16-05-2022 BEIRUT: Lebanese voted on Sunday in the first parliamentary election since the country’s economic collapse, with many saying they hoped to deal a blow to ruling politicians they blame for the crisis even if the odds of major change appear slim. The election, the first since 2018, is seen …

16-05-2022 TOKYO: The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of U.S. occupation and its return to Japan with calls for more economic growth and fewer U.S. bases despite growing worries over its proximity to an increasingly assertive China. Okinawa, a string of …

16-05-2022 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: On May 15, 1948, Israel was established as a Jewish-majority state at the expense of the forced expulsion of about 750,000 Palestinians. The day has subsequently been commemorated annually as Nakba Day. The word “Nakba” means “catastrophe” in Arabic, and refers to the systematic ethnic cleansing of …

15-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK/ ISLAMABAD: “White Terrorism” is spreading very fast in West especially in United States of America (USA) while neither the western countries nor USA could still understand and what is happening and what type of results would come in near …

15-05-2022 UNITED NATIONS/ OCCUPIED WEST BANK: The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned the killing of Palestinian American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank. The statement, a rare case of Security Council unity on an issue related to Israel, also called for “an immediate, …

15-05-2022 CAPE TOWN: Arc Minerals (ARCM) shares jumped 6.7% on Thursday after it announced an agreement under which Anglo American (AAL.L) would take majority control of the junior exploration firm’s Zambia copper-cobalt licences. Under the deal, which was first reported by media, Anglo will take 70% of a joint venture …

15-05-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a week before a general election. Australians go to the voting booths on May 21, with recent polls showing …

15-05-2022 ISTANBUL: Amid a deepening economic crisis in Turkey, anger is growing towards the millions of refugees living in the country, with tensions threatening to spill over in recent weeks. Videos of large groups of foreign nationals hanging out in various places of Istanbul are being shared with rising frequency …

14-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: At least 27 people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, emergency services said. “The fire has been put out now. The total number of dead is 27. Search operation is …

14-05-2022 DUBAI/ CAIRO: The United Arab Emirates’ federal supreme council elected on Saturday Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the new president of UAE, the state news agency (WAM) reported. Sheikh Mohamed was elected as the new president after his brother Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al …