International

26-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD: An Afghan’s Taliban delegation led by the acting minister of refugees and repatriations is set to visit Tehran to hold talks over refugee-related challenges and the border tension that flared up recently in a border area. Following the recent tensions …

26-04-2022 STOCKHOLM: Total global military expenditure increased by 0.7 per cent in real terms in 2021, to reach $2113 billion. The five largest spenders in 2021 were the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom and Russia, together accounting for 62 per cent of expenditure, according to new data on …

6-04-2022 MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON/ KYIV:  Russia has warned the United States against sending more weapons to Ukraine, saying the delivery of arms supplies is “pouring oil on the flames”. The US has provided about $6.4bn in military assistance to Ukraine since 2014, with $3.7bn of that allotted in a series of …

25-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies LONDON: World media including BBC, CNN, ABC, CNBC, Reuters, AFP, AP and dozens other News Outlets have once again kept “White Terrorism” hide as per their routine and practice but if the same happened at Muslims’ end, these media outlets’ barking (of wild dogs) …

25-04-2022 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election on Sunday, convincingly defeating his rival Marine Le Pen and prompting a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been kept out of power. Centrist Macron was set to win around 58 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off …

25-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Islamic Emirate at a ceremony on Sunday marked the ninth anniversary of its founder and former leader Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid, where the participants spoke about his life, personality and his fight against “the invasion.” Many speakers at the event …

25-04-2022 SANA’A/ RIYADH: Yemeni Airlines announced the postponement of operating its first flight through Sana’a International Airport, which was scheduled to depart on Sunday after Saudi Arabia refused to issue the permit in violation of the terms of a two-month truce. The commercial plane was scheduled to arrive at Sana’a …

25-04-2022 PARIS: French voters are casting their ballot in the presidential runoff to choose between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right politician Marine Le Pen. Opinion polls suggest that Macron, 44, has a solid lead, but analysts have cautioned that low turnout could sway the outcome in either direction. About …

24-04-2022 ABUJA: More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state, a local government official and an environmental group said. “The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal bunkering site and it affected more than 100 people who were burned …

24-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban ordered a ban against video-sharing app TikTok and the survival-shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) game on Thursday, insisting they were leading Afghanistan’s youth astray. The phone apps are popular among Afghans, who have been left with few outlets for entertainment …