International

01-10-2022 ADDIS ABABA/ OUAGADOUGOU: The African Union Chief Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned the “unconstitutional change of government” in Burkina Faso after the second coup in less than a year in which a group of junior army officers removed military ruler Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. “The chairperson calls upon the military …

01-10-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD UNITED NATIONS: The martyrdom toll from a suicide bombing at an education centre in the Afghan capital has risen to 44, according to the United Nations mission to the country, as women reportedly took to the streets to protest …

01-10-2022 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties on Friday to annex four Ukrainian regions partly occupied by his forces, escalating his seven-month war and taking it into an unpredictable new phase. “This is the will of millions of people,” he said in a speech before hundreds of dignitaries in …

01-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has abstained on a draft resolution tabled in the UN Security Council which condemned Russia’s “illegal referenda” and annexation of four Ukrainian territories and called for an immediate cessation of violence while underlining the need to find pathways for a return to the negotiating …

01-10-2022 STOCKHOLM: Since 1901, the Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organizations for work that has led to great advances for mankind, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. The winners of this year’s prizes will be announced daily from Monday, October 3 through October …

01-10-2022 OSLO: Norway has announced it will receive help from the United Kingdom, Germany and France to patrol the seas around its oil and gas platforms, following major leaks blamed on sabotage on the subsea gas pipelines from Russia to Europe. Russia’s Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines …

30-09-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s biggest carbon polluter announced Thursday it will exit coal-fired power a decade early, as renewable projects surge in a country long seen as a climate laggard. AGL said it would shutter one of Australia’s biggest carbon emitters, the Loy Yang, a Power Station in …

30-09-2022 FLORIDA: Hurricane Ian on Wednesday began lashing Florida’s Gulf Coast with powerful winds and drenching rain, prompting authorities to tell residents it was too late to evacuate as the eye of the storm inched toward shore with close to Category 5 power. Video images of the storm’s fury on …

30-09-2022 KYIV/ MOSCOW: A Russian missile attack targeted a humanitarian convoy in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, killing at least 23 people, according to a regional official. A Moscow-backed official in Ukraine blames Kyiv’s forces for the attack. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to formally annex four partially occupied Ukrainian regions. …

30-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber has attacked an educational institute in the Afghan capital, martyring and injuring dozens more Shia Muslims while the Taliban did nothing more than crud as per their decades-old routine and practice, world has also now become almost complete …