International

02-11-2022 TEHRAN: More than 300 Iranian journalists on Sunday called for the release of colleagues who were detained amid nationwide demonstrations. They signed a statement published in the Iranian Etemad and other newspapers in which they accused authorities of arresting members of the press and “stripping them of their civil …

02-11-2022 KINSHASA/ KIGALI: The African Union (AU) on Sunday called for a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after Congolese rebels captured strategic terrain in the east of the country. The March 23 Movement, widely known as M23, tightened its grip on several territories by seizing the towns …

01-11-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MORBI: Four-year-old Jiyansh started crying for his parents after hours of being entertained by neighbours, who plied him with toys and sweets but his parents, Hardik and Miral Faldu are dead. There were among at least 141 people who died when the Morbi Bridge, a …

01-11-2022 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has approved a deal worth nearly $112m to import 300,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia to meet its domestic shortfall. The deal endorsed by the Economic Cooperation Committee on Monday comes as Pakistan struggles to balance its fragile economy and manage the …

01-11-2022 JERUSALEM: Israelis began voting for the fifth time in less than four years on Tuesday, with former premier Benjamin Netanyahu bidding for a comeback in a race likely to turn on a far-right party that has risen from the fringe to become a potential coalition kingmaker. After years of …

01-11-2022 Bureau Report + NDTV NEW DELHI: India’s right-wing boycott trendsetters on Sunday didn’t spare Cadbury one of the world’s leading multinational confectionery companies on social media after it claimed to have used gelatin in their products which were “derived from beef”, hurting sentiments of devotees as a result. Boycotts …

01-11-2022 ISTANBUL: Turkey says it is determined that Ukraine continue its food exports despite Russia suspending its participation in a United Nations-brokered grain deal, a move that has heightened concerns for nations desperate for food assistance. Russia suspended the deal on Saturday after what it said was a major Ukrainian …

01-11-2022 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: For years, as Donald Trump was soaring from reality TV star to the White House, his real estate empire was bankrolling big perks for some of his most trusted senior executives, including apartments and luxury cars. Now Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is on trial for …

31-10-2022 DUBAI/ TEHRAN: Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has seized the crew and cargo of a foreign ship that was carrying 11 million litres (2.9m gallons) of smuggled fuel, according to a local judiciary official. The judiciary chief of the southern province of Hormozgan, Mojtaba Ghahremani, announced on …

31-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AHMEDABAD: The death toll from the collapse of a colonial-era suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat state has risen to 132, according to officials, as rescue workers worked through the night, combing the Machhu River for survivors. Harsh Sanghavi, Gujarat’s home minister, told reporters that …