Ahead of the crucial talks next month to finalize the texts of a trade deal with the US to end the trade war, a top Chinese official said on Sunday that China will import more goods from the US to balance bilateral trade, a key demand of President Donald Trump. Trump is demanding China to […]
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought details from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad following reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two Pakistani Hindu girls in Sindh province. “I have asked the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report,” the Minister wrote on Twitter. The two […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday. The two girls, Raveena (13 and Reena (15, were allegedly kidnapped by a […]
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan into the reported abduction of two Hindu teenaged girls and their forcible conversion to Islam on the eve of Holi in Sindh province. In a tweet, Swaraj, while tagging a media report about the incident, said she has asked […]
Bangkok: Thailand’s ruling junta took an unexpected 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 […]
Lahore: A candle-light vigil was held here on Saturday to mark the 88th death anniversary of Indian freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. The programme was organised by the Lahore-based Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation under police security to the participants after the organisation filed an application with the district administration that it feared some […]
NEW DELHI: Nearly 500 people were treated at a medical camp in Mozambique under the Indian Navy’s ‘Operation Sahayta’ to provide relief to the cyclone-hit African nation. After Cyclone ‘Idai’ hit Mozambique last week, the Indian Navy deployed its ships Sujata, Sarathi and Shardul to carry out humanitarian and disaster relief activities. The medical camp […]
Short descrion: The Indian Navy has rescued over 190 people and provided assistance to over 1,380 people as part of its relief operations in cyclone-hit Mozambique. Responding to a request from Mozambique, India immediately diverted three naval ships to the port city of Beira, a Ministry of External Affairs statement said. “As of now, the […]
Beijing: Ahead of the crucial talks next month to finalise the texts of trade deal with the US to end the trade war, a top Chinese official said on Sunday that China will import more goods from the US to balance bilateral trade, a key demand of President Donald Trump. Trump is demanding China to […]
Despite a warning by United States, Italy on Saturday joined China’s signature foreign policy Belt and Road initiative (BRI, making it the first G7 country to officially do so reports Xinhua. Addressing a press conference, Italian president Sergio Mattarella said, “Italy and China were at the two ends of the ancient Silk Road which had […]
NEW DELHI: Would you want your teenager to terrorists killing people in the real world or someone committing suicide? No one, in their right mind, would ever want their kids to get exposed to such events, simply for the repercussions that such content can have on young impressionable minds. But with a smartphone on their […]
Italy on Saturday signed a “non-binding” protocol with China to take part in Beijing’s new “Silk Road” of transport and trade links stretching from Asia to Europe. In doing so, Italy became the first G7 country to sign up for the massive project, which has sparked unease in the US and the European Union as […]
Instead of saying “hi” Trump now greets people with, “no collusion, no collusion.” pic.twitter.com/Pj70oF0DgG — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar March 20, 2019 On Friday, United States Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted the long-awaited report of his probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow during the 2016 elections. The investigation has been a looming […]
DUBAI: Dubai has projected the image of New Zealand premier Jacinda Ardern onto its iconic Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper, in thanks for her response to last week’s mosque shootings. Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum praised Ardern’s “support to the Muslim community” after a white supremacist gunman attacked two mosques on Mar […]
With the melting of glaciers and snow due to high temperatures, Mount Everest expedition operators are finding more and more bodies of climbers on and around the world’s highest peak. More than 200 mountaineers have died on the peak since 1922, when the first climbers’ deaths on the Everest were recorded. Most bodies have remained […]
Washington: First Indian-origin US Senator Kamala Harris has called for allocation of a large federal investment to improve teacher salaries nationwide. The 54-year-old senator, who represents California, said that currently teachers are making over 10 per cent less than other college educated graduates and that gap is about USD 13,000 a year, the CNN reported […]
London: British PM Theresa May has told lawmakers she may not seek passage of her troubled Brexit withdrawal plan in Parliament next week. The embattled leader, who faces a major protest march in central London on Saturday, wrote to lawmakers Friday night saying she would bring the European Union withdrawal back to Parliament if there […]
Britain must find a way to leave the European Union in an orderly fashion rather than trying to oust Prime Minister Theresa May, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday. When asked by Sky about newspaper reports of a plot to oust May by senior ministers and whether she had run out of road, Hammond […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a […]
FLORIDA: Pretending to be “Instagram famous”, a 25-year-old Florida man allegedly lured a Texas-based minor girl only to repeatedly sexually assault and rape her for days. Richard Brown, who already faces six felony counts of child sexual abuse, got in touch with the 17-year-old girl on Instagram and claimed to be a 19-year-old, rich and […]
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s condition had deteriorated in jail due to a kidney disease, a day after his family met him and expressed concern over his health, Pakistan media reported on Sunday. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N supremo’s daughter Maryam Nawaz tweeted about his worsening health on Saturday after she along with his […]
After failing to procure travel insurance for his parents during their visit to Dubai, the hospital bill for an Indian expat’s father at a hospital here has exceeded 100,000 dirhams ($27,225, the media reported on Sunday. Anubhav Khanna’s father, Surendra Nath Khanna, had to be rushed to the NMC Hospital at the Dubai Investment Park […]
A trip to remember turned into a trip “one cannot forget” for people at Disneyland Paris after they mistook loud noises caused by elevator malfunction for gunfire. France’s Interior Ministry said there was panic and a stampede but no injuries were reported. Officials at Disneyland Paris did not immediately respond to a request for comment. […]
Baghdad: Iraqi PM Adel Abdel Mahdi made a formal request to parliament on Saturday to fire the governor of Niniveh province where 100 people were killed in a ferry capsize. Most in Thursday’s sinking on the Tigris River were women and kids headed out of Iraq’s second city Mosul for a Mother’s Day picnic on […]
The US attorney general’s summary of a special counsel report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Moscow was not delivered to lawmakers on Saturday, an official said, as Democrats vowed to investigate beyond the inquiry. William Barr, the top US law enforcement official, on Saturday was examining […]