15-09-2022 SHANGHAI: All passenger flights at Shanghai’s two international airports have been cancelled, the airport operator said Wednesday, as Typhoon Muifa nears landfall on China’s densely populated east coast. The storm is expected to make landfall at around 7:00 pm on Wednesday (1100 GMT) state broadcaster CCTV reported, threatening to …

14-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ UNITED NATIONS/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban authorities on Tuesday condemned UN accusations that they are violating the rights of women to work in Afghanistan, insisting thousands are employed in the country’s public sector but Sharafuddin Sharaf, chief of staff at the ministry of labour …

14-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian President Droupadi Murmu will be visiting London from September 17-19 to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and offer condolences on behalf of the Government of India. Queen Elizabeth II, the former head of state of the United Kingdom and Head of …

14-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ WASHINGTON: The United States has expressed concern over press freedom in Pakistan after a television channel considered to be sympathetic towards former Prime Minister Imran Khan was briefly blocked by the government. “We are concerned that media and content restrictions, as …

14-09-2022 BISHKEK/ DUSHANBE: Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards have exchanged fire after a dispute over the border between the two Central Asian nations, officials on both sides said. The clash on Wednesday, which took place on the eve of a regional security body meeting and against the background of fighting …

14-09-2022 SEOUL: South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users’ personal information without consent for tailored ads, regulators said Wednesday, the country’s highest-ever data protection fines. Investigations into the two US tech giants found they had been “collecting and analyzing” data on their …

14-09-2022 LONDON: The impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction”, UN secretary-general António Guterres warned on Tuesday on the release of a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest research on the subject. The report, led by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), warns that the world is …

14-09-2022 BAKU/ WASHINGTON: New clashes have erupted between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Armenian defence ministry says, a day after nearly 100 soldiers were killed in the deadliest fighting between the two neighbors since 2020. Azerbaijan used artillery, mortar and small arms in its attack on Wednesday morning, the ministry …

13-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: A fire that started at an electric scooter showroom in India killed at least eight people and injured 11, police said on Tuesday, in what is the deadliest such incident involving electric vehicles in the country. A spate of electric scooter fires this year …

13-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies GENEVA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Shia Afghan women made an impassioned plea at the UN Monday for solid international action to address the “gender apartheid” in their country since the Taliban swept to power last year. “Today, human rights in Afghanistan do not …