International

17-04-2023 LAS VEGAS: China’s Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang has set his sights on Ukraine’s heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk after dealing Britain’s Joe Joyce his first professional defeat. Referee Howard Foster stopped the fight in the sixth of 12 scheduled rounds at London’s Copper Box Arena on Saturday night after …

17-04-2023 WASHINGTON: Extreme views adopted by some local, state and federal political leaders who try to limit what history can be taught in schools and seek to undermine how Black officials perform their jobs are among the top threats to democracy for Black Americans, the National Urban League says. Marc …

17-04-2023 KHARTOUM: Doctors say hundreds of people have also been injured as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces continues for a second day. The sounds of gunfire and heavy artillery reverberated through Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, for a second day as medics said at least 56 civilians were killed in …

17-04-2023 Bureau Report DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD: Sixteen (16) people including three (3) Pakistanis were dead while nine (9) others sustained injuries after a massive fire broke out in Dubai’s residential building on Saturday, Gulf News reported. An Indian social worker Naseer Vatanappally said that they have managed to identify four Indians, …

16-04-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ALLAHABAD: A former Indian politician convicted of kidnapping has been shot dead live on TV along with his brother. Atiq Ahmed, who was under police escort, was talking to reporters when a gun was pulled close to his head in Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad. …

16-04-2023 Bureau Report QUEENSLAND/ MELBOURNE: Australia, has seen record-breaking flooding, with residents of some areas warned against traveling because of large crocodiles sighted in the floodwaters. The flooding, caused by heavy rain, has been particularly severe in Burketown, a small community in the north of the state about 1,300 miles …

16-04-2023 TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him while he was on the campaign trail in Wakayama prefecture in western Japan. Footage on Japanese television showed a disturbance in a crowd gathered at the Saikazaki fishing …

16-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies DUBAI: Nearly 12 hours have passed after a massive fire in an apartment in Dubai’s Al Ras left 16 dead and nine injured. All that remains of the tragedy is the blackened exterior of a fourth-floor apartment Authorities have sealed the building for safety reasons. …

16-04-2023 KINSHASA: Dozens of civilians have been killed as suspected armed groups raided villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local advocates and news reports. The attacks took place on Friday in the province of Ituri, an area along the country’s northeast border with Uganda that …

16-04-2023 JERUSALAM/ TEL AVIV: Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Israel to protest against the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to pause the contentious proposals. More than 100,000 people participated in the main demonstration in Tel Aviv on …