Prominent opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was detained by Belarusian authorities on Tuesday, a border official said, after thwarting what a Ukrainian government minister described as an attempt to expel her from Belarus. A Ukrainian news agency said the activist had deliberately ripped up her passport so that Ukrainian border officials would not be able to […]
DUBAI, Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi after his family announced pardons that spared five of the convicted individuals from execution. Saudi Arabia’s state television aired few details about the final verdicts issued by the Riyadh Criminal Court against the eight […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Defense Pervez Khattak said Pakistan considered Saudi Arabia as a confident and trustworthy friend and would like to continue this friendship with the same space and momentum. The minister stated this during a meeting with Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Malik who was called […]
One of the reasons people turn to Google Maps is because of its highly accurate traffic data, and Google knows this very well.This is one of the reasons the Mountain View-based search giant tries to keep the traffic information as up-to-date as possible, and in order to do this, the company obviously has to do […]
Doctors treating Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny say he is out of an induced coma and his condition, since being poisoned, has improved. He is responding to verbal stimuli, they said. Mr Navalny, 44, was flown to Germany after falling ill on a flight in Siberia in August. His team says he was poisoned on […]
Indian and Chinese military commanders have held talks for a second day as rival soldiers confront each other at their contested Himalayan border in Ladakh, bringing fears of a military escalation. Both of the Asian giants have accused the other of fresh provocations, including allegations of soldiers crossing into each other’s territory, months after their […]
King Salman has issued a royal decree ordering the sacking of Saudi Commander of the Joint Forces in Yemen Lt. Gen. Fahad bin Turki bin Abdul Aziz and the launch of a probe into corruption. Jouf Deputy Gov. Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahad bin Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud was also fired and referred for […]
NEW DELHI: A court has ordered India’s cricket board to pay more than $640 million to former Indian Premier League champions Deccan Chargers for illegal termination of the franchise. The Chargers, which were owned by the Deccan Chronicle newspaper group, were kicked out of the IPL in 2012 by the Board of Control for Cricket […]
MOSCOW – Russian lawmakers late on Tuesday submitted draft legislation that would ban same-sex marriage after voters backed changes to the constitution which define marriage as a union of a man and a woman only. The changes, championed by President Vladimir Putin, were overwhelmingly approved by voters this month in an exercise that opened the […]
WASHINGTON: Despite some signs of recovery, the global economy faces continued challenges, including the possibility of a second wave of Covid-19, and governments should keep their support programs in place, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief, Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. Activity “has started to gradually strengthen… But we are not out of the woods yet,” […]
