International

15-04-2022 NEW YORK/ RIYADH: Elon Musk has questioned Saudi Arabia’s role in Twitter Inc after Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal tweeted his opposition to the billionaire entrepreneur’s offer to buy the social media company. The prince tweeted on Thursday from his verified account that Musk’s offer of a $43bn …

15-04-2022 JERUSALEM: At least 152 Palestinians were injured in a raid when Israeli riot police entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, extending a recent resurgence of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict. Most of the Palestinian injuries were incurred by rubber bullets, stun …

15-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan’s powerful military has dismissed deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s accusation that the United States had conspired to topple him in a parliamentary vote of confidence. Khan, 69, who led the South Asian country of 220 million people for three and …

15-04-2022 LONDON: Researchers have discovered that women suffer from headaches more than men, the Daily Mail reported. Studies show that 6% of women spend half of every month with a headache, compared to 2.9% of men. This means more than one in 20 women are victims of a throbbing head. …

15-04-2022 WASHINGTON: Americans paid more for gasoline, food and other essentials last month amid an ongoing wave of record inflation made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to government data released Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI) climbed 8.5% over the 12 months to March, the biggest jump since …

15-04-2022 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Tensions on the ground in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory are heading towards a large-scale eruption this Ramadan, analysts expect, as residents of the besieged Gaza Strip fear yet another war. “We are moving gradually towards an escalation, the conditions are ripe for an explosion,” Jerusalem-based political …

14-04-2022 MOSCOW: Russia’s Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been “seriously damaged” by an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile strike. The damage to the Moskva missile cruiser was caused by ammunition detonating “as a result of a fire”, the …

14-04-2022 ABUYOG, PHILIPPINES: The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines triggered by tropical storm Megi rose to 117 on Thursday, official figures showed, as more bodies were found in mud-caked villages. Scores of people are still missing and feared dead after the strongest storm to strike the …

13-04-2022 LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: The British government has distanced itself from Foreign Office Minister Lord Zac Goldsmith after he tweeted in support of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan. British media reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office has slapped down Foreign Office Minister Lord Goldsmith after he intervened in Pakistani politics …

13-04-2022 PARIS: France is expelling six Russians suspected of working as spies under diplomatic cover after the French intelligence services uncovered a clandestine operation on its territory, the foreign ministry said on Monday. “Six Russian agents operating under diplomatic cover whose activities were found to be contrary to our national …