International

13-06-2023 BERLIN: As the war in Ukraine intensifies with neither side intending to back down, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz of the German Luftwaffe expressed the aim of the US-led NATO military aircraft drills, saying “we can defend ourselves”. The Cold War-time Western military organization commenced its largest air force exercise …

13-06-2023 KINSHASA: More than 40 people have been killed in an attack on a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local officials and activists. Richard Dheda, an official of the local administration for Bahema Badjere in Djugu territory in the …

13-06-2023 HOUSTON: In less than 24 hours of a mass shooting outside a Houston nightclub, another incident of gun violence occurred Monday in Annapolis, Maryland where an armed suspect opened fire in what is said to be a graduation party killing at least three people. As a result of the …

12-06-2023 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Right then, yet another cycle of the World Test Championship comes to an end and India have suffered heartache yet again as Australia have gone on to claim the title. In doing so, Australia also become the first nation in the history of cricket to win …

12-06-2023 TAIPEI CITY: Taiwan sent up fighters and deployed ships and land-based missile systems to keep watch on Chinese aircraft on Sunday after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the sensitive median line, which separates the two sides, of the Taiwan Strait. The island’s defence ministry said four Chinese warships also …

12-06-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: In a devastating incident, a wedding party bus crash in Australia’s Hunter wine region, north of Sydney, claimed the lives of 10 people, as announced by the police on Monday. The 58-year-old driver was arrested in connection with the tragic accident. Television images depicted the light-colored …

12-06-2023 PHILADELPHIA: Part of Interstate 95 in northeast Philadelphia was shut down in both directions early on Sunday morning after a tanker truck believed to be carrying gasoline caught fire, causing part of the highway to collapse, officials said. The collapse left the authorities scrambling for ways to ease the …

11-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The weather office today said that the cyclone Biparjoy has intensified into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm”. According to forecasting agencies, the storm has been undergoing “rapid intensification”. Cyclone Biparjoy is very likely to move nearly northwards and reach Pakistan and adjoining Saurashtra and Kutch …

11-06-2023 CAIRO/ KHARTOUM: Egypt has announced a new policy requiring all citizens of neighbouring Sudan to obtain visas before crossing the border as a United States and Saudi Arabia-brokered ceasefire took effect in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The Egyptian foreign ministry imposed the new regulations on Saturday, justifying the move …

11-06-2023 Bureau Report PESHAWAR: Heavy rains pounded Pakistan’s northwest regions collapsing houses and killing at least 25 people. Rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat, and Karak districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, senior rescue officer Khateer Ahmed said. Another 145 people were injured as uprooted trees knocked …