37 dead, mostly preschoolers, in Thai day care rampage
Bangkok: A former policeman burst into a day care centre in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing dozens of children and teachers and then firing on more people as he fled in the deadliest rampage in the nation’s history. The assailant, who authorities said was fired from the force earlier this year because of a drug […]
UNHRC adopts resolution against Sri Lanka’s rights record; India abstains from voting
Geneva/United Nations: India on Thursday abstained on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka which was adopted. While abstaining, India stressed that it will work with Sri Lanka and the international community to attain the related objectives of legitimate aspirations of […]
Europe holds 44-leader summit, leaves Russia in the cold
Prague, Oct 6 (AP) The leaders of 44 European countries stretching from Iceland all the way to Turkey met on Thursday in what many said was a united stand against Russia’s war on Ukraine, as an energy crisis and high inflation fuelled by the conflict wreak havoc on their economies. The inaugural summit of the […]
Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions as losses mount
Kyiv: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws formally absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, even as its military struggles to control the territory that was illegally annexed. The documents finalizing the annexation, carried out in defiance of international laws, were published on a Russian government website on Wednesday morning. Earlier this week, both houses […]
Taliban report mosque blast at government ministry in Kabul
Kabul: A blast struck a mosque at a government ministry building in Kabul Wednesday as workers and visitors were praying, a Taliban official said. The afternoon explosion went off inside the mosque of the Interior Ministry, which is responsible for security and law enforcement in the country. A Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Abdul […]
Majestic Hindu temple opens in Dubai
Dubai: A majestic new Hindu temple that blends Indian and Arabic architecture designs has been inaugurated here in Jebel Ali Village, with a powerful message of tolerance, peace and harmony. Located in a neighbourhood referred to as the emirate’s ‘worship village’, the temple formally opened its doors to worshippers across the UAE on Tuesday. “Sheikh […]
Liz Truss’ first speech as UK PM at Tory meet disrupted by protest
London: The first speech by Liz Truss since taking charge as British Prime Minister to the Conservative Party’s annual Tory conference in Birmingham on Wednesday was disrupted by Greenpeace protesters, who had to be taken away by security. Two female protesters stood up with a banner reading “Who voted for this?” a few minutes into […]
US to impose further costs on Iran for crackdown against protesters: Biden
Washington: The US will soon impose further costs on the perpetrators of violence against peaceful demonstrators who protested against the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the morality police in Iran, President Joe Biden has said, as he expressed grave concern over the crackdown on them. Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian […]
Iran’s president tries to assuage anger as protests continue
Dubai: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday appealed for national unity and tried to allay anger against the country’s rulers, even as the anti-government protests that have engulfed the country for weeks continued to spread to universities and high schools. Raisi acknowledged that the Islamic Republic had “weaknesses and shortcomings,” but repeated the official line […]
EU adds Anguilla, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos to tax blacklist
Brussels: The European Union added the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to its tax haven blacklist on Tuesday, and also put Anguilla back on as a “non-cooperative jurisdiction” just a year after it was removed. The EU said it made the additions largely due to “concerns that these three jurisdictions, which all have […]
