International

Melbourne: A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic...

Yaounde: At least 20 people were killed after a boat capsized in Cameroon's Far North region, according to witnesses and security sources. The boat capsized Thursday as it was transporting passengers from Darak island in the Logone-et-Chari division of region, Xinhua news agency reported quoting...

Toronto: Canada's antitrust watchdog said Thursday it is suing Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct in the tech giant's online advertising business and wants the company to sell off two of its ad tech services and pay a penalty. The Competition Bureau said that such action...

Beirut: The Israeli military Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold. There was no immediate word on casualties from Israel's...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday condemned the arrest of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das on sedition charges and demanded his immediate release, saying that religious freedom and the security of life and property for all communities must be ensured. Hasina, the Awami...

New Delhi: Consular officials at the Indian consulate in Vancouver were recently informed by the Canadian authorities that they have been and continue to be under ‘audio and video surveillance’ and that their ‘private communications’ have also been ‘intercepted’, the Centre informed Parliament Thursday. Minister...

Bhubaneswar: The US-based pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has issued a threat video to disrupt the three-day Director Generals/ Inspector Generals of Police Conference-2024 going to be held in Bhubaneswar from Friday. The founder of the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) outfit in a video...

Kolkata/Dhaka: The chief of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari clarified Thursday that the arrested priest Chinmoy Krishna Das was expelled from ISKCON in September for disciplinary reasons. Brahmachari, when asked about Chinmoy Krishna Das – who was taken...

Islamabad: The death toll of Shia-Sunni clashes in Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has exceeded 100, the hospital administration told media Thursday. The violence erupted Thursday when a convoy of passenger coaches carrying Shiite Muslims was ambushed in the Parachinar area, leading to...

Kyiv: Russia is engaged in a massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine's energy infrastructure Thursday, officials said, as fears mount about Moscow's intentions to devastate the country's power generation capacity before winter. “Attacks on energy facilities are happening all over Ukraine,” Energy Minister Herman...