26-06-2022 ISLAMABAD: In a key development in the investigation of the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan’s Federal Investigations Agency (FIA) has arrested suspect Sajid Mir with the aid of law enforcement agencies, Geo News reported on Saturday, citing well-placed sources. However, the government is reluctant to officially acknowledge Mir’s formal detention. According …

26-06-2022 BRUSSELS/ TEHRAN: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will travel to Iran on Friday to try to urge Tehran to seal an agreement to revive the nuclear deal with world powers signed in 2015 that the United States withdrew from but is now seeking to save. Called the …

26-06-2022 BAGHDAD: A Katyusha rocket struck near an Emirati-owned gas complex in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region without causing damage or casualties, local officials said, the third such attack in 72 hours. The rocket fired on Saturday targeted the Khor Mor gas complex, owned by UAE energy company Dana Gas, said …

26-06-2022 BERLIN: Thousands of protesters gathered in Munich as the Group of Seven (G7) leading economic powers prepared to hold their annual gathering in Germany’s Bavarian Alps. Organizers said they hoped to mobilize up to 20,000 protesters in the Bavarian city and were disappointed by the initial low turnout at …

25-06-2022 OSLO: Two people were killed and 14 wounded on Saturday in a shooting at a nightclub and in nearby streets in Norway’s capital Oslo, Norwegian police said. A suspect believed to be the sole perpetrator was apprehended, police told reporters. The crime scene extended from the London Pub via …

25-06-2022 GENEVA/ JENIN/ JERUSALEM/ :The United Nations has said that information it had gathered showed that the bullets that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 were fired by Israeli forces. “All information we have gathered … is consistent with the finding that the shots that killed …

25-06-2022 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar military authorities have transferred deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a prison in the capital from an undisclosed location where she had been held since she and her government were ousted in a coup last year, a military spokesman said. The Nobel laureate, who turned 77 …

25-06-2022 TEHRAN: Iran on Friday dismissed as “ridiculous” allegations by Israel’s foreign minister while on a visit to Ankara that the Islamic republic was planning anti-Israeli attacks in Turkey. “The baseless allegations… are ridiculous and part of a pre-designed plot to destroy relations between the two Muslim countries,” foreign ministry …

24-06-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KARACHI: Indian investigators said they are probing what they believe could be the country’s biggest-ever lending fraud with 17 banks allegedly cheated out of around $4.4 billion. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it carried out raids at 12 locations in Mumbai on Wednesday …

24-06-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister of Afghanistan and Hizb-e-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has urged the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to take sincere and effective steps to overcome a widening gap between the countries, saying their combined enemy would take benefit of the situation and the people …