‘Tough’ to meet May 1 deadline for troop pullout from Afghanistan: Biden
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that it would be “tough” to withdraw the remaining US troops in Afghanistan by May 1, as was agreed to by the Trump administration. In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, Mr Biden said he was still “in the process” of determining when the forces should […]
Residents flee martial law area as Myanmar death toll grows
YANGON: Residents of a protest flashpoint district in Myanmar’s biggest city fled on flatbed trucks and motorbikes on Tuesday as security forces defied global calls for restraint and maintained their use of lethal force against anti-coup rallies. Much of the country has been in uproar since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi […]
Biggest sandstorm in decade turns skies yellow in Beijing
BEIJING: Beijing was cloaked in thick yellow smog on Monday with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descended on China’s capital from the Gobi desert. City residents used goggles, masks and hairnets to protect themselves from the choking dust and sand, with landmarks including the Forbidden City partly […]
28 die in Myanmar, Chinese factories burnt
Security forces killed at least 14 protesters in the poor, industrial Hlaingthaya suburb of Myanmar’s main city, Yangon, on Sunday after Chinese-financed factories in the area were set ablaze, according to local media. A further 14 people were reported killed elsewhere in Yangon and other parts of Myanmar and state television said a policeman had […]
Nigerian gunmen abduct 30 students in college raid
KANO: Gunmen raided a college in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped at least 30 students, government officials and parents said on Friday, in the latest mass abduction targeting a school. The kidnap gang stormed the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kaduna state, around 9:30pm on Thursday, shooting indiscriminately before taking students. The Kaduna college […]
Myanmar junta spurns UN appeal, kills more protesters
MANDALAY: Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to stop using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at least 10 people protesting against last month’s military coup. The military also lodged a new allegation against Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader it ousted on Feb 1. It […]
In message to China, Biden to meet Australia, India, Japan PMs
US President Joe Biden will hold first-ever joint talks on Friday with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, boosting an emerging four-way alliance often cast as a bulwark against China. It will be one of the first summits, albeit in virtual format, for Biden, who has vowed to revive US alliances in the wake […]
US presents warring Afghan sides with draft peace agreement
Frustrated by a stalled peace process and escalating violence, the US has presented an eight-page draft peace agreement to Afghanistan’s warring sides for review. The US told the parties to come to Turkey in the coming weeks ready to move on it, according to Afghans on both sides of the table. The draft was obtained […]
Pakistan PM Imran Khan Wins Trust Vote Amid Opposition’s Boycott Call
Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Saturday won a trust vote in the National Assembly by securing 178 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament amid a boycott call by the Opposition parties. The trust vote has further strengthened his government’s legitimacy after an embarrassing defeat of the finance minister in the hotly-contested […]
IS Claims Responsibility Of Killing 3 Women Media Workers In Afghanistan
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of three women working for a local radio and TV station in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a spike in targeted killings across the war-torn country. Dozens of people gathered Wednesday for the funerals of the three media workers. The women were gunned down on […]