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India has “disengaged” from trade talks with Britain after accusing it of failing to condemn the Sikh separatist group that attacked the Indian High Commission in London last month, The Times reported on Monday, citing British government sources. “Indians don’t want to talk about trade until they get a very public demonstration of condemnation of Khalistan extremism in the UK,” a Whitehall source …

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice on Saturday said it has begun an investigation into a trove of leaked US documents, many related to Ukraine, that have spread to the internet. The breach appears to include assessments and secret intelligence reports that touch not only on Ukraine and Russia but also highly sensitive analyses of US allies. “We have been …

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published on Sunday that Europe must not be a “follower” of either the US or China on Taiwan, saying that the bloc risks entanglement in “crises that aren’t ours”. His comments risk riling Washington and highlight divisions in the European Union over how to approach China, as the US steps up …

MIAMI: A high school teacher in the US state of Florida has been fired after he assigned students to write their own obituaries ahead of an active shooter drill. The Orange County School District said in a statement seen by news media that “a teacher gave an inappropriate assignment about school violence… (and) has been terminated”. It provided no further …

JERUSALEM: Thou­sands of worshippers held tense celebrations in Jerusalem on Sunday, as Christian Easter coincided with Jewish Pass­over and Ramazan, amid a surge in violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel has since struck targets in Gaza, Lebanon and most recently Syria in response to rocket fire mostly blamed on Pales­tinian militants, while separate attacks in the West Bank and Tel …

ERBIL: The Iraqi government called on Turkiye on Saturday to apologise for what it said was an attack on Sulaymaniyah airport in northern Iraq, saying Ankara must cease hostilities on Iraqi soil. The Iraqi presidency said in a statement that Turkiye had no legal justification to continue “intimidating civilians under the pretext that forces hostile to it are present on …

LAHORE: As Pakistan has issued visas to nearly 3,000 Indians intending to attend the Baisakhi festival-2023, the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) expects the arrival of over 2,500 Sikh pilgrims from India on Sunday (today). The authorities also expect the arrival of nearly 2,000 Sikh pilgrims from other countries, including the UK and Canada, besides over 5,000 others from within …

A 17-meter-long (56-foot-long) sperm whale died after washing up on a beach in Bali, a conservation official said Sunday, making it the third whale that beached itself on the Indonesian island in just a little over a week. The male sperm whale was found stranded on Yeh Leh beach in west Bali’s Jembrana district on Saturday afternoon. “We are currently …

Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run media said on Sunday, to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi officials and end Riyadh’s military involvement in the country’s long-running war. The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which run in parallel with UN peace efforts. Peace efforts have also gained momentum after arch-rivals Saudi …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ramped up his fight against Walt Disney Co, seeking to void an agreement that Disney passed to limit the power of a board appointed by DeSantis to oversee its Florida theme park property. On Thursday, in remarks made at Hillsdale College in Michigan, DeSantis said the legislature would void changes Disney made shortly before it lost …