International

02-03-2022 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Russia intensifies its attacks on key Ukrainian cities with fighting raging for a seventh day in the north, east and south. Russian paratroopers have landed in Kharkiv in the north-east, Ukraine says, with heavy fighting reported. In the south, Russia says it has taken control of the …

02-03-2022 SANA’A/ RIYADH: The armed forces of Yemen intercepted and targeted another US-built Boeing Insitu ScanEagle spy drone belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition as it was flying over country’s northern province of Hajjah. The spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a post on …

01-03-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: KABUL: The Taliban have clamped down on Afghans leaving the country as, separately, their forces continue a massive security sweep, going house-to-house across the capital Monday in a “clearing operation”. The new travel ban was announced late Sunday by Taliban spokesman …

01-03-2022 NEW YORK/ GENEVA: Many of the impacts of global warming are now simply “irreversible” according to the UN’s latest assessment but the authors of a new report say that there is still a brief window of time to avoid the very worst. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says …

01-03-2022 KYIV / MOSCOW: The international media summarizes war-hit Ukraine and Russia as under; Negotiators for Kyiv and Moscow are holding talks in Belarus but expectations are not high. Before the meeting, President Zelensky urged Russian troops to lay down their weapons and called for immediate EU membership. On the …

01-03-2022 BEIJING/ MOSCOW: As Russia’s economy gets hammered by sanctions, China has emerged as the key player with the potential to lessen its partner’s economic pain but amid Moscow’s deepening international isolation, there are growing signs that Beijing’s willingness to throw its strategic partner an economic lifeline may only go …

28-02-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KYIV/ NEW DELHI/ PAKISTAN: India and Pakistan have both emphasized the importance of de-escalation in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, while carefully avoiding ascribing responsibility for the violence, with the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors attempting to walk differing diplomatic high-wires, analysts say. On Sunday, Pakistani foreign …

28-02-2022 TOKYO/ NEW YORK/ PARIS/ LONDON: Protesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York on Thursday to denounce the invasion of Ukraine, while more than a thousand who tried to do the same in Russia were arrested. The …

28-02-2022 SANA’A: In separate operations, the Yemeni military forces have intercepted and shot down a US-made drone belonging to the United Arab Emirates as well as a Saudi aircraft over the northern province of al-Jawf and the central province of Ma’rib. The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya …

28-02-2022 KUALA LUMPUR: A search and rescue mission was underway for 25 Indonesians missing after a boat capsized off Malaysia yesterday killing 11 people, among them suspected undocumented migrants, maritime authorities said. There were 14 people reported safe among the estimated 50 aboard the boat, which turned over in adverse …