International

22-11-2024 BAKU: A row has broken out at COP29 climate talks as leading countries said a draft deal risked going back on a historic agreement to reduce the use of planet-warming fossil fuels. “Standing still is retreat and the world will rightly judge us very harshly if this is the …

22-11-2024 THE HAGUE: Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas’s military commander. A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav …

21-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ KARACHI: Gunmen in northern Pakistan killed at least 38 people in two attacks on Thursday, officials told media, part of a sectarian conflict that has claimed dozens of lives in recent months. Sunni and Shiite Muslim tribes have been engaged in intermittent …

21-11-2024 JAKARTA: Indonesia have shocked Saudi Arabia with a 2-0 win in Jakarta in Group C of the Asian qualifiers for the FIFA 2026 World Cup. A goal in each half from Marselino Ferdinan, who plays for Oxford United in England’s second tier, nailed down a victory on Tuesday for …

21-11-2024 NEW DELHI/ MANSA: Swaran Singh is among a handful of farmers in Bhikhi village in India’s northern state of Punjab who, instead of burning his crop waste this year, has invested in a tractor and equipment to collect it for removal by a private contractor. The paddy waste, or …

21-11-2024 LONDON: British farmers have descended on London to call on the government to scrap inheritance tax rules on land ownership, which they say will destroy family-run farms. On Tuesday, protesters held placards reading “no farmer, no food, no future” and “(Prime Minister Keir) Starmer the farmer harmer” around Parliament …

21-11-2024 HARGEISA: Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, leader of Somaliland’s opposition, has been elected president of the breakaway region of Somalia, according to reports. Abdullahi also known as Irro of the Waddani Party received close to 64 percent of the vote, beating the incumbent, President Muse Bihi Abdi of the Kulmiye Party, …

21-11-2024 BERLIN: Germany says it assumes that damage caused to two telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea is an act of sabotage as European nations condemn the alleged Russian attacks on their “security architecture”. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday that no one believes the …

21-11-2024 GAZA CITY: The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza says the facility is experiencing an “extreme catastrophe” with Israeli forces firing on the building as children and elderly patients suffering from malnutrition seek treatment there. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking from Gaza, says Hamas will no …

21-11-2024 LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles, the second largest US city, is setting itself up for a standoff with President-elect Donald Trump over immigration. On Tuesday, its city council passed a “sanctuary city” ordinance to bar using local resources to help federal immigration authorities. LA’s public school system also reaffirmed itself …