World
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Iran worried over Chinas recent embrace of Saudi Arabia
Tehran: Iran which is facing its lowest level of domestic legitimacy and international acceptance, seems to have lost China as well, reported The Jakarta Post. Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia…
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Turkey may respond ‘differently’ to Finland’s NATO bid: Prez
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey may respond “differently” to Finland’s NATO bid in a way that would “shock” Sweden, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. “We may respond…
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Cyberattack may be behind power breakdown: Pak Minister
Peshawar: Pakistan’s Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir said the government is probing the massive January 22 electricity outage across the country from different angles as the possibility of a cyberattack on the…
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British-Indian found guilty of killing father with champagne bottle
London: A British-Indian man has been found guilty of bludgeoning his father to death with a champagne bottle in a drunken rage two years ago. Deekan Singh Vig, 54, murdered his 86-year-old…
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Over 200 drug suspects arrested in special operation in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Police in Sri Lanka announced the arrest of over 200 drug suspects in a special operation conducted in parts of the island country. Police spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said the operation was…
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Boris Johnson says Putin ‘threatened him with missile strike’ before war
London: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “threatened him with a missile strike during an extraordinary phone call” ahead of Moscow launching its invasion of…
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Pakistani forces’ crackdown on Baloch student protesters: Report
Lahore: Baloch students, who were peacefully protesting in Lahore against the tyranny of military rule in Balochistan, were attacked by the Pakistani forces, The Balochistan Post reported. Sharing the footage of the…
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hits China’s Aral
Beijing: An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 on the Richter scale hit the Aral, a sub-prefecture-level city surrounded by Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre…
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US sanctions Chinese firm for helping Russian group Wagner in Ukraine
Washington: The United States imposed sanctions on a Chinese company for sending satellite imagery orders from locations in Ukraine to Russia’s Wagner Group, according to the statement released by the US Department…
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Imran Khan to contest by polls all 33 vacant parliamentary seats
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan has decided to contest by-elections to 33 National Assembly seats in March in all constituencies, The Express Tribune reported citing senior party leader Shah Mahmood…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken likely to travel to India
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India in early March and the details of his visit are being worked out, sources familiar with the deliberations told ANI. An…
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Why Singapore Airlines is investing in Air India?
Singapore: When the Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) released its operating statistics for December 2022, it revealed that it carried almost 12 per cent more passengers compared with a month ago and four…
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Electricity crisis continues to undermine economic growth: S. Africa Prez
Johannesberg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the electricity crisis in the country continues to undermine economic growth and investment. “Load shedding damages businesses, disrupts households, compromises the provision of…
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Donald Trump kicks off first 2024 presidential campaign
Washington: Former United States President Donald Trump held his first political campaign since announcing his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, NHK World reported. On Saturday, the former President held a rally…
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Indigenous children graves in Canada proof of ‘genocide’: Iran
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that the recent discovery of new mass graves of “innocent” indigenous children in Canada is evidence of a “major human tragedy” that…
