International

24-11-2023 NANTUCKET/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON: Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the general counsel of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) and a pro-Khalistan Sikh leader, has responded to his assassination plot by India which was exposed in a report by the Financial Times (FT). After reports of the United States warning India over Pannun’s …

23-11-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli army has arrested the director of al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip, according to a doctor and media reports. Muhammad Abu Salmiya was arrested along with several other “senior doctors”, Khalid Abu Samra, a department chief at the hospital, told …

23-11-2023 NANTUCKET/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON: United States authorities thwarted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the United States and issued a warning to India over concerns the government in New Delhi was involved, a senior Biden administration official said. The U.S. is treating the plot with utmost seriousness …

23-11-2023 RAINBOW BRIDGE, NEW YORK: As many as two people were killed after a vehicle exploded at the Rainbow Bridge near the US-Canada border Wednesday as it was heading toward a checkpoint, according to the media reports. The vehicle was coming from the Canadian side and exploded after approaching a …

23-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Drilling has resumed near the mouth of a tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand state where 41 workers have been trapped for 10 days. Work had been suspended on Friday after rescuers heard a cracking sound while drilling. Officials say other plans to rescue the …

23-11-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korea claims it has successfully put a military spy satellite into space, drawing condemnation from neighboring countries. State news agency KCNA said the satellite, named Malligyong-1, had accurately entered orbit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, the agency added. Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, …

23-11-2023 JERUSALEM: The Israeli cabinet is meeting to vote on a proposed deal that could see Hamas release dozens of hostages, and a four-day pause in fighting. In a statement filmed before the meeting, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the war effort would continue even if a hostage agreement was …

23-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government has enacted an immediate ban on the sale of products carrying a halal certification, encompassing the entire supply chain, from production to distribution and sale, within the state. However, it exempts products intended for export from these restrictions. …

23-11-2023 LONDON: British-Pakistani Conservative Councilor Jamal Chohan has quit the party over its stance on Israel’s war on Palestine and the killings of over 13,000 Palestinians. Chohan, a lawyer, was threatened with suspension by the Conservative Party for signing an open letter for councilors across England and Wales calling for …

23-11-2023 MISSISSIPPI: Mississippi has set an execution date for an inmate who has been on death row for 21 years after his appeals and legal challenges were unsuccessful. In a Thursday ruling, the Mississippi Supreme Court granted a motion from the state in the case of Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., …