International

13-09-2022 BEIJING: China is willing to shape the international order together with Russia in a “more just and rational direction”, a senior Chinese diplomat said as the two countries’ leaders prepare to meet this week. Former Cold War allies with a tempestuous relationship, China and Russia have drawn closer in …

12-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India said Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in a regional summit in Uzbekistan that according to Russia will see face-to-face talks between Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) comprising China, Russia, four …

12-09-2022 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: The head of Israel’s spy agency Mossad said the revival of a nuclear deal with world powers will not give Iran “immunity” from Israeli operations. Israel has long opposed the 2015 nuclear deal, saying it did not go far enough to halt Iran’s nuclear programme and does …

12-09-2022 Bureau Report DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of volunteers gathered at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Dubai Expo City, and Expo Centre in Sharjah to collect donations and pack thousands of urgent relief kits and food supplies for flood-affected Pakistanis, reported The National. The nationwide volunteering initiative “We Stand Together” brought …

12-09-2022 JAKARTA: About 200 people were evacuated to higher ground after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck islands in western Indonesia on Sunday, causing some property damage, the country’s disaster mitigation agency BNPB said. The quake in the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra struck at a depth of 27 km …

12-09-2022 GENEVA: Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said Monday, warning that their ranks had swelled dramatically in recent years. The United Nations had set a goal to eradicate all forms of modern slavery by 2030, but instead, the number …

11-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: After being apart for 75 years, a Muslim sister in Pakistan finally met her Sikh brother from India. Like many, Amarjit Singh and Kulsoom Akhtar were separated during the partition between India and Pakistan in 1947. Singh’s Muslim parents …

11-09-2022 BEIJING: China plans to launch three unmanned missions to the moon over the next 10 years, as it seeks to rival the US in the new era of space exploration. China’s National Space Administration, its equivalent of NASA, received approval to send three orbiters to the moon as part …

11-09-2022 TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday strongly condemned a US decision to impose sanctions on its intelligence ministry, blamed for a major cyberattack on NATO ally Albania. Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran on Wednesday after accusing it of the July 15 cyberattack that sought, but failed, to paralyze public services …

11-09-2022 LONDON: King Charles III has been proclaimed the United Kingdom’s monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism, an event which has been for the first time, broadcast live online and on air. The ceremony on Saturday was followed by gun salutes and the reading …