International

24 July, 2019 LONDON: Boris Johnson has finalized all steps to become new British Prime Minister and prepared to enter 10 Downing Street accordingly. Boris Johnson’s key allies have said his government will take a unifying approach that looks beyond Brexit, as Theresa May’s successor finalized plans for his first …

24 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Jerusalem Post JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: Syrian state television said on Wednesday there were reports of an Israeli attack on a strategic area in southern Syria where Western intelligence sources previously said Iranian-backed militias are known to be based. According to Ynet, explosions began around …

24 July, 2019 By Rupert Stone BERLIN/ TEHRAN: While Pakistan’s ties with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf are more concrete than their Iranian ties, Pakistan still marches to its own tune. In the 2018 election, Imran Khan campaigned on a consistently pro-Iranian platform, vowing to improve Pakistan’s relations with its …

24 July, 2019 PARIS/ NEW YORK: The entire Europe, America and Canada suffer hottest weather now-a-days while the French city of Bordeaux has hit its highest temperature since records began, as Western Europe braces for the second heatwave to hit this summer. On Tuesday, Meteo France registered 41.2C (106.1F) in …

24 July, 2019 BEIJING/ MOSCOW: Russia says it has carried out its first ever joint air patrol with China, prompting both South Korea and Japan to send jets in response. The Russian defence ministry says four bombers, supported by fighter jets, patrolled a pre-planned route over the Sea of Japan …

23 July, 2019 WASHINGTON: The US government is introducing a new fast-track deportation process that will bypass immigration courts. Under the new rules, migrants who cannot prove they have been in the US continuously for more than two years can be immediately deported. Until now, expedited deportations could only be …

23 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: India has denied that PM Narendra Modi asked US President Donald Trump to mediate in the longstanding Kashmir conflict with Pakistan. The Indian foreign ministry said “no such request” was made, adding that all issues with Pakistan were “discussed …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump on Monday offered to mediate the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan as he hosted Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House. After shaking hands and pausing for photos, as a large number of Pakistani-Americans gathered outside, Trump welcomed …

22 July, 2019 NEW DELHI: India has successfully launched its second lunar mission a week after it halted the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag. Chandrayaan-2 was launched at 14:43 local time (09:13 GMT) on Monday from the Sriharikota space station. India’s space chief said his agency had “bounced …

22 July, 2019 CITY OF VICTORIA: Hong Kong has been left in shock after a night of violence on Sunday, which saw dozens of masked men storm a train station. The men – dressed in white shirts and suspected to be triad gangsters – assaulted pro-democracy protesters and passers-by in …