International

13-08-2023 LONDON: Brits and dog-walkers in particular have been warned over the country’s only venomous snake following several sightings in the same area. A total of 12 adder sightings have been reported in the North East so far this year. The reptiles are mostly harmless but can lash out when …

12-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s government has moved three bills in the lower house of parliament aimed at overhauling some colonial-era criminal laws, ranging from the controversial sedition law to strengthening laws that protect women and minors. On the last day of the monsoon session of the …

12-08-2023 SALT LAKE CITY: US President Joe Biden has called China a “ticking time bomb in many cases” because of its economic challenges, saying the country was in trouble because of weak growth. The US president pointed to the country’s high unemployment and ageing workforce, saying: “China is in trouble.” …

12-08-2023 ATLANTA, GEORGIA: The United States recorded its highest number of suicides last year, with more than 49,000 people taking their own lives in 2022, according to newly released government data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted new data on Thursday suggesting suicides were becoming more common …

12-08-2023 DAMASCUS: Gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the country’s east, killing at least 28 and wounding others, opposition activists have said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday that 23 Syrian soldiers were killed and 10 were wounded in the attack on a …

12-08-2023 MOSCOW: Russia has launched its first mission to the moon in nearly 50 years, pitting it in a space race with India, which is also aiming to land a lunar craft this month. The launch of the Luna-25 craft to the moon on Friday was Russia’s first since 1976 …

12-08-2023 HAWAII: Death toll from Hawaii wildfire in Maui’s Lahaina town killed at least 55 people leaving 80% of the town decimated 55 Thursday, according to Governor Josh Green, making it the deadliest wildfire in US history in which hundreds of firefighters are on the ground to contain the fire. …

11-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A much-praised Oscar-winning Indian documentary is at the centre of a row over allegations that its makers did not keep promises of financial help made to an indigenous couple who starred in it. The Elephant Whisperers made history earlier this year when it …

11-08-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel has warned that if war were to break out with Hezbollah it would result in Lebanon returning “to the stone age”. The threat issued by Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday comes after weeks of repeated skirmishes with the armed Iran-backed group on the border area …

11-08-2023 ANKARA: Five Turkish soldiers have been killed in a clash with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in northern Iraq, Turkey’s defence ministry has said. The conflict took place in Zap, a region where Turkey has been carrying out a cross-border operation called “Claw-Lock” since April 2022. Ankara says the …