India, China hold corps commanders level talks amid massive deployment
(Agencies) New Delhi: Over thousands of Indian Army men stand a few meters away from Line of Actual Control against Chinese People’s Liberation Army even as corps commanders of two countries’ military meet at Moldo on Monday to resolve the border issue and ease tension in Eastern Ladakh. This is the second such meeting after […]
Germany, France, UK press Iran to provide atomic site access
The board of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Iran to provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the Russian representative said. Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, tweeted that his country and China […]
Johnson’s car hit in collision outside parliament
LONDON: The car carrying British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was crashed into from behind in central London on Wednesday after taking evasive action when a pro-Kurdish demonstrator ran on to the road. The protester was stopped and detained, according to a journalist on the scene, after he ran towards Johnson’s Jaguar as it was leaving […]
Turkey moves troops against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
Turkey said Wednesday it has airlifted troops for a cross-border ground operation against Turkey’s Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the first known airborne-and-land offensive by Ankara inside Iraqi territory. The airborne offensive into Iraq’s border region of Haftanin, some 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Turkey-Iraq border, was launched following intense artillery fire into the […]
Trump says US to pull some troops from Germany over NATO spending feud
President Donald Trump said on Monday he would cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany to 25,000, faulting the close U.S. ally for failing to meet NATO’s defense spending target and accusing it of taking advantage of America on trade. The reduction of about 9,500 troops would be a remarkable rebuke to one of […]
Over 400 Afghan security men killed or wounded by Taliban in past week
KABUL: The Taliban have killed or wounded more than 400 Afghan security personnel over the past week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, accusing the insurgents of increasing attacks ahead of expected peace talks. Violence had dropped across much of Afghanistan since the Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire on May 24 to mark the Eidul […]
Afghan govt-Taliban peace meet to take place in Doha
Kabul : The Afghan government and Taliban have announced that the first peace talks between the two sides will take place in the Qatari capital of Doha, where the militant group has its political office and had signed a long-awaited peace agreement with the US on February 29. “The Afghan government has only agreed for […]
Seattle mayor tells Trump to ‘go back to bunker’
SEATTLE: Seattle’s mayor told Donald Trump to “Go back to your bunker” on Thursday, escalating a spat after the president threatened to intervene over a police-free autonomous zone protesters have set up in the western US city. The reference to a “bunker” was a nod to reports Trump was rushed by Secret Service agents to […]
New Zealand removes statue of controversial colonist
The New Zealand city of Hamilton on Friday tore down a statue of the colonial military commander after whom it was named, joining a growing list of places worldwide that are reckoning with their past. A crane hoisted the bronze sculpture of Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton from the town square after requests from local […]
Floyd brother tells US Congress to ‘stop the pain,’ pass police reform
WASHINGTON: The brother of George Floyd, whose killing by police sparked worldwide protests against racism, made an emotional plea to the US Congress Wednesday to “stop the pain” and pass reforms that reduce police brutality. One day after burying his brother in Houston, Philonise Floyd appeared in person before a House hearing, where he described […]
