09-12-2023 RIYADH/ DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to show restraint in responding to attacks by Yemen’s Houthis against ships in the Red Sea, two sources familiar with Saudi thinking said, as Riyadh seeks to contain spillover from the Hamas-Israel war. The Iran-aligned Houthis have waded into the …

09-12-2023 LONDON/ MOSCOW: The UK is accusing Russia’s Security Service, the FSB, of a sustained cyber-hacking campaign, targeting politicians and others in public life. The government said one group stole data through cyber-attacks, which was later made public, including material linked to the 2019 election. Russia has repeatedly denied claims …

09-12-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIRUT/ KARACHI/ GAZA CITY: Senior political leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh Wednesday sought Pakistan’s intervention in halting ongoing Israeli atrocities, saying that it is a “brave” nation. In his address to the national dialogue on ‘The Sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Responsibility of the …

08-12-2023 BAGHDAD: The US embassy in Baghdad on Friday morning was attacked by two rocket salvos but there were no casualties reported, an embassy spokesperson said. According to the spokesperson, the attack was likely carried out by Iran-backed militias in Iraq but no group immediately claimed responsibility. The incident marks …

08-12-2023 WASHINTON: Hunter Biden was charged with nine counts of tax evasion on Thursday, marking the second time this year that the special counsel looking into the personal and financial affairs of President Joe Biden’s son has brought charges against him. The 56-page indictment filed in US district court in …

08-12-2023 WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Tony Blinken has raised the matter of an assassination bid on prominent Sikh leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York with India’s foreign minister, a spokesperson for the State Department said Wednesday. According to a The News report, Matthew Miller said that Washington has conveyed …

08-12-2023 KHARTOUM/ DUBAI: Saudi and US-brokered talks aimed at halting fighting between Sudan’s warring parties have faltered again, and the country’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have pressed on with military campaigns that have caused a major humanitarian crisis. The lack of progress at the talks in Jeddah dashed …

08-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ HYDERABAD: India’s health ministry has ordered a probe into Apollo Hospital Delhi, part of largest private hospital chain Apollo Hospitals (APLH.NS), after media reports linked it to the illegal sale by Myanmar nationals of their kidneys for organ transplants. The National Organ and …

08-12-2023 WASHINGTON: Palestinian rights advocates are denouncing a congressional resolution that equates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, calling it a “dangerous” measure that aims to curb free speech and distract from the war in Gaza. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the measure on Tuesday in a 311-14 vote, with 92 Democratic …

08-12-2023 LONDON: The Sikh Federation UK has called upon Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to come clean on the serious risks posed by the Indian state agents to Sikh activists in the country The calls grew amid a judge-led inquiry into the mysterious death of pro-Khalistan activist Avtar Singh Khanda on …