US ready to infuse liquidity into Afghan economy
WASHINGTON: The United States is working with various UN agencies to find ways for infusing liquidity into the Afghan economy, the US State Department said. The announcement, made at a news briefing in Washington, followed another statement by a State Department official in Islamabad on Monday, saying that the United States would show greater flexibility on financial […]
Casualties in Afghanistan, Iraq much higher than US admitted: NYT
WASHINGTON: Data collected after years of litigation and months of investigation persuaded The New York Times to conclude that civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan were much higher than the United States ever acknowledged. Summing up its efforts to probe the US wars in the greater Middle East region, the newspaper wrote: “The promise was a war waged […]
Russia cannot ‘dictate’ to Nato, says Germany
RUKLA: German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht on Sunday said Russia cannot “dictate” to Nato on regional security, as tensions soar between Moscow and Western capitals over the conflict in Ukraine. She spoke during a visit to Lithuania, which along with its Baltic neighbours Estonia and Latvia is worried about security after Russia deployed tens of […]
British PM under fire after by-election disaster
SHREWSBURY: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday faced questions about his leadership after weeks of controversy culminated in a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by his Conservative Party. His ruling Tories had held the seat in North Shropshire, central England, by a massive majority just two years ago, but saw […]
Thousands leave homes as typhoon hits Philippines
DAPA: Thousands of people in the Philippines fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Super Typhoon Rai pummelled the country on Thursday, with a charity warning the storm could hit coastal communities “like a freight train”. Rai is the strongest storm to hit the disaster-prone archipelago this year. It was packing maximum sustained winds of […]
Two arrested after fatal ship collision in Sweden
STOCKHOLM: Sweden on Monday arrested two people after a fatal early morning collision between a Danish and British ship off the southern Swedish coast. Sweden’s prosecution service said in a statement that an investigation into “aggravated drunkenness at sea,” “gross negligence in sea traffic,” and “gross causing of death by negligence” had been opened. One […]
British PM accused of breaching Covid rules
LONDON: Boris Johnson on Sunday faced fresh questions about alleged government breaches of coronavirus restrictions after a photo emerged of him at a Christmas event last year. The British prime minister has faced a barrage of criticism and calls to quit over claims of an illegal Downing Street party on December 18, 2020. He has […]
54 die after truck smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ: Fifty-four migrants, mostly from Guatemala, were killed on Thursday when the truck they were in flipped over in southern Mexico, in one of the worst accidents involving Central Americans who risk their lives to reach the United States. The trailer broke open, spilling out people, when the truck crashed on a sharp curve […]
Biden orders ‘preparations’ in case Iran nuclear-talks fail
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has ordered his staff to prepare “additional measures” if troubled talks over Iran’s nuclear programme, which resumed on Thursday in Vienna, fail to reach a resolution. “The president has asked his team to be prepared in the event that diplomacy fails and we must turn to other options,” White House Press Secretary […]
China says Australia, Britain, U.S. to ‘pay price’ for wrong acts
Australia, Britain and the United States will pay the price for their “mistaken acts”, after deciding not to send government delegations to February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. -Reuters
