International

19-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ AHMEDABAD: Hosts India are taking on Australia in the World Cup final today. The match will be played in Ahmedabad city at the Narendra Modi stadium, the world’s largest cricket venue. India beat New Zealand by 70 runs in Wednesday’s semi-final; Australia defeated …

19-11-2023 GAZA CITY: Hundreds of people evacuated Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on foot Saturday, a journalist at the scene saw, after the hospital director said the Israeli army ordered the hospital emptied. The Hamas-run health ministry said in a statement 120 wounded were still at the facility, along with an unspecified …

19-11-2023 MALE: Delivering on a promise made upon assuming office, President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives Saturday formally called on India to pull out its troops from the strategically located archipelago, plunging New Delhi into valid concerns that Chinese forces may not fill the gap, Indian media reported. During a …

19-11-2023 WASHINGTON: The romantic escapades of Donald Trump have always been a captivating saga, from his high-profile affair with Marla Maples to the alleged liaison with sex worker Stormy Daniels, SheKnows reported. The former president’s fidelity to his wives has been questionable, and a fascinating twist emerged from an old …

19-11-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel’s prime minister has said it is trying to minimize civilian casualties in the war in Gaza but has been “not successful”, blaming this on Hamas. In an interview, Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas was firing at Palestinians trying to get safety. Hamas “don’t give a hoot about the …

19-11-2023 BERLIN/ ISTANBUL: No speeches in front of cheering crowds. No joint public appearances between leaders and a rumoured joint visit to a Germany-Turkey football match in Berlin that is not happening after all. For a state visit, Friday’s visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Germany is remarkably …

19-11-2023 ARMONK, NEW YORK: IBM has suspended advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, after a report said its ads were placed next to posts praising Adolf Hitler and Nazism. The company said it was “completely unacceptable” that its content appeared in such threads on the platform. X said it …

19-11-2023 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israel’s war cabinet says it will allow two fuel trucks into the Gaza Strip each day for the UN to continue aid work. An Israeli official says fuel will give “minimal” support for water and sewage systems, and will be tracked to make sure it doesn’t …

19-11-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A whistleblower who helped expose allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information. David McBride was due to face trial next week, but changed his plea after a legal ruling scuppered his …

18-11-2023 LONDON, ONTARIO: A Canadian man, Nathaniel Veltman, has been convicted of murder after he ran over and killed four members of the Afzaal family with his car in London, Ontario, but the jury did not specify if he was motivated by terrorism, sources reported. The case marked the first …