International

01-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ KARACHI: Once again, Taliban has pushed Afghanistan in Dark-Age-Era like they have done earlier while, the Shia Muslims especially Shia Hazara Afghans and pro-Shia Muslims also known as moderate or liberal Sunni Muslims are under direct target of Taliban countrywide, like the …

01-04-2022 PARIS:  Investigators are on the trail of hackers who spirited away more than $600 million in cryptocurrency last week, watching the money as it moves around a system that critics call the Wild West of finance but they are playing catch-up: the gaming company that got scammed apparently did …

31-03-2022 Bureau Report GOMA, DR CONGO/ ISLAMABAD: UN investigators said Wednesday they had not ruled out any avenue in a probe into a helicopter crash in eastern DR Congo that killed eight UN peacekeepers, although one lead was a “shining object” that may have caused the incident. Six Pakistanis, a …

31-03-2022 TEL AVIV: A gunman killed at least five Israelis late Tuesday in a city near Tel Aviv in what authorities described as the third “terrorist attack” in the country in the last week. The big picture: At least 11 Israelis have been killed in three attacks. An Arab Israeli …

31-03-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MOSCOW: India’s government is considering a proposal from Russia to use a system developed by the Russian Central Bank for bilateral payments, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as the Asian nation seeks to buy oil and weapons from the sanctions-hit …

31-03-2022 GAZA/ JERUSALEM: The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas warned that any confrontation with Israel in defense of the al-Aqsa mosque compound and other sacred sites in the occupied al-Quds will be “a game-changer” that will “open up gates of hell” to Israel. “The 11-day Operation Sword of al-Quds between the …

31-03-2022 BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: Iranian officials have once more chosen to engage in a blame game after women who purchased tickets to watch a World Cup qualifier football match were greeted with pepper spray. Iran ended up defeating Lebanon 2-0 in the match in the northeastern religious hub city of Mashhad …

30-03-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A prominent Indian journalist and activist says she has been barred from boarding a flight to London where she was scheduled to address an event on targeting of journalists in the world’s largest democracy. Rana Ayyub, a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra …

30-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired, three sources told media, the latest of several new restrictions imposed by the hardline Islamist administration. The sources said representatives …

30-03-2022 SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele issued an ultimatum Monday to gangs considered responsible for dozens of homicides in three days, threatening to increase punishments on their more than 16,000 imprisoned members. The Central American nation declared a state of emergency Sunday as it endures a fresh wave …