28-10-2021 RIYADH/ DUBAI/ DAMASCUS: Saudi Arabia and the UAE have summoned Lebanon’s ambassadors to protest against Information Minister George Kordahi’s criticism of the Riyadh-led military coalition fighting rebels in Yemen. Kordahi said during an interview aired on Monday that the Iran-backed Houthi rebels are “defending themselves … against an external …

28-10-2021 WASHINGTON/ BNEIJING: Top US General Mark Milley has called China’s recent hypersonic missile test “very close” to a Sputnik moment. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an interview with Bloomberg TV called “the test of a hypersonic weapon system,” first reported by the Financial Times last week …

28-10-2021 KUWAIT CITY: The Middle East is warming faster than much of the world, and Kuwait is careering towards unbearable temperatures. With the mercury topping 53C, three Kuwaiti citizens – an influence, a weather forecaster and a retired civil servant – raise the alarm. They urge that Kuwait must not …

27-10-2021 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ PARIS: Current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for a “catastrophic” average 2.7-degree Celsius temperature rise this century, the United Nations has said, the latest stark warning ahead of crunch climate talks. Just days before the COP26 climate summit in the …

26-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ SHARJAH/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan erupted in celebration on Monday evening, with those following the national cricket team sharing a rare moment of joy with a 130-run win over Scotland in the T20 World Cup. Afghans, those abroad and the ones in …

26-10-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Stuck in a village in southern India for nine months and unable to return to his job in Saudi Arabia, Sugathan PR is hoping the World Health Organization (WHO) will approve the Indian COVID-19 shot Covaxin, paving the way for his trip back. Like Sugathan, …

26-10-2021 LOS ANGELES: Two people were killed Monday and four others were injured — including a police officer — when a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall in the US state of Idaho. Police in Boise were called to the mall with reports “that at least one person was …

26-10-2021 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: One of the world’s most criticized polluters, Australia, has promised it will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. PM Scott Morrison made the long-delayed pledge after bargaining with resistant MPs within his government. He said Australia had a plan to lower emissions, but it …

26-10-2021 KHARTOUM: At least seven people have been killed and 140 injured as thousands took to the streets in protest after Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government. Thousands of people joined rallies against the military takeover on the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of …

25-10-2021 NEW YORK: The so-called Facebook Papers, leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen, have already revealed the impact of Facebook as well as of WhatsApp and Instagram, both of which it owns, on the deep polarization of politics in the United States and on the mental health of some teenagers but …