International

02-07-2023 UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council ended a decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali after the ruling military demanded the withdrawal of the international force battling an armed rebellion “without delay”. The end of the operation, known as MINUSMA, follows years of tensions and government restrictions that have hobbled peacekeeping …

02-07-2023 BONN/ LONDON: The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and sea. As envoys gathered in Bonn in early June to …

02-07-2023 WASHINGTON: The US State Department did not adequately prepare for the swift collapse of the Afghan government in 2021, an internal review has found, in the latest report to criticize the United States’ chaotic withdrawal from the country. While the so-called After Action Review (AAR) released on Friday lauded …

01-07-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: A recently shared video by the Indian army from the violence-wracked north-eastern state of Manipur captured a dramatic sequence of scenes. The two-minute 14-second footage shows unarmed women confronting soldiers on a busy street. Aerial shots show women gathering around an excavator …

01-07-2023 BANGKOK: A woman who got stuck in a travellator in Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport had to have her leg amputated by rescuers. Her son said the family was “shocked” and worried about her mental health after the surgery was carried out on Thursday evening. The 57-year-old’s leg got stuck …

01-07-2023 PARIS: France’s government was set to examine “all options” for restoring order on Friday after nationwide unrest escalated overnight into the most destructive rioting since police shot and killed a teenager at a traffic stop. Hundreds of police were injured and hundreds of people arrested, authorities said, as rioters …

01-07-2023 ANKARA/ TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Officials from a number of countries, including many in the Middle East, have condemned the desecration of the Quran by a man in Sweden’s capital during a protest authorized by police. Condemnation. Here are some of the reactions; Turkey Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan slammed Sweden over …

01-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan on a $3bn standby arrangement, the lender said, a decision long awaited by the South Asian nation which is teetering on the brink of default. The deal, subject to approval by …

01-07-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ DAMASCUS: The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that will establish an independent body to determine what happened to more than 130,000 people missing as a result of the conflict in Syria. The resolution, an important response to appeals by their families and loved ones, was …

30-06-2023 MEXICO CITY: Mexican government data showed that over 100 people have lost their lives due to extreme heat in the country in June, as climate change is forcing temperatures to hit record-high, with a number of heat waves also taking a toll on Latin American countries. According to scientists, …