Category: World

Iran said on Monday that no cyber attack against the Islamic republic has ever succeeded, after American media reported the United States launched one last week amid a standoff between the two countries. “The media are asking about the veracity of the alleged cyber attack against Iran. No successful attack has been carried out by them, although […]

A Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia killed a Syrian national and wounded 21 other civilians on Sunday, a Riyadh-led coalition said, in a new escalation following a series of strikes on the site. The attack on Abha airport, which the coalition said left a McDonald’s outlet at the site […]

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has resigned six months before the scheduled end of his term in office, the Business Standard newspaper reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Acharya is returning to the New York University Stern School of Business in August instead of February next year, according to the report. […]

WASHINGTON: US Pre­si­dent Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Sunday his chances of retaining the White House in 2020 would be strengthened if Democratic lawmakers start impeachment proceedings against him. Asked on NBC’s Meet the Press whether he thought impeachment was good politics for him, Trump replied, “I think I win the election […]

US National Security Adviser John Bolton warned on Sunday that Iran should not “mistake US prudence and discretion for weakness”, after the US abruptly called off military strikes against Iran in response to the shooting down of an unmanned American surveillance drone. “No one has granted them a hunting license in the Middle East. As […]

The opposition candidate in the controversial replay of Istanbul’s mayoral election was headed for a comfortable victory on Sunday, dealing a blow to the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan’s candidate, Binali Yildirim, conceded defeat as initial results showed his opponent ahead with 53.69 percent of the vote with more than 95 percent […]

Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Bangkok on Saturday determined to drive forward the world’s largest commercial pact, with the trade war between the US and China clouding the outlook for their export-led economies. Disputes in the flashpoint South China Sea, Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya Muslims and plastic pollution in the seas are also set to […]

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said that Pakistan is resolute towards finding a peaceful solution to the Afghan conflict as “Pakistan supports an Afghanistan that is at peace with itself”. The comments were made while addressing the inaugural session of a conference on Afghan peace titled Lahore Process held at Bhurban. The Lahore Process has been set […]

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate res­ponse to Tehran’s downing of an unmanned US surveillance drone. President Trump said the plan was to hit three sites in response to the drone’s downing on Thursday, which Tehran said […]

NEW DELHI: China favours a uniform principle for all non-NPT members to consider their membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), and as such it has not discussed India’s application at the plenary meeting that concluded in Kazakhstan on Friday, a Chinese official was quoted as saying. According to Indian reports quoting a Chinese spokesperson, […]