WHO chief warns world leaders not to ‘politicise’ pandemic
Dubai: World leaders must not politicise the coronavirus pandemic but unite to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday, reminding all that the pandemic is still accelerating and producing record daily increases in infections. The comments by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has faced criticism from US President Donald Trump, comes […]
India’s dissent over China’s BRI poses no threat to SCO: Secretary-General Norov
Beijing: India’s decision not to endorse China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in the SCO poses no threat to the bloc as its structure is democratic enough to allow a member country to opt-out of projects backed by others, its General-Secretary Vladimir Norov said. Beijing-headquartered Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is an eight-member economic and security […]
UK knife attack terror suspect was on spy radar
London: A Libyan asylum seeker currently in custody in relation to the knife rampage in a British park that killed three people was known to the MI5 intelligence service, UK media reports said on Monday. Khairi Saadallah, 25, has been arrested under the UK’s Terrorism Act after the deadly incident in a busy park in […]
Iran’s currency reaches lowest value ever against dollar
Tehran: Iran’s currency on Monday dropped to its lowest value ever against the dollar and officials warned Iranian exporters to bring their foreign earnings home from abroad. Money exchange shops briefly traded the Iranian rial 200,000 for a dollar and later in the day, the currency was valued at 198,000 rials against the dollar. The […]
Sino-India border situation ‘very tough’, US talking to India and China to help them out: Trump
Washington: Amidst the “very tough” standoff at the China-India border, US President Donald Trump has said that his administration is talking to both countries to “help them” resolve their ongoing tensions. Trump’s comments came in the backdrop of the violent face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on […]
India playing ‘pharmacy of the world’ role during COVID-19 crisis: SCO Secretary-General
Beijing: India is playing the role as the “pharmacy of the world” during the COVID-19 pandemic with its vast experience and deep knowledge in medicine, setting the tone for many regional and global initiatives, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Secretary-General Vladimir Norov has said. India has so far supplied medicines to 133 countries in the fight against […]
9 shot, wounded at Syracuse, New York, ‘celebration’
Syracuse (US): Nine people were shot at a Saturday night “celebration” in central New York, authorities said. Of the nine victims, one was a 17-year-old boy in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head and eight others — ranging in age from 18 to 53 — were expected to survive, a release from […]
Pompeo blames ‘rogue actor’ China for ‘escalating’ border tension with India
Washington : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticised the Chinese Army for “escalating” the border tension with India and militarising the strategic South China Sea as he described the ruling Communist Party of China as a “rogue actor.” In a scathing attack on the Chinese government, the top American diplomat said that the […]
No mention of Hong Kong security law as China closes meeting
Beijing: The body that handles most lawmaking for China’s top legislative body closed its latest meeting Saturday with no mention of passing a highly controversial national security law for Hong Kong. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress dealt with numerous agenda items but said nothing about the fate of the security legislation that […]
Pak-origin Canadian rearrested in US on India’s extradition request for role in Mumbai terror attack
Washington: Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana has been rearrested in Los Angeles on an extradition request by India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed, according to the US prosecutors. Rana, 59, a childhood friend of David Coleman Headley, was recently released from jail on compassionate ground […]
