International

08-10-2023 NEW YORK: Former President Donald Trump secured a temporary reprieve in his civil fraud lawsuit as a New York court granted a delay in the cancellation of his business licenses within the state. The development comes after Trump, the leading contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, filed an …

07-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Tuesday’s police raids on the homes of prominent journalists in India are an attempt by the government to “muzzle” free speech, campaigners have said. The founder of news website NewsClick was arrested under an anti-terror law as part of an investigation into its …

07-10-2023 DUBAI/ BEIJING: The BBC has witnessed Chinese vessels blocking Filipino supply boats to an outpost in the South China Sea. The incident took place as two Philippine coast guard ships one of which the BBC was aboard and two tiny commercial boats made their way to the Second Thomas …

07-10-2023 CHICAGO: A 104-year-old Chicago woman ditched her walker and climbed into a plane to become the world’s oldest person to tandem skydive and it wasn’t even her first freefall. Dorothy Hoffner first skydived four years ago on her 100th birthday, but she wanted a redo because, she said, she …

07-10-2023 TORONTO: Toronto, Canada’s largest city, has experienced a remarkable weather event, breaking a temperature record that stood for more than seven decades. The unseasonable warmth sweeping through the city has caught the attention of both residents and meteorologists, marking a significant moment in the region’s climate history. On Wednesday, …

07-10-2023 DAMASCUS: An attack on a military academy in Syria on Thursday resulted in up to 100 deaths, according to a war monitor and an official, as weaponized drones bombed the location shortly after Syria’s defence minister left a graduation ceremony there. In a nation that has endured a 12-year …

07-10-2023 OSLO/ TEHRAN: Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian rights campaigner, was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 on Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against …

06-10-2023 RIYADH: In a historic event, Israeli diplomats conducted a Jewish prayer service in Saudi Arabia, showcasing the increasing normalization of relations between the two nations. Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, who was in Riyadh for a UN postal conference, took part in the service during the Sukkot holiday. The …

06-10-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban administration in Kabul on Wednesday said that they strongly condemn Pakistan’s threat to forcibly expel illegal Afghan immigrants saying “Afghan refugees are not involved in Pakistan’s security problems.” Pakistan’s caretaker government had set a November 1 deadline for approximately 1.73 …

06-10-2023 TEHRAN: A 16-year-old Iranian girl named Armita Geravand is in critical condition following an alleged altercation regarding her hijab, according to reports from activists. The girl is currently in a hospital, in precarious condition, as she slipped into a coma after a purported encounter with authorities in Tehran’s metro …