Chinese netizens highlight contrast between treatments of Apple CEO in Beijing and TikTok CEO in US

Apple CEO Tim Cook was met with rounds of cheers and applause when he showed up at an Apple store in Beijing...

Chinese Embassy in Canada opposes Biden, Trudeau’s ‘smear campaign’

ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Canada on Friday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to U.S. President Joe Biden...

Biden warns Iran after ‘tit-for-tat’ strikes in Syria

President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran that the United States would "act forcefully" to protect Americans, after the U.S. military carried...

India’s Gandhi vows to keep fighting after removal from parliament

NEW DELHI: Top Indian opposition figure Rahul Gandhi said Saturday he would keep fighting for democracy after blaming his expulsion from parliament...

Trump warns of ‘death & destruction’ if charged with a crime

WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump warned of potential "death & destruction" if he faces criminal charges, hours after New York prosecutors...

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, prophet of the rise of the PC, dies at 94

SAN FRANCISCO: Intel Corp co-founder Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the semiconductor industry whose "Moore's Law" predicted a steady rise in computing...

US, Canada strike deal on curbing illegal migration

MONTREAL: President Joe Biden laid out a vision of world-leading US-Canadian economic cooperation in a speech to Canada’s parliament, and announced that...

Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq’s oil legacy post-2003

NAHRAN OMAR: The oil is pumped 24 hours a day several meters from Raghed Jasim’s home in Iraq’s crude-rich southern heartland. Gas...

‘The rabbit’: One of Venezuela’s most wanted criminals killed

CARACAS: One of Venezuela's most wanted criminals, known as "El Conejo" (the rabbit), has been killed, the government announced Friday, shortly after...

China opposes AUKUS nuclear submarine program, coercion of IAEA Secretariat into endorsing it

ISLAMABAD: China has expressed its grave concern and firm opposition after the US, the UK and Australia pushed forward nuclear-powered submarine cooperation...

TikTok CEO grilled by skeptical U.S. lawmakers

WASHINGTON: A nearly six-hour grilling of TikTok's CEO by U.S. lawmakers on Thursday brought the platform's 150 million U.S. users no closer...

North Korea tests new nuclear-capable underwater drone

SEOUL: North Korea has tested a new nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, state media reported on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un warned...

Saudi Arabia agrees to re-established ties with Syria

BEIRUT/RIYADH: Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reopen their embassies after cutting diplomatic ties more than a decade ago, a Britian-based...

UK probes troops’ alleged extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan

LONDON: A judge in the UK on Wednesday launched an independent probe into allegations of dozens summary killings by British troops in Afghanistan. Speaking...

India’s Rahul Gandhi found guilty of defamation over Modi remark

AHMEDABAD: An Indian court Thursday found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation for a three-year-old campaign trail remark implying that Prime...