International

21-10-2022 KHARTOUM: At least 150 people have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes triggered by land disputes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, a medic said Thursday. The fighting is some of the worst in recent months, and crowds took to the streets of …

21-10-2022 JAKARTA: Indonesia has asked the Netherlands, the country’s former colonial ruler – to return eight collections of historical artefacts from its museums, including the bones of “Java Man”, the first known fossils of the Homo erectus species from which humans are believed to have evolved. The artefacts, which are …

21-10-2022 LONDON: Just a month-and-a-half after taking office, British Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation as leader of the governing Conservative Party and said a new party leader and prime minister would be selected next week. Thursday’s development came after her new chancellor of the exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, …

20-10-2022 MOSCOW/ KYIV: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia declared Martial Law on Wednesday in four regions of Ukraine that Moscow illegally annexed but that it does not fully control, a move that would allow the pro-Russian authorities to impose even tighter restrictions as Moscow fights to hold off Ukraine’s …

20-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: Vice President of United States Kamala Harris Wednesday endorsed Pakistani-American Dr Asif Mehmood for the Congress elections scheduled for November, Geo News reported. In July, former first lady Hillary Clinton had endorsed the Pakistani-American Democrat candidate for Congress and urged people to vote …

20-10-2022 LONDON: People, especially students and employees, constantly called Monday the worst day, considering they have to go back to studying or working after a relaxing weekend. “Monday blues” is a popular phrase used by many. Until now, the discussion was off the record but things have changed. Guinness World …

20-10-2022 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday set in motion a plan to counter biological threats and prepare for the next pandemic after the COVID-19 coronavirus caused more than 1 million deaths in the United States. Biden signed three documents on biodefense security aimed at establishing a strategy and …

20-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s opposition Congress party on Wednesday declared veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge its new chief, the first person from outside the influential Nehru-Gandhi family to hold the beleaguered party’s presidency in 24 years. The Congress, which held an election for the post on Monday, hopes to …

20-10-2022 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR/ SYDNEY: A Senior Pakistani Minister belongs with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province Atif Khan has received a letter demanding Rs8 million in extortion from the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Sources within TTP have confirmed the issuance of the letter by their Mardan chapter. Atif also …

20-10-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Australia says it will continue to provide military training, conduct joint exercises and export weapons to Indonesia despite increased violence and allegations of human rights abuses in West Papua, in the far east of the archipelago, where conflict has been rumbling for decades. The Australian Department …