BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the moment has come to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and that Washington would work with NATO allies on a “coordinated” pull-out. “Together, we have achieved the goals that we set out to achieve and now it is time to bring our forces home,” Blinken said […]
WASHINGTON: A leading think tank for science and technology policy has said as Washington seeks to counter a rising China, no nation is more important than India with its abundance of highly skilled technical professionals and strong political and cultural ties with the United States. It however cautioned that “overreliance” on India as an IT […]
UNITED NATIONS: Even though more than 780 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered globally, the pandemic is “a long way from over” but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. The coronavirus, which emerged first in central China’s Wuhan […]
GENEVA: The UN rights chief warned Tuesday of possible crimes against humanity in Myanmar, and said it seemed to be heading towards a massive conflict like the one ravaging Syria. “I fear the situation in Myanmar is heading towards a full-blown conflict. States must not allow the deadly mistakes of the past in Syria and […]
BEIJING: China is planning a mega dam in Tibet able to produce triple the electricity generated by the Three Gorges- the world’s largest power station- stoking fears among environmentalists and in neighbouring India. The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the world’s longest and […]
TEHRAN: Iran reported an accident caused by a “power failure” Sunday at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, with one lawmaker blaming the outage on an act of “sabotage”. No one was injured and there was no radioactive release, the official Fars news agency reported, citing the spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran […]
Washington: The Pentagon has defended its Navy asserting its navigational rights within India’s exclusive economic zone without taking New Delhi’s permission, calling the move “consistent with international law”. In an unusual move, the US Navy announced that on Wednesday it conducted a freedom of navigation operation in Indian waters without prior consent to challenge India’s […]
DUBAI: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has honoured Indian-origin businessman Yusuffali MA and 11 other individuals with Abu Dhabi’s top civilian award for their noble and charitable contributions to the community. Yusuffali, 65, the Chairman and Managing Director of Abu […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has indicated that he would approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a second relief package to help the cash-strapped government reach the needy people amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report. Dawn newspaper reported that Khan’s remarks came during his address at the launch of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will reach Pakistan on Tuesday on a two-day visit to hold important talks with the country’s top leadership and the Army chief on bilateral ties as well as on the situation in Afghanistan. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Lavrov’s visit will be the first by any Russian […]