International

25-08-2022 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the US government will forgive $10,000 in student loans for millions of debt-saddled former college students, keeping a pledge he made in the 2020 campaign for the White House. The move could boost support for his fellow Democrats in the November congressional …

24-08-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court will hold a hearing on a petition challenging the release last week of 11 men convicted of gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat. Last Monday, authorities in the Panchmahals district of Gujarat …

24-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD: The general secretariat of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) on Tuesday confirmed that it had received requests from the Government of Pakistan to issue yellow warrants against minor daughters of actor Sophia Mirza and businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor. The …

24-08-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies DUBAI/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghan refugees and migrants living in limbo at a United Arab Emirates (UAE) facility for nearly a year since being evacuated from Afghanistan held protests this week over what they say is a slow and opaque resettlement process. Hundreds of Afghans carried …

24-08-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force said on Tuesday the government had sacked three officers for “accidentally” firing a missile into Pakistan in March, an incident that the two nuclear-armed rivals handled calmly as there were no casualties. The BrahMos missile, a nuclear-capable, land-attack cruise missile jointly …

24-08-2022 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The United States hoped to revive a 2015 nuclear deal as it said that Iran is willing to ease key demands that had held up the revival of the deal. The US is expected shortly to respond to Iran through European Union mediators, after a year and …

23-08-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Indian police detained a state lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Tuesday on suspicion of “promoting enmity in the name of religion” after Muslim groups demanded his arrest for his comments about the Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). The detention of T Raja …

23-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top court has upheld former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction and 12-year jail sentence for corruption in the 1MDB financial scandal. Prosecutors say some $4.5bn was stolen from 1MDB state fund, which was co-founded in 2009 when Najib was the prime …

23-08-2022 UNITED NATIONS: Members of the United Nations Security Council remain divided over whether to exempt some of Afghanistan’s Taliban officials from a travel ban, diplomatic sources said. Under a 2011 Security Council resolution, 135 Taliban leaders are subject to a sanctions regime that includes asset freezes and travel bans. …

23-08-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s e-commerce companies are adding delivery personnel at a rapid pace, fearing a labour shortage might cause them to lose out in one of the biggest annual shopping seasons that begins in earnest next month. The moves come amid a tightening job …