15-08-2023 NEW YORK: Elon Musk “isn’t serious” about holding a cage fight and “it’s time to move on”, Mark Zuckerberg has said. In a post on his social media site Threads, the Meta boss said he had offered Musk “a real date” but the rival entrepreneur had made excuses. Musk …

15-08-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected key munitions factories, including a tactical missile production plant, and ordered a “drastic” boost in the manufacturing of missiles, rocket-launcher shells and other weapons, according to state media. The inspections, reported on Monday, are the latest in a string of …

15-08-2023 AMMAN: A drone carrying crystal meth has been downed by Jordan’s military as it flew into Jordanian territory from neighboring Syria, state news agency Petra reported. Petra on Sunday quoted a source within the Jordanian armed forces as saying that the drone was “taken control of and downed”, and …

15-08-2023 NIAMEY: Niger’s military says it will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for treason, hours after a group of senior Islamic scholars said the country’s coup leaders are open to diplomacy to resolve their standoff with West Africa’s regional bloc. In a statement read out on national television late on …

14-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Gig workers in India are celebrating a small but significant victory in their ongoing fight for labor rights and better working conditions. The work is grueling, hours are long, the pay is meagre and there’s no job security or access to basic rights …

14-08-2023 BEIJING: China has pledged a firm response against Taiwan as Vice President William Lai made a stop in New York, United States, Sunday while en route to Paraguay, with Washington saying it is also monitoring the emerging situation closely. Lai is bidding for the Taiwanese presidential elections in the …

14-08-2023 TEHRAN/ SHIRAZ: At least four people were killed during a terrorist attack on a shrine in Iran’s central city of Shiraz on Sunday less than a year after a similar attack on the same site according to state media. “Four people have been killed so far following a terrorist …

14-08-2023 JAKARTA: The Miss Universe Organization has cut its ties with its Indonesia franchise following allegations of sexual harassment, a move that also led to the cancellation of an upcoming Malaysia edition. The decision comes in response to a complaint wherein more than half a dozen women alleged that all …

14-08-2023 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Ministry of Telecommunications has announced its decision to lift the ban on the Telegram messaging app, which had been imposed due to concerns over security and data leaks. The ban was initially enacted earlier in the week, citing instances of personal information leaks from official state institutions …

13-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ HARYANA: Hindu far-right organizations have called for an economic boycott of Muslim businesses and keeping Muslims out of villages after deadly communal violence broke out in India’s Haryana state. Sectarian clashes erupted in Nuh district on July 31 after a religious procession by …