International

05-04-2023 Barcelona BARCELONA/ MADRID: In the Sau reservoir, teams in small boats are hard at work hauling out fish with nets. The idea is to remove them before they die and rot in the water, making it unusable for human consumption. The water level has dropped so low here – …

05-04-2023 WASHINGTON/ DAMASCUS: The US military says a senior leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) who was responsible for planning attacks in Europe has been killed in a strike in Syria. Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri died in an undisclosed location on Monday, according to US Central Command. No …

05-04-2023 BRUSSELS: The Finnish flag is due to be raised at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, as Russia’s western neighbor becomes the 31st member of the Western alliance. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and the US Secretary of State will join NATO ministers for a joining ceremony. Finland’s …

05-04-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ BALKH/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban forces have killed six members of the ISIL armed group (ISIS) in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province during an overnight raid, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday. The raid comes as the Taliban rulers crack down on the regional affiliate …

05-04-2023 LONDON: UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of peddling extremist far-right lies about Pakistanis after she singled out British Pakistani men over concerns about grooming gangs as she accused authorities of turning a “blind eye” to signs of abuse involving young people. Braverman’s comments, tantamount to racist …

04-04-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has declared the country’s poll panel’s decision to delay the assembly elections in two provinces as “unconstitutional”. The top court on Tuesday ordered the government to hold snap polls in the most populous province of Punjab on May 14. The court’s verdict …

04-04-2023 HAGUE: On March 17, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and its Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for the war crimes of illegal deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. The crimes …

04-04-2023 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have shut down a women-run radio station in Afghanistan after accusing it of playing music during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Associated Press reported on Saturday. The station called Sadai Banowan, which means ‘women’s voice’ in Dari, was the only women-run radio …

04-04-2023 CARACAS: At least 44 people have been arrested in Venezuela in an anti-corruption sweep of the state oil company PDVSA and other related government bodies. The crackdown began on March 17 after a communique was issued by the anti-corruption police, who called for the prosecution of officials who “could …

04-04-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ GUJARAT: Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has lodged an appeal against his conviction for defamation, hoping to overturn a judgment that resulted in his expulsion from parliament a year before general election is due. A court in Gujarat state’s Surat city on Monday accepted his …