International

01-02-2024 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in jail in a case related to the illegal sale of state gifts. An accountability court in Rawalpindi, which deals with corruption cases, on Wednesday also ruled that …

01-02-2024 MANILA/ HANOI: Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to cooperate on maritime security in the South China Sea that is claimed by Beijing almost in its entirety. The deals, signed during a state visit to Hanoi by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday, will see the two countries’ coastguards …

01-02-2024 GAZA CITY: More than half of Gaza’s buildings have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its retaliation for the Hamas attacks of 7 October, new analysis revealed. Detailed before-and-after imagery also shows how the bombardment of southern and central Gaza has intensified since the start of December, with …

01-02-2024 MEXICO CITY: With protesters picketing outside a packed arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday. The return to the capital came after Mexico’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that had sided with animal rights defenders and suspended the events for more than a year and a …

01-02-2024 DOHA/ RIYADH: It was a case of so near yet so far for thousands of Saudi Arabia fans, whose team faltered in the penalty shootout in their round-of-16 match against South Korea and were knocked out of the AFC Asian Cup 2023. South Korea booked a quarterfinal date with …

01-02-2024 TEHRAN: Iran summoned the British ambassador to Tehran to protest against the “baseless accusations” and sanctions by London. “Following the continuation of the British regime’s accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Simon Shercliff, the British ambassador in Tehran, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs … and …

01-02-2024 ADDIS ABABA: On January 1, a controversial memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. Purportedly, this agreement grants landlocked Ethiopia a 20km piece of coastal land for establishing a naval base and …

01-02-2024 KUALA LUMPUR: The last time a Sultan from the state of Johor was on the throne of Malaysia in the late 1980s, the country was embroiled in a constitutional crisis as then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sought to clip the wings of the judiciary. Now, as the current Johor Sultan …

31-01-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: A Pakistan court has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his close aide, former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, to 10 years in jail in a case related to the leaking of state secrets. The special court set …

31-01-2024 BEIRUT/ GAZA CITY: Hamas’s political chief reviews new truce proposal saying “priority is to stop the brutal aggression against Gaza and complete withdrawal of occupation forces”. Israeli commandos disguised as medical staff and civilians gun down three men in Jenin’s Ibn Sina Hospital in the occupied West Bank, alleging …