International

10-07-2023 DAMASCUS/ LONDON: The Syrian government has cancelled the BBC’s media accreditation over what it called “biased and misleading reports”. Syria’s information ministry said the broadcaster failed to adhere to “professional standards”. A recent BBC story linked the trade of an amphetamine called Captagon with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s family. …

10-07-2023 PARIS: France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks during the July 14 national holiday weekend, following protests sparked by the killing of a teenager by the police. Fireworks were used in some protests that erupted in France after a police officer shot dead 17-year-old Nahel M …

10-07-2023 MEXICO CITY: The body of a Mexican journalist missing for days has been found in the state of Nayarit, according to the state public prosecutor’s office. Luis Martín Sanchez Iniguez worked for the newspaper La Jornada. He had been missing since Wednesday and his wife filed a missing person’s …

10-07-2023 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters have demonstrated in Tel Aviv and other cities against proposed changes to the judicial system they say could mean a more authoritarian government. Demonstrators have kept up the pressure with weekly rallies against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who returned …

10-07-2023 LONDON: After an unnamed BBC presenter came under fire for soliciting sexually explicit photos from a teenager, the alleged victim’s mother Sunday levelled fresh accusations against the perpetrator. In an interview, she told The Sun that she had seen a photograph of the star in his underwear “from some …

10-07-2023 WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump criticized incumbent President Joe Biden and accused him of corruption and incompetency in Las Vegas Saturday before he left to attend a UFC event meeting Dana White, actor Mel Gibson, and others. While speaking to the Republican volunteers, the 2024 presidential candidate commented on …

09-07-2023 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND: As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial records being set for average planetary temperature were a clear sign of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment but the heat is also just one way the planet …

09-07-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has publicly executed two people over a deadly attack on a shrine in southern Shiraz last year that was claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) armed group. The two men, identified as Mohammed Ramez Rashidi and Naeem Hashem Qatali, were hanged in the early hours of Saturday after …

09-07-2023 BERLIN: A refugee from war-torn Syria has made history after he was sworn in as mayor of a German town. Ryyan Alshebl took the oath as mayor of Ostelsheim, a town 30km (18.6 miles) from the city of Stuttgart, in a solemn municipal council meeting on Friday evening. The …

09-07-2023 ANKARA: In a significant diplomatic move, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan aims to make progress in resolving the ongoing conflict in Ukraine during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Turkey in August. Erdogan seeks to capitalize on the visit to address key issues, including extending the Black Sea grain …