Category: World

BAGHDAD – A volley of rockets exploded near the US embassy in Baghdad Sunday, as tensions mount ahead of the anniversary of the US killing top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on Iraqi soil. AFP reporters in the capital s east heard at least five booms on Sunday night, followed by whistling sounds. A few moments later, […]

CAIRO – Saudi Arabia suspended late on Sunday all international commercial flights for a renewable week except for the foreign flights already in the kingdom which will be allowed to leave, state news agency SPA reported quoting an interior ministry source. The source added the entry to the kingdom through land and sea ports will […]

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI -Tens of thousands of Indian farmers on Sunday intensified their protests against three new agricultural laws aimed at overhauling food grain procurement and pricing rules by allowing private companies direct access to the vast agrarian sector. Angry farmers staged demonstrations near New Delhi after rejecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurances that the laws […]

WASHINGTON – The US government confirmed Sunday that its computer networks had been hit by a cyberattack, as The Washington Post reported at least two departments had been targeted by Russian state hackers. “We have been working closely with our agency partners regarding recently discovered activity on government networks,” a spokesperson for the Cybersecurity and […]

RIYADH – An explosion rocked a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah Monday, the vessel s owner said, in the latest apparent strike on energy sector targets in the kingdom. All 22 sailors aboard the tanker BW Rhine escaped unhurt after the blast struck just after midnight, Singapore-based shipping company Hafnia said, […]

WELLINGTON – New Zealand security services did not focus enough on the threat from right-wing terror in the run-up to last year s Christchurch mosques attack, but could only have prevented the murders “by chance”, an inquiry reported Tuesday. The royal commission — the most powerful judicial probe available under New Zealand law — called for […]

NEW DELHI – Indian farmers who have been blockading New Delhi on Tuesday launched a one-day, nationwide general strike to push their demands for the government to repeal reform laws opening up trade in agricultural produce. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of the capital since November 27 in protest […]

WASHINGTON – A US Republican senator contesting a closely watched runoff election in Georgia was quarantining on Saturday after possibly being infected with Covid-19, her campaign said. Kelly Loeffler had campaigned with Vice President Mike Pence on Friday as well as David Perdue, another Republican Georgia senator up for re-election in the January 5 runoff […]

RIYADH – Saudi Arabia expects no major change in its relationship with the US under Joe Biden, a senior official told CNN, despite the president-elect pledging to turn the kingdom into a “pariah”. OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has appeared wary of Biden after he promised a stern stance […]

NEW DELHI – Former US President Barack Obama’s revelations regarding Indian state terrorism has caused much uproar in India. In his book titled ‘The Promised Land’, Obama uncovered Indian conspiracies and state terrorism. A lawyer in India’s Uttar Pradesh has filed a suit against the former US President for defaming Indian leaders and hurting the […]