International

13-04-2022 PARIS: France is expelling six Russians suspected of working as spies under diplomatic cover after the French intelligence services uncovered a clandestine operation on its territory, the foreign ministry said on Monday. “Six Russian agents operating under diplomatic cover whose activities were found to be contrary to our national …

13-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of the Asian nation’s rights record. “We regularly …

12-04-2022 NEW YORK: Dozens were shot Tuesday morning at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York, law enforcement sources said. At least 13 people had been taken to local hospitals by 945am (1345GMT), according to officials at the scene. Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street …

12-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Lawlessness, greediness and so-called ultra-modernism characteristics have destroyed Australian youth while criminal insincerity, negligence and biasness almost pushed millions of Aussies into hell although this worst situation and increasing condition will also damage the entire society’s values that will definitely case riots, …

12-04-2022 ANTANANARIVO (MADAGASCAR)/ KABUL:  Bibi Maria fled Afghanistan shortly after the Taliban killed her husband, a supplier for US and NATO troops. That was in 2018, and the mother of four said she felt it was a matter of time before threats against the rest of her family were realized. …

12-04-2022 KYIV: Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have likely been killed in Russia’s assault on Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address to South Korean lawmakers, as he appealed to the Asian nation for weapons. He explained that Russian forces had slowed down evacuations from the besieged southeastern …

11-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s parliament has elected Shebaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister after 174 votes were cast in the 342-seat assembly. “Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as prime minister,” said Acting Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. The newly elected minister …

11-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI:  President Joe Biden will meet virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, the White House said, at a time when the United States has made clear it does not want to see an uptick in Russian energy imports by India. …

11-04-2022 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron leads far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of France’s elections Sunday by a larger than expected margin, with the rivals now set to battle for the presidency in a run-off later this month, projections showed. Macron scored 28.1-29.7 per cent in …

10-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ WASHINGTON: Imran Khan’s tumultuous term as Prime Minister of Pakistan has ended, following weeks of high political drama and days of constitutional chaos. The Supreme Court’s landmark verdict late on Thursday restored a parliament that Khan had sought to …