MANILA: Clad in green army uniform, 219 ex-members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) turned peacekeepers after finishing their basic training with the police and military at Camp Lucero in North Cotabato. After decades fighting government forces in fierce battles, the new recruits will now work alongside their former foes in the country’s volatile south.…
MANILA: Clad in green army uniform, 219 ex-members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) turned peacekeepers after finishing their basic training with the police and military at Camp Lucero in North Cotabato. After decades fighting government forces in fierce battles, the new recruits will now work alongside their former foes in the country’s volatile south.…
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament's ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit between now and EU exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene. In his boldest move yet to take the country out of the European Union…
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament's ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit between now and EU exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene. In his boldest move yet to take the country out of the European Union…
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday set up a five-judge constitutional bench to hear challenges to the controversial scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and its division into two states. The bench refused to accept Indian government legal arguments that the move might have “cross-border repercussions” and was “liable to be misused.” The…
KABUL: The Taliban hopes to finalize a peace deal with US diplomats soon in a move that could end a decades-old conflict in Afghanistan, the group’s spokesman told Arab News on Tuesday. Taliban emissaries and US diplomats, led by Washington’s special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, began their ninth round of talks in Qatar recently, after US President…
WAZIR DHAND: A Pakistani truck driver pardoned by Saudi Arabia after spending seven years in jail following a deadly road accident received an emotional welcome from relatives and friends when he returned to his hometown in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. Zahir Hussain Zar Khan traveled to the Kingdom from Peshawar in 2012 to work as a…
KABUL: The Taliban hopes to finalize a peace deal with US diplomats soon in a move that could end a decades-old conflict in Afghanistan, the group’s spokesman told Arab News on Tuesday. Taliban emissaries and US diplomats, led by Washington’s special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, began their ninth round of talks in Qatar recently, after US President…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would not mediate in the Kashmir crisis, despite having offered to do so several times in the past, saying India and Pakistan could sort it out “mutually.” India and Pakistan both lay claim to Kashmir, which they administer in part, and the territory lies at the…
KABUL: Afghanistan plans to deploy more than 70,000 troops to ensure that next month’s presidential election goes safely and smoothly, a government spokesman said on Monday. Taliban fighters have threatened to disrupt the vote, despite signs that a peace deal between the armed group and the US is imminent, and thousands of polling centers will remain…
KABUL: Afghanistan plans to deploy more than 70,000 troops to ensure that next month’s presidential election goes safely and smoothly, a government spokesman said on Monday. Taliban fighters have threatened to disrupt the vote, despite signs that a peace deal between the armed group and the US is imminent, and thousands of polling centers will remain…
British airports to introduce 3D screening for carry-on bags /node/1545291/world Updated 5 sec ago August 25, 2019 11:22 British airports to introduce 3D screening for carry-on bags The screeners already are being used in trials at London’s Heathrow Airport and they will progressively be rolled out to other British airports by Dec. 1, 2022, the…
SEOUL: North Korea test-fired a new type of multiple rocket launch system late Saturday into the sea off its east coast, state media reported. It was the seventh test in a month, as negotiations to scrap the North’s nuclear arsenal flounder. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Sunday that the latest…
SEOUL: North Korea test-fired a new type of multiple rocket launch system late Saturday into the sea off its east coast, state media reported. It was the seventh test in a month, as negotiations to scrap the North’s nuclear arsenal flounder. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Sunday that the latest…
KABUL: Afghanistan said on Saturday it expects the US to share details of a peace deal with the Taliban before it is signed, having been excluded from all rounds of talks. US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has led diplomats through at least nine rounds of talks with members of the armed group in Qatar since last…
NEW DELHI: A delegation of senior opposition leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, were detained at Srinagar Airport and sent back to New Delhi on Saturday, when they tried to visit the Kashmir Valley. The 11-member delegation representing eight parties had planned to visit various parts of Kashmir to get a sense of the situation in…
KABUL: Afghanistan said on Saturday it expects the US to share details of a peace deal with the Taliban before it is signed, having been excluded from all rounds of talks. US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has led diplomats through at least nine rounds of talks with members of the armed group in Qatar since last…
PORT VELHO, Brazil: Under international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of Brazil’s Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday authorized use of the military to battle the huge blazes while thousands took to the streets to protest his environmental policies.Brazilian forces will deploy starting Saturday to border areas, indigenous territories and other affected regions in…
Bolsonaro to send army to fight huge fires in the Amazon Some 370 square kilometers (140 square miles) have burned in northern Paraguay, near the borders with Brazil and Bolivia, said Joaquín Roa, a Paraguayan state emergency official Updated 23 min 59 sec ago AP August 24, 2019 00:36 PORT VELHO, Brazil: Under international pressure…
MANILA: The Philippines military is retraining 3,000 former armed rebels for their new roles as peacekeepers in the country’s south, serving alongside the agencies and authorities they used to fight against. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was one of several groups that waged a rebellion in the Mindanao region that claimed about 150,000 lives…
