Signal lost with jet carrying Libyan army chief over Ankara, says Turkey
ANKARA: Radio contact was lost with a jet carrying Libya's army chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, shortly after takeoff from the Turkish...
China offers platform for dialogue between Cambodia, Thailand
BEIJING: China is willing to create conditions and provide a platform for dialogue and negotiations between Cambodia and Thailand, said Deng Xijun, special envoy...
Xi urges central SOEs to contribute more to Chinese modernization
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) directly administered by the central government to better serve the overall work...
Bangladesh suspends all visa services in India, diplomatic ties sink further
NEW DELHI: Diplomatic relations between India and Bangladesh have sharply deteriorated as Dhaka suspended all visa and consular services across its missions in India,...
Rahul exposes electoral manipulation, institutional capture under BJP rule
BERLIN: India’s democratic crisis came under sharp global scrutiny as Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, accused the Bharatya Janata Party-led...
Mountains turn icy white as Saudi cities receive snowfall
RAYYADH: Snowfall across parts of Tabuk and the Trojena Mountains has transformed the Saudi regions into an unexpected winter playground, prompting residents to step...
WFP presses alarm button on Afghanistan’s hunger crisis
kabul: The UN World Food Programme predicts that the number of children suffering from food shortages in Afghanistan could reach around 4 million, with...
US president unveils plan for ‘Trump-class’ battleships to boost American sea power
WASHIHNGTON; President Trump on Monday announced plans for a new "Trump class" of battleships, marking the start of an expanded naval buildup and signalling...
Corruption charges spark protests against Albanian government
TIRANE: Protesters in Albania’s capital of Tirana hurled petrol bombs at the government building housing Prime Minister Edi Rama’s office on Monday, demanding the...
Kashmiri journalist Irfan Meraj completes 1,000 days in jail, JFK seeks release
SRINAGAR: Kashmiri journalist Irfan Meraj has completed over 1,000 days in Indian jail, prompting renewed calls from the Journalist Federation of Kashmir (JFK) for...
China firmly opposes Japan’s nuclear ambitions
BEIJING: If Japan's domestic right-wing forces are allowed to push for the development of powerful offensive weapons, or even the possession of nuclear weapons,...
Why Central Asia needs a Council of Elders? Â
At the Consultative Meeting of the Heads of state of Central Asia, held on November 16 in Tashkent, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev put...
Japan prepares to restart world’s biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima
TOKYO: Japan took the final step to allow the restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant on Monday as the region of Niigata voted...
Bangladeshi student leader shot in Khulna: report
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi student political leader from the National Citizen Party (NCP) was shot and injured in Khulna on Monday, according to The Daily...
Alleged Bondi shooters conducted ‘tactical’ training in New South Wales countryside, police say
SYDNEY: Two suspects in last week’s deadly mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach trained for the attack in the countryside, police alleged in court documents...