Category: World

A Japanese court granted Carlos Ghosn bail on Thursday, meaning the former Nissan boss could soon walk out of his Tokyo detention centre to prepare his defence against multiple charges of financial misconduct. The Tokyo District Court set bail at 500 million yen ($4.5 million) as the 65-year-old auto sector legend faces four charges ranging […]

ISLAMABAD: Despite Pakistan’s high current account deficit (CAD), it has remained below those of regional countries, however its volatility is higher than most states, says a report of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published on Wednesday. In its analysis on the development priorities of the country in ‘Development Advocate Pakistan’ , UNDP says that Pakistan’s […]

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the US is sending armed soldiers to the southern border after Mexican soldiers recently “pulled guns” on US troops. Trump appeared to be referring to an April 13 incident in which Mexican troops reportedly questioned and pointed their weapons at two US troops conducting surveillance on the border. “Mexico’s […]

A powerful explosion Wednesday killed 15 people including more than a dozen civilians in militant-held northwest Syria, a war monitor said, as rescuers searched for people trapped under the rubble. An AFP reporter at the scene saw a building of at least four storeys that had collapsed in the town of Jisr al-Shughur in Idlib, a region […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a telephone conversation with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday, strongly condemned the string of bombings in Sri Lanka that claimed the lives of at least 359 people. The prime minister conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for the speedy recovery of the wounded. […]

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called the end of oil sanction waivers by the United States a “hostile measure” that “won’t be left without a response”. “US efforts to boycott the sale of Iran’s oil won’t get them anywhere. We will export our oil as much as we need and we intend,” […]

TRIPOLI: At least 264 people have been killed and over 1,200 wounded in weeks of fighting on the outskirts of Libya’s capital, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, as African leaders gathered in Cairo to discuss the crisis. The agency called on Twitter for “a temporary cessation of hostilities, and for all parties to […]

PARIS: Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends. The accelerating loss of clean air, drinkable water, CO2-absorbing forests, pollinating insects, protein-rich fish and storm-blocking mangroves — […]

A bus carrying 51 Pakistani Zaireen hit a security checkpost near Samarra, Iraq, on the night of April 21, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement on Wednesday. The Pakistani Mission in Baghdad told the FO that injured passengers had been shifted to Medical City Hospital. Passengers with minor injuries were treated and discharged, […]

Russia on Tuesday called the US tightening of oil sanctions on Iran an “aggressive and reckless” policy after Washington announced it was seeking to stop all exports of Iranian crude. “Such a course of action adds nothing to the Americans’ international standing,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. “The rest of the world perfectly understands […]