International

10-06-2023 ISTANBUL: At least five workers have been killed in a blast that rocked an explosives factory in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The blast occurred at the MKE Rocket and Explosives Factory some 40km (25 miles) outside Ankara. “There was an …

10-06-2023 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron met the stabbing victims at a Grenoble hospital that injured four children, including two adults, Thursday in a lakeside park in Annecy. The president also met with the person Friday backpack hero who intervened when the attack occurred. Macron noted that the two children …

10-06-2023 LONDON: Boris Johnson, who unceremoniously quit as a lawmaker on the night between Friday and Saturday, is facing accusations of exhibiting “Trumpian” behaviour following his suggestion that he might stage a comeback as a Member of Parliament (MP) and launch a fresh bid for leadership down the line, Independent …

10-06-2023 SAN FRANCISCO: A manhunt is underway after a shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District neighborhood left nine people injured on Friday night, ABC7 reported Saturday. According to San Francisco police, none of the victims was critical and expected to survive as it was a “targeted and isolated” shooting. The …

09-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A new study published in Lancet has found that 101 million people in India – 11.4% of the country’s population are living with diabetes. The study commissioned by the health ministry also found that 136 million people or 15.3% of the people were living with …

09-06-2023 By SJA Jafri KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reaffirmed the need for reforms, saying Malaysia must change or it will not survive. “When it comes to governance, I think it is my duty to undertake and effect change because the country is somewhat destroyed. Unless there …

09-06-2023 LONDON: Amid the intensification of global warming which is causing a spike in global temperatures, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a heat alert for some parts of England citing predictions of warm temperatures up to 30 Degree Celsius (86F) from Friday to Monday. The alert will be …

09-06-2023 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A blast at the funeral service of an acting provincial governor, Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, in Afghanistan, claimed the lives of at least 11 individuals on Thursday. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group promptly claimed responsibility for the attack, further emphasizing their ongoing …

09-06-2023 BRUSSELS: The European Union announced on Thursday that they have reached an agreement on a long-stalled revision of the bloc’s rules to ensure a fairer distribution of hosting responsibilities for asylum seekers and migrants. The breakthrough was declared by Sweden, the current holder of the rotating EU presidency, following …

09-06-2023 Bureau Report BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: For the first time, China, together with Pakistan and Iran, has decided to find ways and means to counter the threat of terrorism facing the region, media reported. In this regard, the Foreign Office on Thursday announced that the first Pakistan-China-Iran Trilateral Consultation Meeting on …