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11-05-2023 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and congressional leaders engaged in urgent talks on Tuesday to address the deadlock over raising the US debt limit, which is a staggering $31.4 trillion. Failure to reach an agreement could lead to an unprecedented default within three weeks, posing severe consequences for the country. …

10-05-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies  KARACHI/ LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD: Protests erupted across Pakistan on Tuesday after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was arrested as he appeared before the Islamabad High Court for several cases pending since he was ousted last year. Police fired tear gas and water cannon to …

10-05-2023 SAN JUAN: A suspected woman who fatally shot two US business graduates outside a nightclub at around 3.50am in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday morning has been detained, officials said. Franco Medina, 29, and Sergio Palomino Ruiz, 28 were killed as a result of another violent incident. Both were …

10-05-2023 ISTANBUL: The Turkish government is raising its workers’ salaries by 45 percent, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, five days before Turks vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. Polls show Erdogan in a tight race with the main opposition presidential candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Erdogan announced the pay rise on …

10-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australian lawmakers have met United States Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and allow him to return to Australia. The “Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group” said on Tuesday it informed Kennedy …

10-05-2023 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during the Victory Day military parade marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II in Red square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 9, 2022. President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that the West has unleashed “a real war” against …

10-05-2023 TEHRAN: Iran’s judiciary has executed two men, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli-Zare, who were convicted of operating numerous social media accounts focused on atheism and the desecration of religious sanctities, as reported by the country’s Mizan news agency. Mehrad’s lawyer maintained his innocence and criticized the unjust nature of …

10-05-2023 NEW YORK: A lawyer for a writer accusing Donald Trump of rape in a civil trial urged a jury to hold the ex-president liable for the alleged assault. “No one, not even a former president, is above the law,” lawyer Roberta Kaplan said on Monday. E Jean Carroll alleges …

10-05-2023 KABUL/ UNITED NATIONS: Some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed and had restrictions placed on their movement since being banned by the Taliban from working for the world body, the UN says. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers informed the UN early last month that Afghan women …

10-05-2023 LONDON: British police have expressed regret over the arrests of the leader of an anti-monarchist group and five others at the coronation of King Charles, following criticism that the security response was heavy-handed. London’s Met Police said they were sorry that six of those arrested at the event were …