Category: World

Cannes, France: A young Donald Trump and his real estate mogul father are to appear as characters in a new Hollywood film, according to reports at the Cannes film festival on Friday. US director James Gray of “The Yards” and “The Lost City of Z” fame will write and direct the movie set in the […]

Mount Everest claimed Friday its first fatality of the main spring climbingseason, an Indian man, while an Irish mountaineer was also missing, expeditionorganisers in Nepal said. A Bulgarian climber also died on adjoining Mount Lhotse as he was descending, government officials said, and an Indian soldier died on nearby Mount Makalu. Ravi Thakar, 28, was found dead inside his tent at Everest Camp 4 at an elevation 7,920 metres (26,000 feet) on Friday morning as his team was resting after a successful summit. […]

Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that hardline Buddhist groups were likely to blame for a wave of anti-Muslim riots that swept the island this week in apparent retaliation for Easter bombings that were claimed by the militant Islamic State group. The April 21 attacks targeted churches and hotels, killing more than 250 people and fuelling fears of […]

The US State Department on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Erbil, as tensions mount between the United States and Iraq’s neighbour Iran. Washington has ramped up pressure on Tehran in recent days, accusing Tehran of planning “imminent” attacks in the region, and bolstering the American military […]

The Saudi cabinet is deliberating over a proposed scheme to issue ‘Privileged Iqamas’ to expatriates that would allow them to become permanent residents, own properties and start businesses in the kingdom without the need of local sponsors called kafeel, Arab News reported. It is pertinent to mention here that in the existing system, expatriates cannot start a business […]

Facebook announced on Wednesday it would tighten access to its livestreaming feature as New Zealand’s premier Jacinda Ardern and French leader Emmanuel Macron prepared to launch the global “Christchurch Call” initiative to tackle the spread of extremism online. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has been under intense pressure since March when a white supremacist gunman used Facebook […]

SOCHI: US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday said his country is not seeking war with Iran, despite a spike in tensions that has seen the Pentagon dispatch nuclear-capable bombers to the region. Pompeo’s comments came during his first official visit to Russia, a key backer of Tehran which has blamed the current crisis on Washington’s […]

WASHINGTON: US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has offered to sign an exclusive deal to India for newly rolled out F-21 fighter jet, telling New Delhi that it will not sell this aircraft to any other country if India agrees to buy it. Last month, the Indian Air Force (IAF) issued initial tender to acquire 114 […]

RIYADH: Drone attacks claimed by Iran-aligned Yemen rebels shut down one of Saudi Arabia’s major oil pipelines on Tuesday, further ratcheting up Gulf tensions after the mysterious sabotage of several tankers. Days after the United States deployed bombers and an assault ship to bolster an aircraft carrier in the region, the world’s largest crude exporter […]

WASHINGTON: The Taliban’s chief negotiator has claimed that the United States is on the verge of defeat and will quit Afghanistan soon, the Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting service reported on Tuesday. The semi-official US news outlet reported that Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai made the assertions in an April 28 speech to an “internal gathering” in Doha, […]