International

09-08-2023 BRASILIA/ BELEM: This week, delegates arriving in Belem’s international airport are being welcomed with a lively “Boi de mascara” folkloric dance routine. In fact, the whole city is celebrating being in the spotlight, playing host to the Amazon Summit. It also feels like a bit of a warm-up for …

09-08-2023 NEW YORK: An American Judge dismissed Donald Trump’s defamation counterclaim against the writer E. Jean Carroll, handing a fresh legal defeat to the former president as he seeks another White House term. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said Carroll’s statements, made on CNN the day after she …

09-08-2023 KYIV/JEDDAH: As the recently-held Jeddah talks regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict concluded in Saudi Arabia, a senior Ukrainian official termed the meeting a “huge blow” to Moscow, adding that the participants of the talks have agreed to conduct another round of political advisers within around six weeks. Except for Russia, …

08-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s membership in Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s bicameral parliament was restored Monday, local media reported, after remaining away from the parliament for four months. The development came after Indian Supreme Court suspended the two-year sentence of …

08-08-2023 ISTANBUL: At least 10 people have been injured when an explosion rocked grain silos near the port of Derince in western Turkey, prompting an investigation into its cause, according to Kocaeli Governor Seddar Yavuz. An explosion occurred approximately 2:40pm (11:40 GMT) near Turkish Grain Board (TMO) silos, Yavuz said …

08-08-2023 NIAMEY: Niger closed its airspace due to the “threat of intervention” as the junta defied West African bloc ECOWAS’s deadline to reinstate the democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum, and now faces possible military action. ECOWAS, a week ago, issued an ultimatum, demanding the generals relinquish power by midnight Sunday …

08-08-2023 BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government on Sunday said it was suspending the popular Telegram messaging application across the country on “national security” grounds, drawing criticism on channels close to pro-Iran factions. By Sunday noon, the service had been fully shut down as users in Baghdad were unable to view fresh …

08-08-2023 WASHINGTON: Several vessels from the Chinese and Russian navies initiated a patrol off the coast of Alaska, triggering a prompt response from the US military as it sent its planes and ships to observe the situation, with Beijing and Moscow trying to exert their power on the other areas …

07-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s latest space mission, Chandrayaan-3, has entered the moon’s orbit more than three weeks after its launch, the country’s space agency said on Saturday. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) confirmed that Chandrayaan-3, which means moon vehicle in Sanskrit, had been “successfully inserted …

China accused of using water cannon on Philippine boat 07-08-2023 MANILA/ BEIJING: The Philippines has accused China’s coastguard of using a water cannon to block a Philippine military supply boat in the South China Sea, condemning the actions as illegal, “excessive” and “dangerous”. The confrontation on Saturday was the latest …