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26-03-2023 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks on resuming consular services, Saudi state media said Thursday, more than a decade after the Gulf kingdom cut ties with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “A discussion is underway between officials in the kingdom and their counterparts in Syria about resuming the …

26-03-2023 OTTAWA: US President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Canada where he will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address parliament, with reports that a deal has been struck on managing undocumented migration across the neighbors’ long border. Trade, Canada’s anemic defence spending, and a potential international force to stabilize …

26-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: LONDON: British Pakistani diplomat Fouzia Younis has made history once again as she has been appointed as His Majesty’s British Consul General to Toronto. Fouzia Younis, who is currently in Islamabad working as a senior British diplomat, will be leaving for Canada soon …

25-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ TASHKENT: India has cancelled the manufacturing licence of a firm whose cough syrups been linked to 18 child deaths in Uzbekistan. The WHO in January had warned against the use of two cough syrups made by Marion Biotech, saying they were substandard. Marion …

25-03-2023 RIYADH: Six prominent Saudi judges and four former judges have been charged with “high treason” and now face the death penalty, Democracy for the Arab Now (DAWN) has warned. Sources told DAWN that the government has denied the defendants legal counsel and held them incommunicado since their detention on …

25-03-2023 RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will soon resume work at its consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Sputnik reported. The sources indicated that Russian-Emirati mediation led to the removal of obstacles between the two Arab countries. The reopening of the Saudi consulate in Damascus is expected …

25-03-2023 TEHRAN: Iran on Friday urged France to listen to protesters and avoid violence after more than 450 people were arrested and nearly as many police were injured in demonstrations against pension reforms. Protesters clashed with French security forces on Thursday in the most serious violence yet of a three-month …

25-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australian police are investigating after a senator was allegedly thrown to the ground at a protest outside parliament in Canberra. Senator Lidia Thorpe was attempting to confront British activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, who was holding an event outside the building. Footage showed Ms Thorpe …

25-03-2023 JERUSALEM/ LONDON: The beachside highway beside the British embassy in Tel Aviv descended into a scene of bitter division between Israelis a week ago, and blood was spilled on the tarmac. The crowd started to block traffic, by now a frequent tactic of protesters when a driver attacked one …

25-03-2023 OTTAWA/ WASHINGTON: The US and Canada have reached a deal to reject asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings, officials say. Large numbers of migrants have been making unsanctioned crossings on Roxham Road at the US-Canada border. The move closes a loophole created by a 2004 asylum agreement with the …