlife smugglers who often sell the animals to …

18-08-2022 ANKARA/ JERUSALEM: Turkey and Israel said on Wednesday they will re-appoint respective ambassadors more than four years after they were called back, marking another milestone after months of steady improvement in relations. The two regional powers had expelled ambassadors in 2018 over the killing of 60 Palestinians by Israeli …