Timor-Leste president dissolves parliament for new elections
DILI: East Timor President Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres said on Friday he was dissolving parliament and would call new elections in a bid to end a prolonged political impasse in the tiny…
North, South Korea hockey players team up for Winter Olympics
SEOUL: Female hockey players from the rival Koreas were paired up with each other Thursday to form their first-ever Olympic squad during next month’s Pyeongchang Winter Games, as their countries press ahead…
Al Qaeda leader calls for killing Jews, Americans over Jerusalem
YEMEN: A senior al Qaeda leader has called on Muslims “everywhere” to rise up and kill Jews and Americans in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s…
Turkey, Iraq talk for joint operation against Kurds in Sinjar
BAGHDAD: Turkey and Iraq are in talks for a joint operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) presence in the Sinjar province of Iraq, the Turkish foreign minister has said, as…
South Koreans not happy for joint hockey team
SEOUL: South Koreans seem generally happy looking for the North Koreans at their Olympics, but aren’t as pleased about sharing a team with them. The agreement between the war-separated rivals to field…
‘Most severe’ crisis ever for UN Palestinian agency after US freeze
RAMALLAH: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees faces its worst funding crisis ever after the United States froze tens of millions of dollars in contributions, its spokesman said on Wednesday. “The US…
Russian priest charged over child molesting for 14 years prison
ST PETERSBURG: The Priozersky City Court in Russia’s Leningrad region has sentenced priest Gleb Grozovsky to 14 years in a high-security penal colony for molesting children in camps organized by the Russian…
Saudi Arabia: Man wanted for ‘terrorist crimes’ killed
DUBAI: Saudi security forces shot and killed a man suspected of involvement in “terrorist crimes” in an exchange of fire in the eastern part of the kingdom, state news agency SPA reported…
Hong Kong democracy activist Wong jailed for 2014 protest
HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 21, was sentenced to a second jail term of three months on Wednesday for what a judge described as his “leading” role during some…
FBI arrests Ex-CIA officer for keeping classified information
WASHINGTON: A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer was arrested at a US airport on Monday night in connection with charges that he illegally retained highly classified information, the US Justice Department…
Beijing does not need Taiwan’s permission for new air route, says Ma
BEIJING: The Chinese government said on Wednesday that it does not need Taiwan’s permission to open new air routes, after Taipei complained that a new route over the narrow Taiwan Strait that…
Saudi women attend football game for the first time
JEDDAH: For years Areej al-Ghamdi could only cheer her favourite football team from home, but everything changed on Friday when Saudi Arabia allowed women into the stadium for the first time. The…
US sets date for execution of Indian-American death-row prisoner
WASHINGTON: There is a slim chance of the first death-row Indian-American prisoner being executed on the scheduled date of February 23 because of a 2015 moratorium on the death penalty by Pennsylvania…
Farage tells Brexiteers to get ready for second EU referendum
LONDON: Nigel Farage’s surprise call for Britain to prepare for a second EU referendum has ignited hopes among anti-Brexit campaigners that both sides of the debate will back a poll on Theresa…
Two women arrested for abducting baby from Karachi hospital
KARACHI: Police claimed to have recovered a newborn baby girl and arrested two women, allegedly involved in her kidnapping on Wednesday. According to SSP South Javed Akbar Riaz, The newborn daughter of…
2017: the costliest year in US history for natural disasters
MIAMI: Last year was the most expensive in US history for natural disasters, with a series of fires and hurricanes that cost $306 billion, according to a US government report Monday. A…
Faiza for party based LB polls
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Lahore Women Wing President and Punjab Assembly Member (MPA) Faiza Malik on Tuesday urged the Punjab government to hold the local bodies (LB) elections as early as possible…