Category: International

Indian industrialist Gautam Adani became the world’s third-richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Tuesday, the first time an Asian has ranked in the top three. The self-made billionaire has seen his net worth more than double to $137.4 billion in the last year, rising 20 spots on the index to now rank just […]

KATHMANDU: Nepal has asked India to halt its recruitment of Gurkhas into the Indian army under a new scheme for shorter military contracts until it was clear what would happen to them when they retired, an aide to the prime minister said on Monday. An agreement between London, New Delhi and Kathmandu after India’s independence […]

Islamabad:: A five-judge larger bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been constituted to proceed against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister Imran Khan on the charge of contempt of court for ‘intimidating a female judge’. The bench headed by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah comprises Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Miangul […]

Sukkur; August 28 (ANI): The Sukkur district police claimed to have registered FIRs on terrorism charges against over 100 unidentified persons for allegedly attacking police personnel, pelting vehicles with stones, damaging public and private property, and inciting flood victims outside a relief camp during the visit of the prime minister and foreign minister here on […]

TORONTO: After creating strong waves in the United Kingdom in November 2021, the Khalistan Referendum — a community-sponsored plebiscite of an international advocacy group, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) — is now rocking Canadian politics where the voting is going to start on September 18. Khalistan Referendum campaign — in which Sikhs are asked to answer […]

Tehran, Iran – Iran says its review of the United States’s response to a European-Union drafted text to restore their 2015 nuclear deal will take several more days as Qatar continues to mediate between the sides. Reviewing the US response at expert levels is ongoing and will take “at least” until the end of the […]

The UN has called for an immediate stop to hostilities in Libya following a day of deadly clashes between political factions in the capital, Tripoli. At least 32 people were killed and dozens more wounded during the fighting, the health ministry said. Among the dead was young comedian Mustafa Baraka, an official said. Libya has […]

KABUL: The Taliban’s acting defence minister on Sunday said Pakistan had allowed American drones to use its airspace to access Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan has recently denied following a US air strike in Kabul. Acting Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters at a news conference in Kabul that American drones have been entering […]

WASHINGTON: Two US Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi enraged China which regards the island as its territory. The US Navy, confirming a Reuters report, said cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam were carrying out the […]

INDIA/ NOIDA: Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris on Sunday near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds. Crowds watching the collapse from rooftops on nearby high-rise buildings cheered and clapped as the 103-metre (338-feet) […]