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29-05-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s coal exports to Pakistan have surged. The Ministry of Finance said that since the Islamic Emirate came to power, two million tons of coal have been exported abroad, especially to Pakistan. Rising Afghan coal exports to Pakistan have caused an increase in fuel prices …

29-05-2022 Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the once-feared armed group Japanese Red Army, was released from prison on Saturday after serving a 20-year sentence and she apologized for hurting innocent people. “I feel strongly that I have finally come out alive,” she said, welcomed by her daughter and a crowd of …

29-05-2022 TRIPOLI: Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law. In a United Nations report obtained by media, experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of systematically using unlawful detention to punish perceived opponents, ignoring international …

28-05-2022 WASHINGTON: Less than 450km (280 miles) from where a gunman killed 21 people at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, former United States President Donald Trump has headlined a defiant conference of the pro-gun lobby group, the National Rifle Association (NRA). Amid growing calls for stronger gun control measures …

28-05-2022 DUBAI/ TEHRAN: Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, Iranian state media reported, shortly after Tehran warned it would take “punitive action” against Athens over the confiscation of Iranian oil by the United States from a tanker held off the Greek coast. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard …

28-05-2022 GENEVA: Countries should take quick steps to contain the spread of monkeypox and share data about their vaccine stockpiles, a senior World Health Organization official said on Friday. “We think that if we put in place the right measures now we probably can contain this easily,” Sylvie Briand, WHO …

27-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW YORK: The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the country as the governing Taliban imposes new restrictions on women and attacks against religious minorities mount. Richard Bennett said on …

27-05-2022 DOHA/ HAGUE: Al Jazeera Media Network has assigned a legal team to refer the killing of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The network said in a statement on Thursday that it has formed an international coalition that consists of its …

27-05-2022 UNITED NATIONS: China and Russia on Thursday vetoed a US-led bid at the United Nations to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches, laying bare divisions that Western envoys fear would be exploited by Pyongyang. The Security Council resolution put forward by the United States would have …

27-05-2022 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has not yet released its decision that looks set to dramatically scale back abortion rights, but one of the next legal battles has already begun in a Mississippi court. That is where the manufacturer of a pill used to carry out medication abortions, Las …