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Leaders of Ukraine, UN seeks to secure Russian-held nuclear plant
KYIV: UN Chief and Presidents of Turkey and Ukraine have discussed ways to end war started by Russia and secure Europe’s largest nuclear power station, as Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of new shelling near plant. UN Secretary-General An...
Taliban leader says foreign engagement will be in line with sharia
KABUL: Taliban will deal with international community in line with sharia law, supreme leader of hardline Islamist group said, according to a copy of his speech shared by information ministry. Yet to be formally recognised as a government by any fore...
Protests break out in India over release of Muslim woman’s rapists
NEW DELHI: A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India’s devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to government to rescind its decision to free 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing crime, after they were rel...
Taapsee Pannu recalls Anurag Kashyap’s advice: ‘Go and work with Rohit Shetty’
Actor Taapsee Pannu revealed director Anurag Kashyap’s advice to her when she told him she wanted to become a star. In a recent interview, Taapsee recalled Anurag asking her to ‘go and work’ with filmmaker Rohit Shetty. Taapsee also...
Saudi Crown Prince, Uzbek President witness inking of accords
RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Jeddah. Pair held a meeting and discussed bilateral relations and cooperation in various fields, in addition to reviewing a number of issues of common interest, S...
Russia says Ukraine planning ‘provocation’ at nuclear plant, Kyiv dismisses accusation
LONDON: Russia said there was a risk of a manmade disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and accused Kyiv and West of planning “provocation” there during a visit to Ukraine by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres....
Ex-CIA station chief urges Biden to block Iran leader from attending UNGA
CHICAGO: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi should be prevented from attending next month’s UN General Assembly because Tehran is complicit in attack on novelist Salman Rushdie in New York on August 12, and continues to foment violence and te...
At least 20 martyred in deadly Kabul blast
KABUL: A huge explosion struck a masjid in Kabul during evening prayers, witnesses and police said, more than 30 are feared dead and many injured. Police said there were multiple casualties but did not say how many. One Taliban intelligence official...
COAS Bajwa conferred upon ‘Order of Union Medal’ by UAE President
DUBAI: President of UAE Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has conferred Order of Union Medal on Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in recognition of his significant contributions for promotion of bilateral ties between two countries. Medal was con...
China urges int’l community to engage with Taliban
UNITED NATIONS: China renewed its calls for international community to engage with Taliban, Afghanistan’s de facto rulers, one year after group’s takeover of Kabul. China’s UN envoy Zhang Jun told reporters in New York that it was i...
