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05-07-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States concluded Monday that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by Israeli gunfire and urged accountability, but said there was no reason to believe she was shot intentionally. Dashing hopes for a result that would be accepted by all sides, the United States …

05-07-2022 LUXEMBOURG CITY: The richest country in the world is located in Western Europe. Its income levels are high and unemployment rates are low. International Business Times reports that Luxembourg, a country with a Gross Domestic Product of $135,682.8 in a population of 629,191, is the wealthiest in the globe. …

04-07-2022 ISTANBUL: Inflation in Turkey in June soared to an annual rate of 78.6%, the highest in 24 years, official data showed on Monday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unconventional economic policies continued to take their toll. The figure released by Turkey’s state statistical agency was the highest since January …

04-07-2022 JOHANNESBURG: A start-up entrepreneur from South Africa wants to change the way edible caterpillars, popularly known as “mopane worms,” are viewed and eaten. For many people, particularly from western European backgrounds, the idea of eating insects is still riddled with fear and inhibition but they can be a valuable …

04-07-2022 BEIRUT: The Hezbollah resistance movement of Lebanon flew three UAVs towards the Karish gas field in the country’s territorial waters as a message to the Israeli regime, which disputes the maritime area. “On Saturday afternoon, 7/2/2022, three unarmed drones of different sizes were launched towards the disputed area at …

04-07-2022 BAGHDAD TEHRAN: A Logistical convoy of the US forces in Iraq’s Saladin was attacked on Sunday, according to Iraqi news outlets. According to “Sabrin News” telegram channel at noon, a logistics convoy of the American army was targeted in “Makishefa” area of Saladin, in the country’s south. Details of …

03-07-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate southwest Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, on Sunday with torrential rain pounding the east coast and threatening floods in areas that were hammered in March. Heavy rain and overflowing dams and rivers all combined to threaten flash floods and …

03-07-2022 LONDON: WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has appealed to the High Court in London to block his extradition to the United States to face criminal charges, his brother said on Friday; the latest step in his legal battle that has dragged on for more than a decade. Assange, 50, is …

03-07-2022 LONDON: More than a million people flocked to central London on Saturday for a record-breaking 50th-anniversary Pride parade. The three-hour-long parade, headed by veterans of the LGBT movement who took part in Britain’s first Pride march, retraced part of the original route of 1972. Organizers said there had been …

03-07-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended on Saturday by asking foreign governments to formally recognize their administration, but made no signals of changes on international demands such as the opening of girls’ high schools. The …