International

28-09-2022 LONDON/ GENEVA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has taken aim at new British financial plans that have roiled markets, warning that “large and untargeted fiscal packages” would likely increase inequality in the United Kingdom and could undermine monetary policy. In its first comments on Tuesday on plans by the …

28-09-2022 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been named the kingdom’s prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle ordered by King Salman, according to a royal decree published by the official Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. Prince Mohammed is already de facto ruler of the world’s largest oil …

28-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ MOSCOW: The Taliban have signed a provisional deal with Russia to supply gasoline, diesel, gas and wheat to Afghanistan, Acting Afghan Commerce and Industry Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi told Reuters. Azizi said his ministry was working to diversify its …

27-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW: The family of an Indian teenager from India’s lowest Hindu social caste said he died on Monday after being beaten with a stick by a school teacher for making a spelling error during class, and police said they were investigating. Relatives of Nikhit Kumar, …

27-09-2022 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Tuesday said that the United States better help Pakistan with “real action” instead of commenting on the bilateral ties between Islamabad and Beijing. The statement came in response to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement, urging Pakistan to seek …

27-09-2022 TEHRAN: Iran faced more international criticism on Monday over the death of a woman in police custody that triggered nationwide protests after Tehran accused the United States of using the unrest to try to destabilise the country. Iran has cracked down on the biggest demonstrations since 2019, sparked by …

27-09-2022 HANOI: Vietnam has imposed a curfew and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes as a powerful typhoon that left at least eight dead in the Philippines is set to hit Vietnam’s central region. People living near the coast where Typhoon Noru is expected to make …

26-09-2022 MOSCOW: Seven children are among the 13 victims killed by a gunman at a school in central Russia, authoritie said. Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Monday that 14 children and seven adults were also injured in the shooting in Izhevsk, west of the Ural Mountains in …

26-09-2022 BERLIN/ CANBERRA/ PARIS: Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party, is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister after leading a right-wing alliance to victory at Sunday’s election. Meloni’s party, which has fascist origins, is expected to form a coalition with other far-right …

26-09-2022 WASHINGTON: The United States has warned of “catastrophic consequences” if Moscow were to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, after Russia’s foreign minister said regions holding widely-criticised referendums would get full protection if annexed by Moscow. Votes in four eastern Ukrainian regions, aimed at annexing territory Russia has taken by …