Category: World

HAMBANTOTA: Sri Lanka began construction on Sunday of a nearly $4 billion oil refinery it hopes will revive foreign interest in its shipping facilities after Beijing’s takeover of a nearby port spooked international investors. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Hambantota, a district in Sri Lanka’s south which lies on one of the world’s busiest shipping […]

BANGKOK: Thailand’s ruling junta took a stunning lead in the country’s first election since a 2014 coup with more than 90 per cent of ballots counted, putting it on course to return to power at the expense of the kingdom’s pro-democracy camp. Sunday’s election was held under new laws written by the military to smooth […]

BAMAKO: Mali’s government on Sunday announced the sacking of senior military officers and the dissolution of a militia, a day after the massacre of more than 130 Muslims, including women and children. Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said new military chiefs would be named, and that the Dan Nan Ambassagou association, composed of Dogon hunters, […]

DUBAI: A Kenyan science teacher from a remote village who gave away most of his earnings to the poor and tutored students on the weekends won a $1 million prize on Sunday that honours one exceptional educator from around the world. Peter Tabichi teaches in the semi-arid village of Pwani where almost a third of […]

US air strikes in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz killed about a dozen civilians on Saturday, local officials said, as battle intensified there and in southern Helmand province. The air strikes killed 13 civilians, said Safiullah Amiri, a member of Kunduz provincial council. The casualties included children, said fellow council member Amruddin, who pegged […]

US-backed forces in Syria announced on Saturday they have liberated the last pocket of territory held by the militant Islamic State group in Syria, declaring victory over it and bringing an end to the caliphate it declared in 2014. The capture of the village of Baghouz in eastern Syria by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces […]

Karachi is among the world’s top 10 cheapest cities in the world again, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’sWorldwide Cost of Living 2019 report.Do you find living in Karachi cheap?YesNoVoteView Results The megalopolis called home by nearly 15 million people has remained in the top 10 cheapest cities in the world consistently over the past decade, even ranking […]

KABUL: Two American service members were killed during an operation in Afghanistan on Friday, the US and Nato forces said, providing no other details on the combat deaths. The fatalities, which bring to four the number of US soldiers killed so far this year in Afghanistan, underscore the difficulties in bringing peace to the war-wrecked […]

BRUSSELS: EU leaders on Friday said Britain had a final chance to leave the bloc in an orderly fashion, having given the UK parliament an April 12 deadline to offer a new plan or choose to quit the bloc without a treaty. Arriving for a second day of a summit dominated by talks over Britain’s […]

MOSUL: The capsizing of a Tigris River ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year in Mosul left at least 100 people dead, mostly women and children, the Iraqi interior ministry said on Friday, as grief and anger swept the city. Residents of Iraq’s second city, scarred by years of jihadist rule, demanded justice as […]