Category: World

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday hit out at his own intelligence agency for detaining two activists who broke the story of an alleged massive paedophile ring operating in the country’s schools. Ghani said he was “deeply disturbed about the recent reports on sexual abuse” in six schools in Logar province bordering Kabul, which […]

PARIS: The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said on Tuesday in its annual assessment on greenhouse gases. The United Nations Environment Programme said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6 percent each year until 2030 to limit global […]

SRINAGAR: At least two people were killed in grenade attacks in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday and two fighters were shot dead by Indian forces, officials said, in one of the region’s most violent days since New Delhi imposed a security clampdown there. The Indian government shut down internet and phone lines and flooded the disputed […]

WASHINGTON: Indian security forces use rape as a method of retaliation against Kashmiri civilians, said Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, as the world began “16 days of activism” to eliminate violence against women. The campaign began on Nov 25, which is observed as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. […]

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s top aides must comply with subpoenas to appear in the impeachment investigation against the president, a US appeals court judge ruled. In a case involving former White House counsel Don McGahn, who was subpoenaed in May by the House Judiciary Committee, judge Ketanji Jackson ruled on Monday that administration officials cannot claim […]

DOHA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said he hoped a dispute between a Saudi-led bloc and Qatar would “swiftly” come to an end amid emerging signs of a possible breakthrough in the Gulf crisis. However, he ruled out the closure of a Turkish military camp in Qatar, part of the Riyadh-led bloc’s string […]

TEHRAN: Supporters of Iran’s government poured into central Tehran on Monday for a massive rally to condemn days of “rioting” that the Islamic republic blames on its foreign foes. Waving the Iranian flag and banners that read “Death to America”, they descended on Enghelab (Revolution) Square from all directions. In a shock announcement on Nov […]

WASHINGTON: As Ame­r­i­cans prepare for the Thanksgiving, US President Donald Trump told his nation on Monday that he is once again working on a peace agreement to bring his troops back from Afghanistan. “You know we’re pulling way down in Afghanistan. We’re working on an agreement now with the Taliban. Let’s see what happens,” Mr […]

Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Geng Shuang termed United States Assistant Secretary Alice Wells’ recent comments on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) programme as “mere repetition of old slanders against China, the CPEC and the BRI”. During a press briefing on Monday, Geng pointed out that Wells’ claims had swiftly been refuted by the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan […]

Six people died and some 150 were injured in Albania after the strongest earthquake in decades rocked the Balkan country early on Tuesday, destroying buildings and burying victims in rubble. The epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude quake was about 34 kilometres (about 20 miles) northwest of the capital Tirana, at a depth of 10 km, […]