International

13-08-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies BENGALURU/ NEW DELHI: An Indian rocket carrying a powerful earth observation satellite failed to fire fully on Thursday, the state-run space agency said, in a setback for the country’s space program. The satellite, meant for quick monitoring of natural disasters such as cyclones, cloudbursts and …

13-08-2021 SICILY (ITALY): Fires stoked by hot winds tore through southern Italy on Thursday, a day after a monitoring station in Floridia, Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8C (119.8F) – levels some scientists believe could be the highest in European history. Wednesday’s record temperature, which still needs to be verified by …

12-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Taliban fighters could isolate Afghanistan’s capital in 30 days and possibly take control of it in 90, a US defence official said Wednesday, citing US intelligence. The official, speaking to PMI on condition of anonymity, said the new …

12-08-2021 TEHRAN: The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, welcomed the enhancement of relations with France on the basis of mutual respect, stressing that the rights of Iranians must be fulfilled in any negotiation. President Raisi on Monday held an hour-long telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. Iran welcomes …

12-08-2021 OTTAWA/ RIYADH: Canada is violating international law by selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, according to a new report by rights groups Amnesty International Canada and Project Ploughshares, which are urging Ottawa to suspend all arms exports to Riyadh. Released on Wednesday, the report, titled ‘No Credible Evidence’: Canada’s Flawed …

11-08-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: The Taliban has captured two more cities in Afghanistan, taking the number of provincial capitals the group has seized since Friday to eight. Farah city of the eponymous southwestern province and Pul-e-Khumri of the northern province of Baghlan …

11-08-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: India sent a military plane to northern Afghanistan on Tuesday to pull out its citizens, officials said, as fighting raged between Afghan security forces and the advancing Taliban. The Indian government shut its consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, the biggest city in the north, and …

11-08-2021 NEW YORK: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned after a state investigation found he had sexually harassed 11 women, leading to mounting legal pressure and widespread calls for him to step down from fellow Democratic legislators and President Joe Biden. “Given the circumstances, the best way I can …

10-08-2021 BERLIN: English football clubs can be bought by criminals to launder the proceeds of their crimes, an Al Jazeera undercover investigation has revealed. The investigation delves into the murky world of club ownership in English football and exposes how rules are being abused. The Men Who Sell Football, by Al …

10-08-2021 JERUSALEM/ SHEIKH JARRAH/ WEST BANK: The struggle to save the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah from ethnic cleansing by state-backed Israeli settler organizations continued this week in the Israeli Supreme Court. During the court hearing, the judges proposed, what they framed as a ‘compromise’: the Palestinian residents …