11-02-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: India and China have agreed to disengage troops from a bitterly contested lake area in the western Himalayas, the Indian Defence Minister said, in a breakthrough after a months-long standoff on the disputed border. Rajnath Singh told Parliament on Thursday the accord had been …
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11-02-2021 RIYADH: Prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from a Saudi prison after nearly three years behind bars, according to her family. “Loujain is at home!!!!!!” her sister Lina tweeted on Wednesday, posting a screenshot of al-Hathloul on a family video call. Another sister, Alia, said in …
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10-02-2021 ANKARA/ MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON: Turkey’s proposal to not fully activate its controversial Russian S-400 missile system offers an olive branch to the new US administration to start negotiations over the issue that has severely strained bilateral ties, according to analysts. Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said in an interview with a Turkish …
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10-02-2021 RIYADH: A Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthi rebels has said the Yemeni group launched an attack on Abha airport, causing a fire in a civilian aircraft that was brought under control. “A cowardly terrorist attack by the Houthi militia on Abha International Airport … A civilian plane within the …
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10-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI: The Britishers have become mad, they are the real human rights violaters, they need to learn basic ethics, elementary education (primary to lower-secondary), know about essential moral values and must obey the natural law and international customs as the remaining world …
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09-02-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies DUBAI/ KARACHI: Residents of UAE were put at ease after the case of “two moons” was solved Tuesday. According to UAE based publication Khaleej Times, the country’s social media was taken by storm after pictures and videos of two moons started to appear on their …
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09-02-2021 WUHAN/ BEIJING/ GENEVA: An expert mission from the World Health Organization (WHO) investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in China says it has yet to identify the animal source of the SARS-COV-2 virus, which has so far killed more than 2.3 million people across the world. Liang Wannian, …
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09-02-2021 DUBAI: The Red Planet is about to get a little crowded. Three separate missions to Mars launched by the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will all reach their destination this month after taking flight within just 11 days of each other in 2020. The un-crewed …
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09-02-2021 FLORIDA: A computer hacker gained access to the water system of a city in Florida and tried to pump in a “dangerous” amount of a chemical, officials say. The hacker briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide (lye) in Oldsmar’s water treatment system, but a worker spotted it and …
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08-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report BEIJING/ CANBERRA: Another Chinese-born Australian citizen arrested in China on severe spying charges like many other Australians those have been arrested in China in different masked faces or under-covered characters like teachers, journalists, doctors, tourists, smugglers and engineers etc., sources revealed. According to …
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