21-08-2022 LONDON: Russia has no moral right to sit at the Group of 20 nations while it presses on with its invasion of Ukraine, a spokesperson for Britain’s foreign ministry said on Friday. “Russia has no moral right to sit at the G20 while its aggression in Ukraine persists,” the …

20-08-2022 VIENNA/ TEHRAN: A European proposal to revive the nuclear agreement between Western countries and Iran is imminent and includes the release of billions of dollars in frozen Iranian funds and oil exports in return for the scaling back of its nuclear program. The new deal will be carried out …

20-08-2022 WELLINGTON: New Zealand police are investigating the suspected murder of two children whose remains were found in suitcases bought at an online auction for an unclaimed locker last week. Police launched a homicide inquiry in Auckland last week after the remains were found by a family going through the …

20-08-2022 NEW YORK: Google has asked its users to update their browsers after it fixed 27 security vulnerabilities, media reported. The company is urging users to update browsers immediately because it has found 11 more security vulnerabilities in Google Chrome. In its recent blog post, Google announced the details of …

20-08-2022 MOGADISHU: Over dozens civilians have been killed and injured in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu after al-Shabaab militants attacked a hotel, leading to a siege that authorities are still trying to end, an intelligence officer told Reuters on Saturday. The attackers struck the Hayat Hotel on Friday evening with two car …

20-08-2022 BEIJING/ SHANGHAI: A Shanghai court has sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua to 13 years in prison and fined his Tomorrow Holdings Co conglomerate a record 55.03 billion Chinese yuan ($8.1bn). Xiao and his Tomorrow Holdings were charged with illegally absorbing public deposits, betraying the use of entrusted property, and …

19-08-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: India’s decision to allow voting rights to any Indian citizen living temporarily in Indian-administered Kashmir has again ignited anger and fears of an attempt by the Hindu nationalist government to change the demography of its only Muslim-majority region. The move, announced on Wednesday by …

19-08-2022 NEW YORK: The man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges and has been held without bail. Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, just before the “The Satanic Verses” author …

19-08-2022 TEHRAN: The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates rejected allegations that the country is holding American nationals, including freelance journalist and veteran US Marine Corps Austin Tice. Tice disappeared a decade ago while reporting on the foreign-sponsored conflict in the Arab country. In a statement on Wednesday, the …

19-08-2022 DUBAI: An India vs Pakistan cricket match is always a huge deal for residents of both countries and fans go to any extremes for tickets. On August 28, a highly-anticipated India vs Pakistan match, which is part of the Asia Cup, is set to take place in Dubai. Tickets …