Category: World

The Indian government on Thursday suspended the cross-LoC (Line of Control) trade between the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and the part of Kashmir it occupies, in a move that evoked strong reactions from traders who feared the decision could force them into destitution. According to a notification issued by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, […]

America’s first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, who pushed for equality in space but never reached its heights, has died. Cobb died in Florida at age 88 on March 18 following a brief illness. News of her death came Thursday from journalist Miles O’Brien, serving as a family spokesman. In 1961, Cobb became the […]

US Attorney General William Barr on Thursday offered a spirited defense of President Donald Trump ahead of the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s role in the 2016 US election, emphasising that it found no collusion between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. Barr, the top US law enforcement official and a Trump appointee, […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday said that Iranian armed forces were not a threat against any regional country, as Tehran held an Army Day military parade to unveil its latest military equipment amid rising tensions with the United States. In a ceremony in Tehran, broadcast live on state television, marching soldiers passed a podium […]

Voters across swathes of southern India began queuing up early on Thursday in the second phase of a mammoth, staggered general election in which opposition parties are trying to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from winning a second term. More than 155 million people are eligible to vote in the second phase, which covers 95 […]

WASHINGTON: The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the Taliban’s spring offensive, saying the move will “only result in more unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people”. The Taliban launched their annual offensive on the battlefield on April 12, days before the scheduled resumption of talks in Doha, Qatar. If the launch of the […]

SRINAGAR: Security forces shut down roads and stepped up patrols on Wednesday in India-held Kashmir, a day before voters in the disputed region go to the polls. Tens of thousands of security forces have poured into the region ahead of Thursday’s vote. Tensions have skyrocketed in the Himalayan region since a February suicide attack that […]

A Bangladesh film star has apologised after he was expelled from India for taking part in election campaigning, but found support in his country’s foreign minister who said the giant neighbour had overreacted. Ferdous Ahmad has starred in more than 200 films, and was kicked out of India on Tuesday after campaigning for West Bengal […]

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s main opposition candidate was declared Istanbul’s mayor on Wednesday after election recounts were finally completed, despite an appeal still pending by President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party to re-run the vote in the country’s largest city. The final result of the March 31 local elections showed a narrow victory for the secularist opposition Republican […]

LIMA: Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head at his home as police were about to arrest him in a corruption case, a party official said. He was 69. Garcia was resuscitated three times after suffering cardiac arrest while undergoing emergency surgery, before finally succumbing, […]