Category: International

LONDON: Former prime minister Boris Johnson made a surprise appearance in the British election campaign on Tuesday, issuing a last-ditch bid to rally support for the Conservatives and their leader Rishi Sunak, the man who helped turf him out of office. Johnson won a big majority at the last election in 2019 before being forced to resign in 2022 by a Conservative mutiny which Sunak helped to start, and which exposed deep splits in the governing party, not least between Sunak and Johnson. Greeted by chants of “Boris! Boris!” from…

NEW DELHI: In a major development, India on Monday implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a “watershed” movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice. Interior Minister Amit Shah said the codes would help India “become the world’s most modern justice delivery system”. The three overhauled laws — the penal code, and codes relating to criminal procedure and evidence — were passed last year during India’s previous parliament, but only came into effect on Monday. Chief Justice…

GENEVA: Over 49 migrants have died, and 140 are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, the UN migration agency reported on Tuesday. The International Organisation of Migration (IOM) stated that the boat departed from Somalia with 260 migrants on board, including Somalis and Ethiopians. The tragic incident occurred on Monday near Alghareef Point in Yemen’s Shabwah governorate. The victims included 31 women and six children, IOM noted. “This tragedy highlights the urgent need for collective action to tackle migration challenges and ensure migrant safety,” said Mohammedali…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are seemingly causing worry to Prince William and Kate Middleton as they make a secret alliance with some royals. According to royal author Tom Quinn, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are starting to feel like “outcasts” which means it won’t be long before they are tempted to follow down a similar path to the Sussexes. “For William and Kate an alliance between Harry and Meghan and Beatrice and Eugenie is a huge worry,” Quinn told The Mirror. He noted that while the Duke and Duchess of…

A 300-year-old stash of gold and silver coins that previously belonged to a renowned con artist has been discovered by metal detectorists in a Polish mountain range. Coins that may have belonged to a charlatan who fled to the south-central Polish mountains after defrauding people of their money have been discovered by metal detectorists, according to Live Science. A translated Facebook post from the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments in Kielce on May 8 claims that Antoni Jaczewski, a “hermit, adventurer and false profit,” conned people in Kielce, a…

There are rumours around the reported attacks on Russian Navy vessels in the Black Sea Fleet. The Ukraine Defence Ministry announced that the Project 266M Akvamarin class minesweeper Kovrovets was destroyed during the night between May 18-19, off the coast of Crimea. “Another bad day for the Russian Black Sea fleet,” the ministry wrote on social media. “Great job, warriors!” Multiple sources suggest that one or two Russian warships, including the missile corvette Tsiklon and minesweeper Kovrovets, have been damaged or destroyed in recent attacks by the Ukrainian forces. The…

The fifth phase of general elections commenced in India on Monday, with seats in the financial hub Mumbai and the opposition’s Gandhi family bastions set to be decided in the last few legs of the seven-phase vote. The election started on April 19 and will culminate on June 1 while votes would be counted on June 4. Monday’s phase has the least number of seats being contested, with 89.5 million voters set to choose representatives for 49 seats. Several high-profile candidates are in the fray on Monday — including defence…

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set for a debate ahead of the 2024 election. Earlier this week, Biden proposed two debates with Trump. The former president eagerly accepted the proposal, saying he was “ready to rumble.” The two presidential candidates will have a face-off at 9pm ET on June 26 when they will be hosted by CNN in Atlanta, Georgia. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden said that he would not participate in the autumn presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission. He opted for news organisations…