International

11-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI:  President Joe Biden will meet virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, the White House said, at a time when the United States has made clear it does not want to see an uptick in Russian energy imports by India. …

11-04-2022 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron leads far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of France’s elections Sunday by a larger than expected margin, with the rivals now set to battle for the presidency in a run-off later this month, projections showed. Macron scored 28.1-29.7 per cent in …

10-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ WASHINGTON: Imran Khan’s tumultuous term as Prime Minister of Pakistan has ended, following weeks of high political drama and days of constitutional chaos. The Supreme Court’s landmark verdict late on Thursday restored a parliament that Khan had sought to …

10-04-2022 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: The Hezbollah resistance movement said the recent heroic Palestinian operation in Tel Aviv that left three Israelis dead and several others injured once again brought to the fore the fragility and weakness of the Zionist regime. “Once again, the Palestinian resistance proves its ability to confront …

10-04-2022 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran has added 24 United States officials and people to its blacklist of sanctioned individuals over charges of “terrorism” and violations of human rights of the Iranian people. On Saturday, the Iranian foreign ministry announced it has targeted nine individuals for “their involvement in terrorist acts”. These, …

10-04-2022 KYIV/ LONDON: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one of his staunchest backers, in Kyiv on Saturday, with the British leader using the visit to set out a new financial and military aid package for Ukraine. Johnson is the latest foreign leader to visit Kyiv after Russian …

10-04-2022 PARK WAY, CALIFORNIA: A man was stuck alone 15 feet below ice when an iPhone feature saved his life, Zee News reported. Tim Blakey, 41, was snowboarding alone on a Swiss mountain when he suddenly fell into a crevice. The crack threw him 15 feet deep onto a snow …

10-04-2022 RIYADH: Around one million people will be permitted from inside and outside the country to perform Hajj this year, Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday, according to The Khaleej Times. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, the kingdom has “authorized one million pilgrims, both …

09-04-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY: A Sydney-based cosmetic surgeon who raped a woman at a Melbourne karaoke bar had zero remorse for what he did to her, a court has heard. Ahnsup Kim, 52, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years’ jail before the County Court of Victoria this morning, having previously been …

09-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Islamic Emirate (Taliban) denied the reports of a US airstrike on a weapons cache in the southern province of Helmand and said that Islamic Emirate’s forces gathered mines and detonated them near the Shorab area of the province. Earlier, Modern Diplomacy reported …