International

21-12-2021 KUALA LUMPUR: Hard-pressed Malaysian emergency services, reinforced by civilian volunteers, on Sunday rescued 21,000 people displaced by flooding from torrential rain in seven states, officials and volunteers said. More than 66,000 police, army and fire department personnel were mobilized to help pluck people from vehicles marooned in floodwaters or …

21-12-2021 DUBAI, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday that further talks with Saudi Arabia aimed at reducing tension between the Gulf’s rival Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim powers depend on Riyadh’s “seriousness”. Saudi Arabia and Iran launched direct talks this year at a time when global powers are trying …

20-12-2021 MOSCOW: Russia, after a decade-long hiatus, is re-launching an ambitious bid for supremacy over the world’s budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United States, and rising China. Russia flaunted its comeback this month dispatching two cosmic adventurer’s Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant to the …

20-12-2021 BAGHDAD: Two Katyusha rockets have struck Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses several Western embassies, the Iraqi military has said. One rocket was destroyed in the air by the C-RAM defence system and the other landed near a national monument and damaged two cars, the military said in …

20-12-2021 ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Cable News Network (CNN), in an internal memo issued to its staff on Saturday, said it is closing its offices in the United States to all nonessential employees as COVID-19 cases increase. CNN, part of AT&T Inc.’s (T.N) Warner-Media division, will close its offices to all employees …

20-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday issued a clear warning to the global community, stating that Afghanistan could potentially become the biggest “man-made crisis in the world” if it did not act now. The premier expressed the views while delivering the …

19-12-2021 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: An explosion at bank in the Pakistani city of Karachi killed multiple people and injured several others, officials said. The explosion was caused by a build-up of gas in the sewage line located under a private bank near Paracha Chowk in Karachi’s Shershah area, according …

19-12-2021 Bureau Report AMRITSAR/ NEW DELHI: Police in the Indian city of Amritsar say a man suspected of trying to commit a sacrilegious act at Sikhism’s holiest shrine has been beaten to death. The incident took place during a prayer service at the city’s Golden Temple on Saturday, according to …

19-12-2021 LONDON: A “major incident” has been declared in London amid “huge concern” over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant across the capital. It comes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Saturday he was “incredibly worried” about staff absences in vital public services including the NHS, fire service …

19-12-2021 MADINAH/ RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is planning to revive the hajj and Umrah sectors of the Kingdom through greater cooperation between private and public entities. According to a report published by Arab News, the move will allow the kingdom to expand services to pilgrims visiting the two holiest sites for …