International

19 July, 2019 ISTANBUL/ BAGHDAD: Turkey on Thursday launched an air attack on the Kurdish region in northern Iraq in response to the killing of a Turkish diplomat in the region, the country’s Defence Minister said. The Turkish vice consul to Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region was shot dead on Wednesday in the local …

19 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE: New Zealand (NZ) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says one policy is driving a wedge between Australia and New Zealand but Peter Dutton says it’s not about to change. Peter Dutton has rejected suggestions by Jacinda Ardern that Australia’s policy to deport criminals — …

18 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri TEHRAN: Iran’s mission to the United Nations denounced the instrumental and political use of human rights by the West and strongly rejected the “unacceptable” practice of certain Western countries towards China. In a letter released on Thursday, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s permanent mission …

18 July, 2019 WASHINGTON: A bid to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump has been blocked in the US House of Representatives. Texas Democrat Al Green filed the resolution after the House voted to denounce Mr Trump’s attacks aimed at four US congresswomen as racist. But the measure failed …

18 July, 2019 TOKYO: At least 33 people are dead and dozens injured after a man set fire to an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto, officials say. Police said the 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyoto Animation studio on Thursday morning and sprayed petrol before igniting it. …

18 July, 2019 TEHRAN: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has released details of its recent capturing of a foreign tanker smuggling one million liters of Iranian fuel near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. A local IRGC naval command post published the details in a statement, which …

18 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIRUT/ BEIJING: Last week, 22 mostly Western countries launched the world’s first major collective challenge to China’s crackdown on Uyghur Muslims and other minorities. In a joint statement to the High Commissioner of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, the nations criticized Beijing for what …

18 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + BBC NEW DELHI: As many as 23 teenagers in the southern Indian state of Telangana have killed themselves since their school-leaving exam results were announced in April. BBC Telugu’s Deepthi Bathini explains why the results have become controversial. Thota Vennela enjoyed cooking, watching …

18 July, 2019 MEXICO/ NEW YORK: A US judge has sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to life in prison plus 30 years. Guzmán, 62, was found guilty of 10 charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering, by a federal court in New York in February. He escaped …

17 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies HAGUE/ ISLAMABAD: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has asked Pakistan to review its order of death sentence awarded to Kulbhushan Jadhav, on charges of espionage and conspiracy against Pakistan. As the ICJ put the death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav on hold, …