International

26-03-2022 UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted by an overwhelming majority a new non-binding resolution that demands an “immediate” halt to Russia’s war in Ukraine. At UN headquarters in New York, 140 countries voted in favor, 38 abstained and five voted against the measure, with applause ringing …

26-03-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ BEIJING/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban said Thursday they had assured Beijing’s most senior diplomat about any concerns China thinks may “emerge from Afghan soil”, ahead of a key meeting with their neighbors next week. China shares only a sliver of a border with Afghanistan, but …

26-03-2022 PYONGYANG: North Korea says it test-fired its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un to boost its defences and prepare for a “long confrontation” with the United States, state media reported on Friday. Kim, dressed in a black leather jacket and sunglasses, oversaw …

26-03-2022 MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA: Facebook Messenger users are being warned not to open messages starting with four specific words following reports of an increase in their appearance. Millions of people across the globe use Facebook’s messaging system to keep in touch with friends and family, but recently a scam on …

25-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies JERUSALEM/ NAQAB: A “New Jewish Terrorist Militia” (JTM) has been formed against Shia Muslims that has already been starting its operation against Shias across the world while JTM was formed against Palestinians but after targeting on pinpoint and receiving more than expected results, it …

25-03-2022 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: Chinese emergency workers found on Wednesday one of two black boxes from a China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) plane that crashed this week with 132 people onboard, and the United States said its investigators had been invited to the crash site. The black box device recovered is the …

25-03-2022 REDMOND/ WASHINGTON: Following the dumping of files that hacking group LAPSUS$ allegedly gathered by hacking Microsoft, Microsoft has now confirmed it was compromised through a single account. As part of a security blog post published late Tuesday, Microsoft included a section titled “Actor actions targeting Microsoft” which explains what …

25-03-2022 WASHINGTON: A team of scientists said Wednesday they had developed a male oral contraceptive that was 99% effective in mice and didn’t cause observable side effects, with the drug expected to enter human trials by the end of this year. The findings will be presented at the American Chemical …

24-03-2022 BERLIN: A fully paralyzed man suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) can now communicate with his family after receiving microchip implants in his brain. It is the first time a completely locked-in person someone who is conscious and cognitively able but fully paralyzed was able to communicate in full …

24-03-2022 MOSCOW: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said in an interview that Russia would only use nuclear weapons if its very existence were threatened. Peskov’s comment came as CNN interviewer Christiane Amanpour pushed him on whether he was “convinced or confident” that President Vladimir Putin would not use the nuclear …