International

16-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies UIGHUR/ BEIJING/ KARACHI: Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uighur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, a review of leaked data by The Associated …

16-05-2022 WASHINGTON: Thousands of abortion rights supporters rallied across the United States, angered by the prospect that the Supreme Court may soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide a half century ago. The protests kicked off what organizers predict will be a “summer of rage” …

16-05-2022 BEIRUT: Lebanese voted on Sunday in the first parliamentary election since the country’s economic collapse, with many saying they hoped to deal a blow to ruling politicians they blame for the crisis even if the odds of major change appear slim. The election, the first since 2018, is seen …

16-05-2022 TOKYO: The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of U.S. occupation and its return to Japan with calls for more economic growth and fewer U.S. bases despite growing worries over its proximity to an increasingly assertive China. Okinawa, a string of …

16-05-2022 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: On May 15, 1948, Israel was established as a Jewish-majority state at the expense of the forced expulsion of about 750,000 Palestinians. The day has subsequently been commemorated annually as Nakba Day. The word “Nakba” means “catastrophe” in Arabic, and refers to the systematic ethnic cleansing of …

15-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK/ ISLAMABAD: “White Terrorism” is spreading very fast in West especially in United States of America (USA) while neither the western countries nor USA could still understand and what is happening and what type of results would come in near …

15-05-2022 UNITED NATIONS/ OCCUPIED WEST BANK: The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned the killing of Palestinian American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank. The statement, a rare case of Security Council unity on an issue related to Israel, also called for “an immediate, …

15-05-2022 CAPE TOWN: Arc Minerals (ARCM) shares jumped 6.7% on Thursday after it announced an agreement under which Anglo American (AAL.L) would take majority control of the junior exploration firm’s Zambia copper-cobalt licences. Under the deal, which was first reported by media, Anglo will take 70% of a joint venture …

15-05-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a week before a general election. Australians go to the voting booths on May 21, with recent polls showing …

15-05-2022 ISTANBUL: Amid a deepening economic crisis in Turkey, anger is growing towards the millions of refugees living in the country, with tensions threatening to spill over in recent weeks. Videos of large groups of foreign nationals hanging out in various places of Istanbul are being shared with rising frequency …