10-10-2021 BAGHDAD: Iraqis headed to the polls for an early election billed as a concession to anti-government protests but one expected to be boycotted by many voters who distrust official promises of reform. Polls opened at 7:00am (04:00 GMT) on Sunday but few voters turned up early at one polling …

10-10-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: A U.S. delegation will meet with senior Taliban representatives in Doha on Saturday and Sunday in their first face-to-face meeting at a senior level since Washington pulled its troops from Afghanistan and the hardline group took over the …

10-10-2021 BEAVERTON (OREGON): American sportswear giant, Nike, on Saturday revealed its plans to terminate sales in Israel from next year. According to The Independent, the company sent a letter to the store owners in Israel saying that it has been decided that the “continuation of the business relationship between you and …

10-10-2021 LONDON: The beautiful city of Lahore has been projected globally with 150 iconic red London buses going live with the “Lahore — The Heart of Pakistan” branding adorned on the busy routes of London. The campaign has been launched to highlight the rich cultural heritage of Punjab’s capital and …

09-10-2021 HOUSTON: A US appeals court has temporarily reinstated Texas’s near total ban on abortions. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that an injunction imposed against the law be lifted. On Wednesday, a lower court had temporarily blocked the bill …

09-10-2021 JERUSALEM: An Israeli court has upheld a ban on Jewish prayer at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, overturning a lower court’s decision that had sparked fury among Palestinians and the Muslim world. Aryeh Lippo, an Israeli rabbi, was slapped with a two-week ban from the compound last month after praying there, …

09-10-2021 RIYADH: At least 10 people have been reported injured in an attack on an airport in Saudi Arabia’s city of Jazan, near the border with Yemen. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the attack on Friday evening targeted the King Abdullah Airport. Citing a Saudi-led coalition spokesman, SPA said …

09-10-2021 JERUSALEM: A landmark ruling by an Israeli court in favor of Jews praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex has stoked Palestinian fears of Jewish encroachment over Jerusalem’s holiest site. Palestinians denounced on Thursday a decision by an Israeli Magistrate Court not to regard prayer by Jewish worshippers as a “criminal …

09-10-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Tata Sons Pvt. was selected as the winning bidder for India’s flag carrier, ending decades of attempts to privatize a money-losing and debt-laden airline, and potentially ending years of taxpayer-bailouts that’s kept the company alive. Tata Sons, which originally launched Air India Ltd. with a …

09-10-2021 OSLO: Journalists Maria Ressa, of the Philippines, and Dmitry Muratov, of Russia, have won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, recognized “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression”, which the prize-giving committee described as being under threat worldwide The two were given the prestigious award “for their courageous fight …