International

08-12-2022 LONDON: A year ago, the lexicographic grandees at Oxford Languages dutifully stuck out their arms and chose “vax” as the 2021 Word of the Year but this year, the venerable publisher behind the Oxford English Dictionary has like the rest of us, apparently gone full goblin mode. “Goblin mode”, …

08-12-2022 ISTANBUL/ DAMASCUS: Turkish source has told that Ankara has set a final deadline for Russia and the United States to prevent a ground military operation in northern Syria. The official said on Tuesday that Turkey has demanded that Moscow and Washington press the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to withdraw …

08-12-2022 BERLIN: In raids across the country, German police have arrested 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group who were allegedly seeking to overthrow the state by force, according to the federal prosecutor’s office. About 3,000 officers conducted the raids on Wednesday at 130 sites across 11 German …

07-12-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have carried out what is thought to be their first public execution since the group’s return to power in Afghanistan last year. A Taliban spokesperson said a man named Tajmir was killed at a crowded sports stadium in south-western …

Latvia axes exiled Russian broadcaster TV Rain 07-12-2022 RIGA/ MOSCOW: Russia’s last independent television channel, TV Rain, has been shut down in Latvia after less than five months on air. The channel, which is known as Dozhd in Russian, has been accused of showing content that supports Moscow’s invasion of …

07-12-2022 GEORGIA: Polls have opened for the United States Senate runoff election in Georgia, a tight race that has drawn a record number of early voters. On Tuesday, the Georgia electorate will decide whether to send incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock or his Republican opponent Herschel Walker to Washington to be …

07-12-2022 BEIJING/ RIYADH: China’s President Xi Jinping will be in Saudi Arabia from December 7-9 on an official visit to the kingdom and to attend a Chinese-Saudi summit, state news agency SPA said on Tuesday. This is President Xi’s first visit to the world’s biggest crude oil exporter since 2016. …

07-12-2022 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: According to a recent study, about 23% of those who are employed had encountered violence and harassment at work, whether it was physical, verbal, or sexual. The International Labor Organization (ILO), Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF), and Gallup collaborated to produce this groundbreaking report. It demonstrated that the …

07-12-2022 KHARTOUM, SUDAN: Sudanese protesters have denounced a framework agreement between the military, powerful armed groups and political parties. The deal, signed on Monday, is aimed at ending the standoff that exceeded a year between security and political elites following a military coup on October 25, 2021. Critics fear the …

07-12-2022 JAKARTA: Indonesia has passed a controversial new Criminal Code that includes outlawing sex outside marriage and cohabitation, in changes that critics contend could undermine freedoms in the Southeast Asian nation. The new laws apply to Indonesians and foreigners and also restore a ban on insulting the president, state institutions …