10 killed, 9 injured in fire at apartment under COVID lockdown in China’s Xinjiang province
Beijing: At least 10 people were killed and nine injured in a fire at a high-rise residential building reportedly under coronavirus lockdown restrictions in China’s Xinjiang province, officials said on Friday, days after another major blaze left 38 people dead in central China. It took firefighters about three hours to douse the fire in the […]
Hope new Pak Army chief will ensure ‘apolitical’ role of military in coup-prone country: Pakistani media
Islamabad: With former ISI chief General Asim Munir’s appointment as the next Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, the media in this coup-prone country on Friday hoped that the powerful military would remain “apolitical” and honour the promise made by his predecessor. Pakistan on Thursday named former spy chief Munir as chief of […]
NATO vows to aid Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’
Brussels: NATO is determined to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia for “as long as it takes” and will help the war-wrecked country transform its armed forces into a modern army up to Western standards, the alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg vowed on Friday. Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in […]
Philippines asks China for explanation over latest sea feud
Manila: The Philippines has sought an explanation from China after a Filipino military commander reported that the Chinese coast guard forcibly seized Chinese rocket debris in the possession of Filipino navy personnel in the disputed South China Sea, officials said on Thursday. Sunday’s incident off Philippine-occupied Thitu island is the latest flareup in the long-seething […]
Brazil election agency rejects Bolsonaro push to void votes
Rio De Janeiro: The head of Brazil’s electoral authority on Wednesday rejected the request from President Jair Bolsonaro and his political party to annul ballots cast on most electronic voting machines, which would have overturned the October 30 election. Alexandre de Moraes had issued a prior ruling that implicitly raised the possibility that Bolsonaro’s Liberal […]
Kim’s sister makes insulting threats to Seoul over sanctions
Seoul: The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made insult-laden threats against South Korea on Thursday for considering unliteral sanctions on the North, calling the South’s new president and his government “idiots” and “a running wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the US”. Kim Yo Jong’s diatribe came two days […]
Lt Gen Asim Munir named as Pakistan’s new Army chief
Islamabad: Lt Gen Asim Munir, a former head of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, was on Thursday named as the new Army chief to succeed incumbent General Qamar Javed Bajwa, ending the suspense over the key appointment. Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after a three-year extension. He has ruled out seeking another […]
UK top court rules against Scottish independence vote plan
London: Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that Scotland’s government cannot hold a second referendum on its union with the United Kingdom without the approval of the UK Parliament, in a major blow to Scottish independence campaigners. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Parliament soon after that it was a “clear and definitive” ruling […]
6 people, assailant dead in Walmart shooting: Police
Chesapeake: A shooter opened fire in a Walmart in Virginia late on Tuesday, leaving six people dead, police said, in the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days. The assailant is also dead. The store in Chesapeake is now safe, Officer Leo Kosinski said in the early hours of Wednesday. The shooting came […]
Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan
Islamabad: The Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium on Wednesday, signalling the religious extremist group’s resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s. The office of the governor of Logar province, south of the […]
