International

11-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban’s morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks. A spokesperson for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and …

11-11-2022 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Moscow ordered troops to withdraw from near the strategic southern Ukrainian city of Kherson in a major setback as a top US general estimated Russia has suffered more than 100,000 killed or wounded since invading its neighbor in February. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday announced Russian …

11-11-2022 CAIRO: The family of Egypt’s jailed dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah have said that they have been told by prison authorities that the activist is “under medical intervention”, potentially meaning that he has been force-fed. Family members have repeatedly demanded information on the health of Abd el-Fattah, who holds both …

11-11-2022 WASHINGTON: About 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed and wounded since the invasion of Ukraine, and Kyiv’s armed forces “probably” suffered a similar level of casualties, the top US general says. General Mark Milley’s remarks on Wednesday offer the highest US estimate of casualties to date in the nearly …

11-11-2022 TEHRAN: Iran has built a hypersonic ballistic missile, the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace commander as saying, in remarks likely to heighten concerns about Iranian missile capabilities. “This missile has a high speed and can manoeuvre in and out of the atmosphere. It will target …

10-11-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY: England, Jos Buttler was adamant, had yet to play their perfect game in the 2022 T20 World Cup. As he locked in embrace with Alex Hales after this 10-wicket victory over India’s galacticos, Buttler might have been minded to revise his opinion; he will just hope …

10-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: The recent death of Queen Elizabeth II has reignited a simmering republican debate in Australia, where the United Kingdom’s monarch is head of state, with Anthony Albanese’s government planning to put the issue to a vote. Already committed to a …

10-11-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has instructed television channels to broadcast content that is in the national interest or for public service for 30 minutes every day. In the ministry’s latest uplinking and downloading rules, it mentioned that the television channels apart from sports …

10-11-2022 WASHINGTON/ OHIO: Former US President Donald Trump called House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi “an animal” during his speech in Ohio on the eve of midterm elections. Trump, who is planning a comeback in this Presidential election, later defended his comment by saying that she caused his impeachment twice …

10-11-2022 DAMASCUS/ BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN: Air attacks have struck eastern Syria along the Iraqi border, hitting Iran-backed fighters and inflicting casualties, a Syrian war monitor, Iranian state television and Iraqi paramilitary officers have said. The number of casualties has not been confirmed but some of those killed in the attack late …