Libya’s government announces cease-fire, calls for elections
Cairo: Libya’s U.N.-supported government Friday announced a cease-fire across the oil-rich country and called for demilitarizing the strategic city of Sirte, which is controlled by rival forces. In a separate statement Aguila Saleh, speaker of the rival east-based House of Representatives, also called for a cease-fire. The announcements came amid fears of an escalation in […]
Jews, Sikhs and other communities made to feel suspect for the way they worshipped: Obama
New York: Sikhs, Muslims and other communities for generations have been made to “feel suspect” for the way they worshipped, former US President Barack Obama has said, as he urged Americans to vote to oust “this president and those in power”, who benefit from keeping things the way they are. Delivering a blistering attack on […]
Time for world to show solidarity with Lebanese people: UN
Beirut (Lebanon): The head of the U.N. refugee agency says it’s time for the international community to show solidarity with the Lebanese people by offering assistance to a country that has hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees for decades. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi also said the UNHCR is making its capacity and […]
Trump: US demands restoration of UN sanctions against Iran
Washington: The Trump administration is set to demand the restoration of all international sanctions on Iran in a move that will further isolate the U.S. at the United Nations, test the credibility of the U.N. Security Council and possibly deal a fatal blow to one of former President Barack Obama’s signature foreign policy achievements. At […]
China, Pakistan FMs to hold two-day strategic dialogue from Thursday
Beijing: The foreign ministers of China and Pakistan will hold the second annual strategic dialogue at the island resort of Hainan on Thursday during which they are likely to discuss the bilateral cooperation in various fields including the phase II of the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang […]
Biden secures Democratic presidential nomination to challenge Trump
Washington: Joe Biden has officially been nominated the Democratic presidential candidate at the party’s unprecedented virtual convention to challenge Republican incumbent President Donald Trump in the November 3 election. Biden, 77, who served as vice president of the US for eight years from January 2009 to January 2017, would deliver his acceptance speech on Thursday. […]
Palestinians in Gaza rally against Israel-UAE deal
Gaza City (Gaza Strip):Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday rallied against the U.S.-brokered deal to normalise ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Protesters burned Israeli and American flags, trampled on posters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, and chanted “normalisation is betrayal to Jerusalem and Palestine.” […]
Officials: Bomb attacks in Kabul, north Afghanistan kill 4
Kabul: Bomb attacks in Kabul and northern Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at least four people and wounded 13, officials said. Two sticky bombs targeted government employees in the Afghan capital, killing two people, including a police officer, and wounding two others, police said. Meanwhile in Puli Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, a bomb […]
US Senate resolution condemns Chinese aggression against India, calls for diplomatic solution
Washington: A bipartisan US Senate resolution has condemned China’s use of military force to change the status quo at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India and called for a diplomatic solution to the issue. Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a bitter standoff in several areas along the Line of Actual […]
UN-backed court: Hezbollah leaders not tied to Hariri bomb
Leidschendam (Netherlands): Judges at a UN-backed tribunal said Tuesday that there was no evidence that the leadership of the Hezbollah militant group or Syria were involved in the 2005 suicide truck bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Sketching the complex political backdrop for the assassination, Presiding Judge David Re of the Special […]
