Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets
Boston: An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents. From a list of more than 50,000 cellphone numbers obtained by the Paris-based […]
Leaders talk peace as Afghans battle chaos and uncertainty
Islamabad: Senior Afghan leaders are in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar talking peace with the Taliban, whose leader on Sunday issued a statement saying the insurgent movement wants a political settlement to Afghanistan’s decades of war. Still, there are few signs of a political agreement on the horizon, as the battles over Afghan districts […]
FATF review of India’s anti-money laundering, terror financing regime postponed again to 2022
New Delhi: An evaluation by global organisation Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to analyse the effectiveness of India’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing regime has been postponed for the second time in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and is now slated to be initiated next year, officials said. The scheduled assessment for the […]
Taxi drivers interrogated, FIR registered in abduction case of Afghan envoy’s daughter: Pak govt
Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday said the taxi drivers who drove the daughter of Afghan envoy before her abduction have been interrogated and a first information report has been registered in the case. The 26-year-old daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan on Friday was “abducted”, “tortured” and “assaulted” by unknown persons in Islamabad. Silsila Alikhil, who […]
UN appeals for USD 850 million to help war-torn Afghanistan
United Nations: The UN humanitarian chief in Afghanistan appealed for USD 850 million Thursday to help the war-torn country cope with the impact of the Taliban offensive, protracted malnutrition for a third of the country, a severe drought, and the return of 627,000 Afghans this year, most of them deported from neighbouring Iran. Ramiz Alakbarov told […]
Syrian president sworn in for 4th term in war-torn country
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in Saturday for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country, pledging to overcome the impact of Western economic sanctions and retake territory still out of his control after 10 years of fighting. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the presidential palace and attended by clergymen, members of […]
Afghan ambassador’s daughter ‘abducted’, ‘assaulted’ in Pakistan
Islamabad: The 26-year-old daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was abducted , tortured and “assaulted” by unknown persons in Islamabad, a disturbing incident that prompted Kabul to demand that the culprits be quickly brought to justice. No one has been arrested in connection with the assault on Silsila Alikhil, who was abducted while riding a […]
UN Chief grieved at the killing of Indian photo-journalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed grief at the killing of Indian photo-journalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan, with the UN mission in the war-torn country calling for an investigation into his killing as well as those of other reporters. The Secretary General grieves the journalists killed or indeed harassed anywhere in the […]
Pakistan says PAF not providing air support to Taliban
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday rejected Afghanistan Vice President Amrullah Saleh’s remarks that the Pakistan Air Force was providing air support to the Taliban militants in the border areas of Chaman and Spin Boldak. Such statements undermine Pakistan’s sincere efforts to play its part in an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led solution, the Pakistan Foreign Office said here in […]
We must ensure terrorist groups are not allowed to operate unchallenged in Libya: FS Shringla at UNSC
United Nations: India on Thursday called on the international community to ensure terrorist groups are not allowed to operate unchallenged in Libya, voicing grave concern over the African country becoming a logistics platform for al-Qaeda affiliates in Mali and its cascading effect in the region. Speaking at a high-level Security Council ministerial meeting on Libya chaired […]
