International

Climate change has made extreme rainfall events like those that led to last month’s devastating floods in Germany, Belgium and neighbouring countries between 1.2 and 9 times more likely to happen, according to a rapid attribution study by an international team of climate scientists, which also found that such downpours …

Special Desk Concerned about its people in Afganistan the US says its troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond the planned August 31 withdrawal deadline to help evacuate Americans there. President Joe Biden defended his handling of Afghanistan, where the Taliban have capitalised on the US pulling out to sweep to …

Special Desk In a major international political development Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin stepped down after months of political turmoil culminated in the loss of his majority for him. Muhyiddin’s resignation ends a tumultuous 17 months in office, the shortest stint of a Malaysian leader, but hampers efforts to reboot …

Special Desk As Taliban continues its brutal way to capture Afgan provinces one after the other residents scamper to safety in makeshift shelters, some without proper food and water supply. Now the UN has urged Afghanistan’s neighbours to keep borders open for civilians fleeing the Taliban onslaught. On Friday the …

Special Desk A woman who worked for months as a doctor is now under investigation for flaw in document. IN Australia she worked for about 8-months pretending to be a doctor. The 27-year-old woman worked at Sydney’s Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital. But the hospital authorities said they discovered that she was not …

Special Desk Taliban have intensified campaign, capturing five provincial capitals in just two days. The latest to fall is Kunduz, the capital of northern Kunduz province. Six regional capitals have fallen to the Taliban in the past three days and the latest Kunduz is their latest and most significant gain. …

Special Desk  In a first, the Malaysian parliament may vote on a confidence motion for prime minister. Prime minister of Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin has said he would prove majority when the parliament reconvenes in September. PM Yassin has been in the past week facing increasing pressure, including that from his …

Special Desk While the scientists world across were wondering how China had controlled covid spread within its boundaries for the past few months, a fresh Covid outbreak has troubled authorities in China. Covid has spread to more locations in China, raising concerns over the country’s vulnerability to the highly contagious …

Special Desk Lebanon is in the grip of one of the worst economic crises it has seen in recent years and the World Bank says the financial crisis could rank among the world’s three worst since the mid-1800s. The currency has lost more than 90% of its value and unemployment …

Special Desk As covid cases are on the rise the Sydney lockdown has been further extended by a month fearing outbreak from the Delta variant of the virus. The lockdown was supposed to be relaxed from Friday. Australia’s largest city has been under stay-at-home orders since late June due to …