06-04-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ABUJA/ KARACHI: Armed men {belong to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which is not only a very close-linked subordinate group of Daesh but also created by one of most world’s …
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06-04-2023 PARIS/ DAMASCUS: French judges have ordered three senior members of the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad to stand trial for collusion in crimes against humanity over the deaths of two French Syrian men. The order, signed last Wednesday, says the three senior al-Assad advisers are charged with complicity …
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06-04-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has appointed a new ambassador to the United Arab Emirates shortly ahead of an expected meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia in China. Iranian state media confirmed on Tuesday that the foreign ministry has selected Reza Ameri as the new envoy to the …
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06-04-2023 UNITED NATIONS: Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is being sought for war crimes, will brief a controversial United Nations meeting that Russia called to counter what it claims is disinformation about Ukrainian children taken to Russia. Russia’s UN Mission confirmed on Tuesday that Maria Lvova-Belova will be the …
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06-04-2023 JERUSALEM/ AL-AQSA: Israeli police have attacked and arrested Palestinian worshippers in a violent dawn raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, according to witnesses. At least 400 Palestinians were arrested on Wednesday and remain in Israeli custody, according to Palestinian officials. They are being held at …
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06-04-2023 BEIJING/ TAIPEI: French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are set to arrive in China on Wednesday for a three-day state visit that will see them meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Macron will be accompanied by a delegation of more than 50 CEOs …
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05-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: India has reacted sharply to China’s attempts to rename places in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and said it “outright rejects” the move. The state has been and will always be an “integral and inalienable part of India,” foreign ministry spokesperson …
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05-04-2023 TEHRAN: The spokesperson for the Iranian administration said President Ebrahim Raisi has welcomed an invitation from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to visit the kingdom. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Tuesday, Ali Bahadori said Raisi has welcomed the invitation extended by the Saudi …
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05-04-2023 SYDNEY: Former Australian Rugby League star Jarryd Hayne has been found guilty of raping a woman in 2018. It is the third time Hayne has faced trial for the same case, with the first ending in a hung jury and the second’s guilty verdict overturned on appeal. The 35-year-old …
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05-04-2023 GEVEVA: About one in six people around the world are affected by infertility during their lifetime, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), which says more work needs to be done to improve access to affordable, high-quality fertility care. The UN’s health agency says about …
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