International

31-08-2023 WASHINGTON: X, formerly known as Twitter, has reversed its stance on political advertising, permitting its return to the platform. The decision holds significance as it coincides with the commencement of the 2024 presidential election season in the United States. However, X’s priority remains deterring the spread of false information …

30-08-2023 LONDON/ NEW DELHI: The place is nondescript; if you don’t look for it, you may not find it. And yet, for over 70 years, many Indians in London have sought it out, looking for familiar flavours and faces – a taste of home abroad. The India Club – an …

30-08-2023 BAGHDAD: Iraq has executed three people convicted in a 2016 bombing case involving the ISIL (ISIS) armed group that killed hundreds of people. The office of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday that the hangings were carried out on Sunday night and Monday morning, but did not …

30-08-2023 TRIPOLI: Libya’s internationally recognized prime minister has come under scrutiny for his reported role in attempting to normalize relations with Israel, analysts have said, with some calling for his dismissal. Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU), sacked Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush after …

30-08-2023 NEW YORK: At least four people have lost their lives including a one-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl in a murder-suicide stabbing in Manhattan’s Upper West Side apartment in New York, local media reported Monday. Among the deceased were also a 41-year-old man and a 40-year-old, with authorities possibly …

30-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: A live snake roundworm has been pulled out from the brain of a woman, leaving the medical fraternity astonished by the unprecedented discovery. The 64-year-old patient, hailing from south-eastern New South Wales, underwent an intricate surgery at Canberra Hospital that led to the …

29-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh state have sealed a private school after its teacher asked students to slap their Muslim classmate. Officials said Neha Public School was shut down as it “did not meet the education department’s criteria.” The school’s students would be …

29-08-2023 TRIPOLI: Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Monday dismissed Najla Mangoush, the country’s foreign minister, to control the protests that erupted countrywide following her meeting with Israel’s foreign minister. Mangoush had said her meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Rome was unplanned and informal, but an Israeli …

29-08-2023 PARIS: French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said that the country is to stop women from wearing abayas in schools as they are violating the strict secular laws of the country, regarding the attire worn by some Muslims as a “religious gesture,” as the decision triggered mixed reactions from observers. …

29-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned women from visiting Band-e-Amir National Park in Bamiyan province citing concerns regarding practicing hijab within the park. Afghanistan’s acting minister of virtue and vice Mohammad Khaled Hanafi said that the ban is based on claims that …