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08-06-2022 Bureau Report KABUL: Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani almost certainly did not flee Kabul with millions of dollars that disappeared during the Taliban’s military takeover of the capital city, according to a US government watchdog’s interim report published on Monday. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in …

08-06-2022 TEHRAN: Iran’s nuclear chief and other senior officials have questioned whether the global atomic watchdog is politically compromised, as Western powers, backed by Israel, introduce a resolution to censure Iran over its nuclear program. Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said in an …

08-06-2022 DAMASCUS/ ISTANBUL: The United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have said that they will turn to the Syrian government for support if Turkey decides to launch a new military operation against them in northern Syria. The Kurdish-led SDF said after a meeting of its command on Tuesday that its …

07-06-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s government sought on Monday to calm anger at home and abroad after two officials of the ruling BJP party made remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, with 38 people arrested for rioting in a northern city and a protest planned later in Mumbai. The …

07-06-2022 BRASILIA: Brazil’s navy has dispatched a crew of 10 people to search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who went missing while reporting in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest near the border with Peru. Cibelly Lopes, a navy spokesperson in the Brazilian border …

07-06-2022 US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has said there would be a “forceful” response from the United States, South Korea and the world if North Korea were to conduct a nuclear test. “Any nuclear test would be in complete violation of UN Security Council resolutions (and) there would …

07-06-2022 COLOMBO: There have been days when cybersecurity professional Asela Waidyalankara and his colleagues have sat in hotel lobbies to complete projects during power outages. Other days, they have run around Colombo looking for fuel for generators so they could work from home. “We have a buddy system at the …

07-06-2022 LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a confidence vote that could have seen him removed from power. Despite profound discontent within his ruling Conservative Party, Johnson won a vote of confidence on Monday by 211 to 148 votes. Winning the vote means there cannot be another leadership …

06-06-2022 Bureau Report MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: An international diplomatic storm has engulfed India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following the sanctioning of two party spokespersons over insulting remarks the pair are reported to have made towards Prophet Muhammad. BJP national spokeswoman Nupur Sharma …

06-06-2022 ABUJA/ LAGOS: Gunmen opened fire on worshippers at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria and also detonated explosives. Dozens are feared dead including children. Lawmaker Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said the attackers targeted the St Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as people gathered on Sunday. Among the dead were …