Category: International

Large numbers of Russians rushed to book one-way tickets out of the country while they still could on Sept. 21 after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of military reservists for the war in Ukraine. Flights filled up quickly and the prices of tickets for remaining connections skyrocketed, apparently driven by fears that […]

A court in China on Thursday sentenced a former justice minister to death for over $16 million in corruption, with a two-year reprieve. Fu Zhenghua, 67, was found guilty by the Intermediate People’s Court of Changchun in northeast China’s Jilin province. The death sentence can be commuted after two years in prison, according to the […]

It is estimated that losses caused by the severe floods in Pakistan have accumulated to US$ 18 billion. This natural disaster has aggravated Pakistan’s macro-economic fundamentals despite resumption of the IMF Programme. Over and above these challenges, Pakistan faces a severe dollar liquidity crunch. One of the consequences of the floods and other economic disasters […]

A memorial for journalists who gave their life in pursuit of truth was held at The Hague in the Netherlands on Monday, with slain Pakistani journalist Zubair Ahmed Mujahid among those honoured at the press freedom event. The case of Zubair Mujahid, who was shot dead in the city of Mirpurkhas back in 2007, was […]

GENEVA — The United Nations reports millions of Pakistanis remain in dire straits and in need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance as they try to recover from the worst floods to hit the country in a century. Nearly a month after catastrophic floods devastated Pakistan, large parts of the country, especially in the southern Sindh province, […]

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 20 for the first face-to-face talks between Israeli and Turkish leaders since 2008. Lapid said he “commended’’ the recent restoration of full diplomatic ties between the countries and the appointment this week of […]

An explosion in Afghanistan’s capital has killed at least three people and wounded 13 others, a Taliban official said on Wednesday. According to Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the blast occurred in a restaurant in the city’s western Dehmazang neighborhood. A team has arrived in the area to find out […]

The United Nations and rights groups expressed concern Tuesday over what activists described as a lethal crackdown in Iran against protests over the death of a young woman after her arrest by Tehran’s notorious morality police. Mahsa Amini, 22, died on Friday three days after she was urgently hospitalised following her arrest by police responsible […]

WASHINGTON: Overshadowed by US President Joe Biden’s headline-grabbing vow that American forces would defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack was his hint at possibly shifting US policy to support the island’s right to self-determination. Though the White House has taken pains to say Biden’s most explicit statement yet about defending the Chinese-claimed island, made during […]

ISLAMABAD — Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to one of the worst flood-hit areas in southern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, as the death toll from months-long deluges rose to 1,559. TV footage showed Jolie arriving at an airport in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province, where floods […]