NEW DELHI: An influential Hindu nationalist group and an Indian traders body called on Thursday for a boycott of Chinese goods, to slap Beijing for blocking a move to put a Pakistani militant leader on a UN terrorist list following a suicide attack last month.Regarded by Pakistan as its most reliable friend, China has repeatedly…
NEW DELHI: An influential Hindu nationalist group and an Indian traders body called on Thursday for a boycott of Chinese goods, to slap Beijing for blocking a move to put a Pakistani militant leader on a UN terrorist list following a suicide attack last month.Regarded by Pakistan as its most reliable friend, China has repeatedly…
NEW DELHI: An influential Hindu nationalist group and an Indian traders body called on Thursday for a boycott of Chinese goods, to slap Beijing for blocking a move to put a Pakistani militant leader on a UN terrorist list following a suicide attack last month.Regarded by Pakistan as its most reliable friend, China has repeatedly…
DHAKA: The father of Shamima Begum, the British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away to join Daesh in Syria, said his daughter’s British citizenship should be restored, and asked that she be allowed to return to the country. In 2015, Shamima Begum left her parents’ home in the Bethnal Green district of London to travel…
DHAKA: The father of Shamima Begum, the British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away to join Daesh in Syria, said his daughter’s British citizenship should be restored, and asked that she be allowed to return to the country. In 2015, Shamima Begum left her parents’ home in the Bethnal Green district of London to travel…
DHAKA: The father of Shamima Begum, the British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away to join Daesh in Syria, said his daughter’s British citizenship should be restored, and asked that she be allowed to return to the country. In 2015, Shamima Begum left her parents’ home in the Bethnal Green district of London to travel…
ANKARA: An escalation of heavy air and artillery strikes on Idlib in northwestern Syria on Wednesday night has raised doubts over the future of the Astana deal between Turkey, Russia and Iran. Moscow claimed the bombing of Syria’s last rebel stronghold had been coordinated with Turkey, but this was denied by Ankara. Under the deal, Turkey…
GAZA CITY: Mohammed Ishtayeh, the man charged with forming a new Palestinian government, faces many challenges. Carrying the “heavy legacy” of predecessor Rami Hamdallah, who headed the national reconciliation government that emerged between Fatah and Hamas in 2014, he knows he cannot count on the support of Gaza’s ruling faction. It is not just Hamas…
ANKARA: An escalation of heavy air and artillery strikes on Idlib in northwestern Syria on Wednesday night has raised doubts over the future of the Astana deal between Turkey, Russia and Iran. Moscow claimed the bombing of Syria’s last rebel stronghold had been coordinated with Turkey, but this was denied by Ankara. Under the deal, Turkey…
ALKHOBAR: The opening night of Sharqiah Season on Thursday drew crowds of Saudis to the Alkhobar Corniche, despite strong winds and sprinklings of rain earlier in the day. Groups of friends stopping to take selfies and families with young children in tow wandered through the Entertainment Boulevard, lined with food stalls selling karak and koshari. “What’s…
ALKHOBAR: The opening night of Sharqiah Season on Thursday drew crowds of Saudis to the Alkhobar Corniche, despite strong winds and sprinklings of rain earlier in the day. Groups of friends stopping to take selfies and families with young children in tow wandered through the Entertainment Boulevard, lined with food stalls selling karak and koshari. “What’s…
Saudi Human Rights Commission: Necessary measures have been taken in Jamal Khashoggi case DUBAI: The head of the Saudi human rights commission, Bandar Al-Aiban, told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday that the Kingdom had taken all necessary measures in the case of murdered journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. In his speech, Al-Aiban…
LONDON: OPEC on Thursday cut the forecast of global demand for its crude this year as rivals boost production, building a case to extend a supply-cutting deal with Russia and other allies beyond the first half of 2019.In a monthly report, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said 2019 demand for its crude would…
SINGAPORE: Utility-scale solar power capacity is expected to grow by double digits globally in 2019 and 2020, driven by expansions in the United States, Europe, Middle East and China, US bank Goldman Sachs said on Thursday.Solar power is the fastest growing source of electricity generation, taking market share from fossil fuels like thermal coal and…
DUBAI: Global port operator DP World says its profit rose 10 percent in 2018 despite worldwide tensions over trade amid a trade war between China and the US and fears about Britain leaving the European Union.The port operator on Thursday reported profits of around $1.29 billion, up from around $1.17 billion the year before.Its revenue…
BRUSSELS: The future of NATO’s 15-year-long military operation in Afghanistan will depend on the outcome of peace talks involving Taliban insurgents, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, after a US envoy reported important progress from the latest round of negotiations.The longest direct talks ever held between the United States and the Taliban concluded this week.…
LONDON: British MPs will vote today on whether to ask the European Union for an extension to the March 29 Brexit deadline, with the whole process mired in chaos.It comes after MPs on Wednesday voted to reject a no-deal Brexit, in an intense week of parliamentary ballots.The government will ask British lawmakers to endorse its…
WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Wednesday dealt a stinging bipartisan rebuke to Donald Trump’s foreign policy and his alliance with Riyadh, voting to end support for the Saudi-led war effort against the Houthis in Yemen.Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled chamber approved a historic curtailment of presidential war powers that directs Trump “to remove United States Armed…
ISTANBUL: Turkey and Russia are discussing a “coordination center” to better manage their operations in Syria’s rebel-controlled Idlib province, Turkey’s defense minister said.Regime ally Russia and Turkey, which supports rebels, have been on opposite sides in the Syrian war.But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have been working closely to end the…
ISTANBUL: Turkey and Russia are discussing a “coordination center” to better manage their operations in Syria’s rebel-controlled Idlib province, Turkey’s defense minister said.Regime ally Russia and Turkey, which supports rebels, have been on opposite sides in the Syrian war.But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have been working closely to end the…
