International

09-06-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Pakistan and India have fought three wars and countless skirmishes, but as summers get hotter with climate change, their peoples are united by love for a cooling 115-year-old pink libation with a secret recipe. The ultra-sweet concoction of herbs and fruits, Rooh Afza which translates …

09-06-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban authorities on Wednesday introduced new uniforms for its reconstituted Afghan police force, as the de facto government attempts to shift away from using its insurgent military forces to handle law and order. After the withdrawal of foreign forces ended a 20-year war last year, …

09-06-2022 DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has conducted a surprise visit to the United Arab Emirates as efforts to salvage a deal over Iran’s nuclear program remain stalled amid a deepening standoff with Tehran. Bennett’s visit on Thursday was his second public trip to Abu Dhabi since Israel …

09-06-2022 Bureau Report MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: India tightened public security on Wednesday after the circulation of a letter warning of militant attacks to avenge derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by an official of the ruling Hindu nationalist party. Several Indian media groups shared the June 6 letter attributed …

08-06-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAY: 15 Muslim nations joined hands to stand against Indian politicians’ derogatory remarks about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), reported NDTV. The countries include Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bahrain, Maldives, Libya, Turkiye, Indonesia, and now the UAE, …

08-06-2022 GENEVA: Israel’s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators said Tuesday, prompting angry Israeli protests. A high-level team of investigators, appointed last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council to probe “all underlying root causes” in the decades-long …

08-06-2022 Bureau Report KABUL: Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani almost certainly did not flee Kabul with millions of dollars that disappeared during the Taliban’s military takeover of the capital city, according to a US government watchdog’s interim report published on Monday. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in …

08-06-2022 TEHRAN: Iran’s nuclear chief and other senior officials have questioned whether the global atomic watchdog is politically compromised, as Western powers, backed by Israel, introduce a resolution to censure Iran over its nuclear program. Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said in an …

08-06-2022 DAMASCUS/ ISTANBUL: The United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have said that they will turn to the Syrian government for support if Turkey decides to launch a new military operation against them in northern Syria. The Kurdish-led SDF said after a meeting of its command on Tuesday that its …

07-06-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s government sought on Monday to calm anger at home and abroad after two officials of the ruling BJP party made remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, with 38 people arrested for rioting in a northern city and a protest planned later in Mumbai. The …