International

26-02-2023 PARIS/ KYIV: French President Emmanuel Macron said he would visit China in April and urged it to pressure Russia to end the war in Ukraine, a day after Beijing presented a peace plan. China has attempted to maintain a neutral stance while retaining close ties with strategic ally Moscow, …

26-02-2023 SANA’A: People in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a staged rallies on Friday to cal for the removal of a siege on the country by the Saudi-led coalition and expressing support for Palestine. The demonstrations marked the anniversary of the 2018 assassination of Saleh al-Sammad, the former head of Yemen’s …

26-02-2023 TEHRAN: Highlighting Iran’s progress in the missile and radar industries, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami said the country has the technical know-how to track satellites with radars on the ground. Addressing a congress in Tehran on Saturday, Major General Salami said the young …

26-02-2023 KATHMANDU: Nepal’s deputy prime minister and three other ministers resigned from the ruling coalition after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said he planned to support a presidential candidate from an opposition party. Rajendra Lingden, the deputy premier who was also the minister for energy, water resources and irrigation, resigned …

26-02-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Amid the rainbow tulle, sequins and sparkles of Sydney’s 45th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade emerged the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, in a simple open-necked shirt and jeans. Albanese is the first sitting prime minister to join the parade, which celebrates and continues to push …

26-02-2023 KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he plans to meet China’s leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine. Speaking on the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he said the proposal signaled that China was involved in the search for peace. “I …

26-02-2023 ADDIS ABABA/ TUNIS: The African Union (AU) has criticized Tunisia and urged it to avoid “racialized hate speech” following President Kais Saied’s comments directed at migrants from elsewhere on the continent. Saied ordered the expulsion of undocumented migrants from Tunisia on Tuesday, saying immigration was a plot aimed at …

26-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: The usual trade and movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan has fully resumed after the two sides reopened a key border crossing that was closed nearly a week ago by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, stranding people and thousands of trucks carrying …

26-02-2023 WASHINGTON/ KYIV: The words “as long as it takes” have become a rallying cry for American officials as they support Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion, signaling an open-ended commitment to help Kyiv. US President Joe Biden put it bluntly on Tuesday when he said in a speech that …

25-02-2023 ANKARA/ DAMASCUS: Turkey has begun work to rebuild homes following this month’s devastating earthquakes, a government official said on Friday, as the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 50,000. More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the February 6 earthquakes that …