NEW DELHI: There was a shutdown in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday over attempts to change a law that gives special rights to the state and the people living there. Trade associations staged the one-day in strike in protest at calls among the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to change Article 35A, which gives Jammu and…
ABU DHABI: Ambitious plans to map the entire global ocean floor could “absolutely” piece together the puzzle of the missing Malaysian airliner MH370, which disappeared five years ago this week, a leading expert told Arab News in an exclusive interview at the World Ocean Summit on Monday. A new project called Seabed 2030 plans to map…
ABU DHABI: Ambitious plans to map the entire global ocean floor could “absolutely” piece together the puzzle of the missing Malaysian airliner MH370, which disappeared five years ago this week, a leading expert told Arab News in an exclusive interview at the World Ocean Summit on Monday. A new project called Seabed 2030 plans to map…
Ambiguity in US treaty ‘could add to chaos,’ Philippines’ defense chief warns MANILA: Vagueness of the Philippines-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) could further worsen the situation, not serve as deterrence during critical times, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday. Lorenzana underscored the need to review the decades-old document because of its ambiguous provisions. In…
LONDON: Britain’s Conservative Party has suspended 14 members over alleged Islamophobia, it emerged on Tuesday, amid calls for an independent inquiry into widespread “bigotry” within the ruling party. The members were reportedly suspended after numerous abusive posts were uncovered on social media, collected online by the @matesjacob Twitter account. One individual claimed they would like…
LONDON: Britain’s Conservative Party has suspended 14 members over alleged Islamophobia, it emerged on Tuesday, amid calls for an independent inquiry into widespread “bigotry” within the ruling party. The members were reportedly suspended after numerous abusive posts were uncovered on social media, collected online by the @matesjacob Twitter account. One individual claimed they would like…
Ambiguity in US treaty ‘could add to chaos,’ Philippines’ defense chief warns MANILA: Vagueness of the Philippines-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) could further worsen the situation, not serve as deterrence during critical times, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday. Lorenzana underscored the need to review the decades-old document because of its ambiguous provisions. In…
Ambiguity in US treaty ‘could add to chaos,’ Philippines’ defense chief warns MANILA: Vagueness of the Philippines-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) could further worsen the situation, not serve as deterrence during critical times, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday. Lorenzana underscored the need to review the decades-old document because of its ambiguous provisions. In…
LONDON: UK police say counter-terrorism investigation launched after small improvised explosive devices were found at Heathrow Airport, City Airport and Waterloo Station on Tuesday. Officers from Counter Terrorism Command have launched an investigation after three suspicious packages were received at The Compass Centre #Hounslow, near #Heathrow Airport, London Waterloo Station and City Aviation House #Newham…
NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: The wife of French extremist Jean-Michel Clain told AFP Tuesday in Syria that her husband was killed last month after a coalition strike killed his brother Fabien, another notorious extremist.“The drone killed my brother-in-law and then the mortar killed my husband,” Dorothee Maquere said at a screening area after exiting the Daesh…
Sri Lanka’s toilet trouble: finance minister pledges millions to resolve a very dirty issue COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government allocated money to build toilets in over a quarter million homes Tuesday, under an ambitious project to flush out the practice of “open defecation” within a year.Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera told parliament the government will spend 4,000…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government sacked a provincial minister on Tuesday for making offensive comments about Hindus, amid easing tensions with India after the two nuclear-armed neighbors came to the brink of war last month.Punjab provincial Information Minister Fayyaz Chohan referred on Monday to Hindus, who number more than four million in Muslim-majority Pakistan, as “cow urine…
OTTAWA: In a serious blow to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a second member of his Cabinet resigned on Monday, saying she had lost confidence in how the government had dealt with an escalating political scandal.The departure of recently appointed Treasury Board President Jane Philpott, who was in overall charge of government spending, deprives Trudeau…
KARACHI: Pakistan has stopped an Indian submarine from entering its waters, the navy said Tuesday, as tensions continue to run high between the nuclear-armed foes.The development came days after a rare aerial dogfight between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir ignited fears of an all-out conflict, with world powers rushing to urge…
LONDON: Air pollution has long been an environmental and health problem — but now it should now be viewed as a human rights issue as well, according to the UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment.Air pollution is leading to 7 million premature deaths a year around the world, including 600,000 among children,…
LONDON: Air pollution has long been an environmental and health problem — but now it should now be viewed as a human rights issue as well, according to the UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment.Air pollution is leading to 7 million premature deaths a year around the world, including 600,000 among children,…
LONDON: Air pollution has long been an environmental and health problem — but now it should now be viewed as a human rights issue as well, according to the UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment.Air pollution is leading to 7 million premature deaths a year around the world, including 600,000 among children,…
TORONTO: A leading Cabinet minister in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government resigned Monday, becoming the second minister to step down over a scandal that has shaken the government in an election year.Treasury Board president Jane Philpott, considered a star minister, said in a resignation letter that it was “untenable” for her to continue in…
WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US Congress unleashed an unexpectedly sweeping series of demands in their investigations of President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking information about his communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin and documents from 81 sources in an obstruction probe.The heads of the House of Representatives Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees wrote to…
WASHINGTON: Democrats in the US Congress unleashed an unexpectedly sweeping series of demands in their investigations of President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking information about his communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin and documents from 81 sources in an obstruction probe. The heads of the House of Representatives Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees wrote…
