International

16-06-2023 MANILA/ MARAWI: In Marawi, on the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines, two rented apartments a few streets apart are perforated with fresh bullet holes. The tenants, who arrived two months ago at the first apartment and last week at the second, were women with young children, and …

16-06-2023 LONDON: Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was found responsible for deliberately misleading fellow legislators over the parties during the pandemic lockdown, according to a UK parliamentary committee report published Thursday. Had Johnson not resigned last week, the committee would have suspended him for 90 days for repeated parliamentary …

16-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: With cyclone Biparjoy set to make landfall within hours, Indian and Pakistani news channels are flooded with its coverage as they try to keep the people updated about the situation. More than a hundred thousand people have been evacuated across India and Pakistan as cyclone …

16-06-2023 WASHINGTON: The United States has recently deployed F-22 Raptors, advanced fighter jets, from Langley Air Force Base to the Middle East due to increasing concerns over unsafe and unprofessional behaviour by Russian aircraft in the region. The move aims to demonstrate the US military’s capability to swiftly reposition forces …

16-06-2023 MANILA: A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines Thursday, AFP quoted US Geological Survey (USGS) as saying, with no immediate reports of damage. The earthquake hit at a depth of 112 kilometres (77 miles) in waters off Calatagan town, during the morning hours of 10:00 am, three hours from …

15-06-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A Muslim activist has completed a year in jail without trial after being accused of “masterminding” protests against derogatory remarks made by members of India’s ruling party about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Javed Mohammad has been jailed since June 11 last year. He …

15-06-2023 BEIJING: President Xi Jinping says China backs the Palestinian struggle for statehood as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived for a three-day visit. The Palestinian leader was welcomed with full military honors at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday in Beijing. “We are good friends and partners,” …

15-06-2023 FLORIDA: Stony-faced in a blue suit and red tie, Donald Trump sat flanked by defence lawyers in a courtroom to face criminal charges, for the second time since leaving office. The former president listened with a slight frown while prosecutors accused him of improperly possessing and concealing classified documents. …

15-06-2023 QUITO:  Mourners at the wake of an elderly Ecuadorean woman were startled to discover she was still alive. A hospital doctor in the city of Babahoyo declared Bella Montoya, 76, dead following a suspected stroke. She was placed in a coffin and taken to a funeral parlour, where relatives …

15-06-2023 BRASILIA: After surviving the plane crash which killed at least three people including her mother, the eldest child among those saved was praised for showing her bravery and “heroic role” in caring for her three younger siblings, said her grandfather. The plane crashed on May 1 and the survivors …