International

20-02-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korea has said it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as a warning to the United States and South Korea, claiming the drill successfully demonstrated its capacity to launch a “fatal nuclear counterattack”. The North Korean statement on Sunday came a day after it launched the Hwasong-15 …

20-02-2023 WASHINGTON: Former United States President Jimmy Carter has decided to receive hospice care and “spend his remaining time at home with his family”, according to a statement by the Carter Center. At 98 years old, Carter is the longest-lived US president. He began hospice care at home instead of …

19-02-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ LONDON: Indian tax authorities say they have uncovered irregularities in the BBC’s accounting books after searches at the broadcaster’s offices in the country. The statement, which does not directly name the BBC, comes after officials carried out a three-day operation at premises in Delhi and …

19-02-2023 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: At least five people have been martyred, 15 wounded and several residential buildings damaged in Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state media reported. The raids early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighborhood near a large, heavily guarded security complex …

19-02-2023 AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government has said that “a number” of Russian diplomats will have to leave the Netherlands, accusing Moscow of trying to smuggle spies into the country that is home to institutions including the International Criminal Court and the global chemical weapons watchdog. The announcement on Saturday is …

19-02-2023 RAFHA: A desert bloom triggered by heavier than usual winter rains has carpeted the sands of northern Saudi Arabia with purple flowers, drawing sightseers from across the Arabian Peninsula. Muhammad al-Mutairi drove nearly six hours from his hometown in the centre of the kingdom to see the rare burst …

19-02-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off Japan’s west coast after warning of a strong response to upcoming military drills by South Korea and the United States. Japanese authorities said the missile plunged into waters on Saturday inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), more …

19-02-2023 WASHINGTON: The United States has determined that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, US Vice President Kamala Harris has said. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, days before the anniversary of Moscow launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Harris said Russian forces …

19-02-2023 DAMASCUS/ ISTANBUL: More than 46,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria and the toll is expected to soar, with some 264,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still missing as rescuers listen for signs of life under the rubble. As Turkey tries to …

19-02-2023 WASHINGTON: A gunman killed six people in the southern US state of Mississippi on Friday, prompting President Joe Biden to call again for tightened gun restrictions only days after he pleaded for action following a deadly university shooting. Police in Mississippi said a man shot and killed a person …