International

12-11-2023 LOS ANGELES/ SINGAPORE: After coming under fire for its links to China, TikTok is again under the spotlight in the United States amid claims that the popular video app is pushing young people to support Palestinians and Hamas. In recent weeks, powerful politicians, including senators Josh Hawley and Marco …

12-11-2023 DHAKA: Bangladesh’s prime minister has offered a stern response to striking garment workers amid deadly clashes over pay. After unions rejected a government offer, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday rejected the demands of the protesting workers for a higher pay rise. The premier insisted that they accept the …

12-11-2023 GAZA CITY: Israeli tanks surround several hospital in Gaza, health officials say, after several hospitals are among the civilian infrastructure targeted in another night of heavy bombardment. The Israeli attacks have damaged more than 50 percent of housing units across Gaza, according to officials. The UN’s humanitarian office issued …

12-11-2023 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) besieged a camp for displaced people on November 2 after attacking a nearby army base in West Darfur. Over the next three days, the paramilitary group committed what may amount to the single largest mass killing since the civil war erupted in April. …

11-11-2023 NEW YORK: Two international news agencies and The New York Times have denied claims in a viral report alleging that photojournalists may have had prior knowledge of Hamas’ attacks in Israel last month and even possibly “coordinated” with the militant group in order to document the carnage. An article …

11-11-2023 WASHINGTON: Officials around the globe are scrambling to find and rescue the hundreds of men, women, and children abducted by Hamas terrorists a month after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. As of now, 10 Americans are still believed to be held hostage in Gaza where thousands of civilians …

11-11-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has warned the scale of civilian suffering caused by Israel’s war on Hamas will inevitably lead to an expansion of the conflict, as officials in Gaza report Israeli air strikes on or near several hospitals in the Palestinian enclave. The comments from Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian …

11-11-2023 JERUSALEM: The Israeli diplomat Ofir Gendelman was flamed on Thursday after he tried to pass off behind-the-scenes footage from a Lebanese short film as proof that Palestinians were faking injuries sustained in Israel’s month-long barrage of airstrikes in Gaza. Gendelman, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, posted …

11-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s website states that secularism in India has become “minority appeasement … at the cost of majority”. Some analysts say the party has politicized fault-lines between Hindus and Muslims to such an extent that Modi’s cabinet doesn’t have a …

11-11-2023 GAZA CITY: The White House says Israel has agreed to suspend fighting for four hours on a daily basis to allow for Palestinian civilians to flee from northern Gaza. Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in Gaza City attacked twice on Thursday, according to the director, forcing the hospital to almost fully …