International

07-07-2023 PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron’s government faced a backlash Wednesday after the centrist leader called for powers to “cut off” social media in case of widespread violence like riots over the past week. “We have to think about the social networks, about the bans we’ll have to put in place. …

07-07-2023 WASHINGTON: The US citizenship test is getting updated, and this has caused worries for immigrants with lower English proficiency. The new version, expected to be released next year, proposes adding a speaking section to assess English skills, according to media. This has raised concerns as it may make the …

06-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ JHARKHAND: A court in India has given 10-year jail terms to 10 men for beating a Muslim man to death four years ago. Tabrez Ansari, 24, died days after being attacked by people who accused him of stealing a motorcycle in the eastern …

06-07-2023 JERUSALEM/ JENIN: Funerals are under way after two days of clashes between Palestinian fighters and Israeli troops in the Jenin refugee camp. Twelve Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed since Monday Israeli drones carried out air strikes while troops engaged in firefights with armed Palestinians. Israel’s military …

06-07-2023 WASHINGTON/ PHILADELPHIA: At least 10 people were killed and 38 injured in three mass shooting incidents in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Fort Worth during the July 4 holiday, authorities said, causing US President Joe Biden to reiterate lawmakers to act on firearms legislation to save innocent lives. There have been …

06-07-2023 TOKYO: The Japanese government could start releasing treated but still radioactive water from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean as soon as next month after the United Nations nuclear watchdog gave the controversial plan the green light following a two-year review. The Nikkei newspaper …

06-07-2023 JENIN/ OCCUPIED WEST BANK: Waled Rashed Mansour’s arm is blue where an Israeli military dog attacked him, the memory as raw as the wound. “They came into our home, they blew up the doors,” the 65-year-old recalled, in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. “They unleashed …

06-07-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban administration has ordered to shut down beauty salons in Afghanistan, the latest restrictions on women and curb to keep them out of public places. The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice on Tuesday confirmed that …

05-07-2023 GENEVA/ UNITED NATIONS: Amid world-wide protests and outrage over the recent incident of desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden, the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent session to address Islamophobia and religious hatred. Addressing a press briefing, a spokesperson for the Geneva-based UN council said that …

05-07-2023 HOUSTON: In yet another incident of a mass shooting, a gunman opened fire in Texas late Monday killing three and leaving eight others injured in a parking lot in Fort Worth, according to the police. Police noted that it was hours after the annual ComoFest had ended, but there …