International

22-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: The prospect of a possible strike at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Australia has pushed wholesale gas prices up in Europe. The Offshore Alliance union warned that a strike at the North West Shelf facility could start as early as 2 …

22-08-2023 NEW YORK: Saudi border guards are accused of the mass killing of migrants along the Yemeni border in a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report says hundreds of people, many of them Ethiopians who cross war-torn Yemen to reach Saudi Arabia, have been shot dead. Migrants have …

22-08-2023 MAUI: Some 850 people are still missing after the devastating wildfires in Maui, County Mayor Richard Bissen has said. Over 1,200 people who had been on the list of those missing have been found safe, Bissen said on Monday, warning numbers are expected to fluctuate. One hundred and fourteen …

22-08-2023 BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities ordered the shutdown of advertisement screens after a hacker displayed pornography on an LED screen in one of Baghdad’s main squares on Sunday, causing public uproar in a largely conservative society. The hacker was arrested approximately nine hours after the incident which lasted for a few …

21-08-2023 NIAMEY: Niger’s coup leader has proposed a three-year transition of power after meeting a delegation of West African leaders and warned that any attack on the country would “not be a walk in the park” for those involved. General Abdourahmane Tchiani, speaking on national television late on Saturday, gave …

21-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Burger King says it has removed tomatoes from its food in Indian outlets after a sharp rise in prices. The fast food chain said it made the decision because of “unpredictable conditions on the quality and supply of tomato crops”. The burger chain …

21-08-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Captain Olga Carmona scored the winner in the first half as Spain won the Women’s World Cup for the first time, beating England 1-0 in the final. La Roja, robbed of some of their best talent by a mutiny against coach Jorge Vilda only a few …

21-08-2023 WASHINGTON: The United States has urged China to stop pressuring Taiwan after Beijing launched war games around the self-ruled island as a “stern warning” over Taiwanese Vice President William Lai’s recent stopovers in New York and San Francisco. The statement came as Taiwan said on Sunday that some 25 …

21-08-2023 OTTAWA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA: Authorities in western Canada have implored tens of thousands of people to heed evacuation orders and warned of difficult days ahead as “severe and fast-changing” forest fires in the province of British Columbia (BC) intensified further. Premier Daniel Eby told reporters on Saturday that the number …

20-08-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Eleven (11) people were killed in a suspected militant attack in northern Pakistan, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday. Kakar posted on X, previously known as Twitter, that a “terrorist attack” in North Waziristan “claimed the lives of 11 innocent laborers.” …