Mahsa Amini was not killed, she passed away, claimed Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri on Thursday, blaming western media for creating a “baseless and fallacious” atmosphere. Speaking to ANI, he slammed western countries for their response to the protests triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran. READ | … Read more
Lt Gen Asim Munir, former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, was on Thursday appointed as the new chief of the Pakistan Army by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, as a successor to General Qamar Bajwa. Munir, who was set to retire on Nov 27, two days before Bajwa completes an extended tenure of almost … Read more
Long-time Malaysian statesman Anwar Ibrahim is the country’s new prime minister after the Southeast Asian nation’s palace made the announcement on Thursday ending a protracted election deadlock. Following the meeting with state rulers and in line with the Malaysian constitution, the king appointed Anwar as the Southeast Asian nation’s tenth prime minister. The king said … Read more
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made insult-laden threats against South Korea on Thursday for considering unliteral sanctions on the North, calling the South’s new president and his government “idiots” and “a running wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the U.S.” READ | North Korea vexed by US-South Korea … Read more
Defending his decision over layoff of Twitter employees, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the micro-blogging site was losing more than $4 million per day. Taking to Twitter, Elon Musk said, “Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately, there is no choice when the company is losing over $4 mn/day. Everyone exited was offered 3 months … Read more
Islamabad: The cloud of uncertainty around the appointment of Pakistan’s new Army Chief began to clear on Wednesday after the government announced on Wednesday that it has received the names of senior generals for the post to succeed incumbent General Qamar Javed Bajwa. READ | ‘Excitement will end, after which we will deal with Imran … Read more
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog met a Russian delegation in Istanbul on Wednesday to discuss safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the watchdog said. READ | Ukraine accuses Russia of planting Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant again The Zaporizhzhia plant, which Russia seized shortly after its Feb. 24 invasion, was … Read more
Maybe it’s his age. Maybe it’s his stellar form for Paris Saint-Germain. Maybe it’s that drought-ending Copa America title last year. But there’s something different about Lionel Messi at the World Cup — a fact he acknowledges himself. He’s relaxed, he’s happy, he never stopped smiling in a rare appearance at a news conference Monday. … Read more
Russia on Tuesday said it hoped Turkey would exercise “restraint” and refrain from “any excessive use of force” in Syria, where Ankara has carried out air strikes and is threatening to launch a ground offensive against Kurdish fighters. “We hope to convince our Turkish colleagues to refrain from resorting to excessive use of force on … Read more
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would welcome the chance to meet his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe during an upcoming visit to Cambodia, the Pentagon’s spokesman said Monday. Brigadier General Patrick Ryder stopped short of announcing a meeting but said the United States was in contact with China’s defence ministry about the issue. READ | China-PAK … Read more
Russia-Ukraine War: The Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom on Wednesday accused Russia of again striking the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant in southern Ukraine. “Russian terrorists bombed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant again during the night,” Energoatom said on Telegram. The strike damaged a power line causing the stoppage of several transformers of the number six reactor of … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron told world leaders at the UN General Assembly session that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was right when he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that this is not the time for war. Modi, who met Putin last week on the sidelines of the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Uzbekistan’s … Read more
New Delhi: The United States and India will co-develop drones, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday, as Washington seeks closer ties with Delhi as a way of countering China. India will build these aircraft and export them to other countries in its region, this official said. Delhi wants to diversify its weaponry, which is mainly Russian-made, … Read more
The United States warned on Sunday of “catastrophic consequences” if Moscow uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine after Russia’s foreign minister said regions holding widely-criticized referendums would get full protection if annexed by Moscow. Votes were staged for a third day in four eastern Ukrainian regions, aimed at annexing territory Russia has taken by force. The … Read more
Kazakhstan will ensure the care and safety of Russians fleeing a “hopeless situation,” the president of the Central Asian country said on Tuesday, as Russian men fled the Ukraine military call-up. “Recently we’ve had many people from Russia coming here,” Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was quoted as saying by his press service. “Most of them are forced … Read more