International

17-09-2023 DUBAI/ ABU DAHABI: The United Arab Emirates foiled an attempt to smuggle 13 tonnes of the addictive amphetamine captagon worth more than $1 billion hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels, the country’s Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Thursday. The Dubai Police said …

17-09-2023 WASHINGTON: Richard Olson, the US envoy to Pakistan from 2012 to 2015, on Friday was sentenced to three-year probation and ordered to pay $93,400 for violating so-called “revolving door” laws by lobbying for Qatar within one year of retiring from federal service and lying in ethics paperwork. Ahead of …

17-09-2023 TEHRAN: Mahsa Amini’s father was briefly detained on Saturday, according to human rights organisations, in the midst of a heavy security force presence on the first anniversary of his daughter’s passing while in Iranian police custody. Before being freed, Amjad Amini received a warning not to commemorate the passing …

17-09-2023 LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK has decided to ban the American Bully XL dog breed by the end of the year following a series of horrifying attacks that left many Brits, including children terribly injured and scarred. In a video statement shared on X …

16-09-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian government has accused X Corp (formerly known as Twitter) of being a “habitual non-complaint platform” in a recent court filing. “X-Corp does not follow the law of the land,” the government said, adding that this lowered “the authority of the law, …

16-09-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ TORKHAM: A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been reopened for pedestrian and vehicular traffic after remaining closed for nine days, following an exchange of fire between the security forces of the two countries. Muhammad Anas, an official in Khyber district of Pakistan’s …

16-09-2023 LONDON: London’s police force has issued an official apology and paid “substantial damages” to two women who were detained during a vigil held in memory of Sarah Everard, a tragic victim of rape and murder by a serving police officer. The incident occurred in March 2021 when Everard was …

16-09-2023 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA: Apple will update the iPhone 12 in France after regulators raised concerns over electromagnetic radiation emitted by the devices, according to the country’s digital minister and the firm. The announcement came on Friday, after France on Tuesday ordered a halt to sales of the device, released in …

16-09-2023 WASHINGTON: The indictment-plagued former president Donald Trump aimed at the commander-in-chief of the US Joe Biden and fired a fresh salvo amid the indictment of the 80-year-old President’s son Hunter Biden, calling him “crooked” as both the leaders are locked in a relentless fight to win the battle for …

16-09-2023 TRIPOLI: In the aftermath of a flash flood likened to a tsunami, emergency teams in Derna, Libya, are racing against time to locate the thousands still missing after the calamity that claimed the lives of at least 4,000 people. The deluge, triggered by a surge of water from two …