02-02-2024 WASHINGTON: The US government has held back delivery of 31 MQ-9A Sea Guardian and Sky Guardian drones to India until New Delhi carries out a “meaningful investigation” into the Indian-state sponsored conspiracy to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, leader and founder of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) and Khalistan Referendum. Relations …

02-02-2024 BRUSSELS: All 27 EU leaders have agreed a €50bn aid package for Ukraine after Hungary had previously blocked the deal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the new funding, saying it would strengthen the country’s economic and financial stability. Ukraine’s economic ministry said it expects the first tranche of funds …

02-02-2024 LONDON: Authorities in London started to search for a man Wednesday after at least eight people including children were injured in an incident of throwing acid on Clapham’s Lessar Avenue, London, according to media reports in the UK. Officers who responded to the scene were also among the injured …

01-02-2024 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to the illegal sale of state gifts. An accountability court in Rawalpindi, which deals with corruption cases, on Wednesday also ruled that …

01-02-2024 MANILA/ HANOI: Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to cooperate on maritime security in the South China Sea that is claimed by Beijing almost in its entirety. The deals, signed during a state visit to Hanoi by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday, will see the two countries’ coastguards …

01-02-2024 GAZA CITY: More than half of Gaza’s buildings have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its retaliation for the Hamas attacks of 7 October, new analysis revealed. Detailed before-and-after imagery also shows how the bombardment of southern and central Gaza has intensified since the start of December, with …

01-02-2024 MEXICO CITY: With protesters picketing outside a packed arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday. The return to the capital came after Mexico’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that had sided with animal rights defenders and suspended the events for more than a year and a …

01-02-2024 DOHA/ RIYADH: It was a case of so near yet so far for thousands of Saudi Arabia fans, whose team faltered in the penalty shootout in their round-of-16 match against South Korea and were knocked out of the AFC Asian Cup 2023. South Korea booked a quarterfinal date with …

01-02-2024 TEHRAN: Iran summoned the British ambassador to Tehran to protest against the “baseless accusations” and sanctions by London. “Following the continuation of the British regime’s accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Simon Shercliff, the British ambassador in Tehran, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs … and …

01-02-2024 ADDIS ABABA: On January 1, a controversial memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. Purportedly, this agreement grants landlocked Ethiopia a 20km piece of coastal land for establishing a naval base and …