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The government has used shipping containers to block major roads and streets in Islamabad. (AP pic) ISLAMABAD: At least one policeman was killed and dozens of people injured in Pakistan as supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan clashed with security forces outside the capital Islamabad on Monday, a government minister and Khan’s party […]
The Israeli foreign ministry said Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who managed Rimon Market, a kosher grocery store in Dubai, was last seen at a supermarket there. (AP pic) DUBAI: Three people have been arrested in the UAE in connection with the alleged murder of an Israeli citizen, the Emirati interior ministry said on Sunday. The ministry […]
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) BEIRUT: A powerful air strike killed 11 people in central Beirut today, the Lebanese civil defence said, shaking the capital as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. The attack destroyed […]
Intercontinental ballistic missiles are designed to carry nuclear warheads. (Yonhap/EPA Images pic) KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was using Ukraine as a weapons-testing ground, accusing Moscow of having apparently launched an armed intercontinental ballistic missile at his country. If confirmed, it would be the first use of such a […]
Israel’s 13-month campaign in Gaza has killed nearly 44,000 people. (AP pic) UNITED NATIONS: The US today vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza, accusing council members of cynically rejecting attempts at reaching a compromise. The 15-member council voted on a resolution put forward by its 10 non-permanent […]
South Kores’s spy agency is still trying to determine the exact number of the North’s troop casualties in Ukraine. (KCNA/KNS/AFP pic) SEOUL: Around 10,900 North Korean troops have been deployed to Kursk as part of Russia’s airborne unit and marines, with some already participating in battles in the Ukraine war, a South Korean lawmaker said […]
Activists hold a demonstration against Indonesia’s execution of Filipino death row convict Mary Jane Veloso in Manila. (EPA Images pic) MANILA: A Filipina spared from execution on drug trafficking charges in Indonesia in 2015 will be transferred to the Philippines after years of negotiations between the two Southeast Asian neighbours, president Ferdinand Marcos Jr said […]
US president Joe Biden speaks with Peruvian president Dina Boluarte during a bilateral meeting in Lima. (AP pic) LIMA: Taiwan’s representative at an Asia-Pacific summit met US president Joe Biden on Friday and invited him to visit Taiwan in the near future, with the two men having a “lively” exchange of views, the island’s delegation […]
Malcolm X became prominent in the US as the national spokesman of the Nation of Islam. (AFP pic) ATLANTA: The family of Malcolm X, a rebel civil-rights leader who was assassinated almost 60 years ago, filed a US$100 million federal lawsuit today that accuses the FBI, CIA and New York police department of allowing his […]
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a political outsider, won September’s presidential election in a country long ruled by family parties. (EPA Images pic) COLOMBO: Sri Lankans handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a thumping win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty and fight graft as […]