Archives for September 16, 2020
Gaza rockets, Israeli airstrikes accompany Israel-Gulf pacts
Militants in Gaza launched rockets into Israel and Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Palestinian enclave in an explosive backdrop to the signing of pacts for formal ties between Israel and two…
Amazon signs Amitabh Bachchan as new Alexa
As Silicon Valley giants expand their reach into India's giant market, superstar Amitabh Bachchan is ready to lend his vocals in order to play Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa. With Big…
Houthis urged to halt march on strategic Yemeni city
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday called on Yemen’s Houthi militia to halt its military actions targeting the government-held city of Marib and warned that a conflict could lead to human catastrophe.…
Navalny happy to breathe unaided, eyes Russia return
MOSCOW: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday he was able to breathe unaided in his first public comments after his suspected poisoning in Siberia, while his aide said he…
Islamabad hails map triumph over Delhi at SCO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday celebrated its diplomatic victory — the overruling of Indian objection by Russia to displaying of its new political map at an online meeting of national security…
World missing all targets to save nature, warns UN
PARIS: Countries are set to miss all of the targets they set themselves a decade ago to preserve nature and save Earth’s vital biodiversity, the United Nations said on Tuesday.…
Germany agrees to take in 1,500 refugees from Greece
LESBOS: Germany said on Tuesday it has agreed to take in more than 1,500 refugees from Greece on top of the 150 unaccompanied minors whose camp burned down on the…
Palestinians take to streets against deals
RAMALLAH: Hundreds of Palestinians protested on Tuesday against Israel’s normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Clutching Palestinian flags and wearing blue face masks for protection against the…
Trump says he wanted to kill Assad, but Mattis opposed idea
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wanted to assassinate Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad in 2017, but that his then-secretary of defence Jim Mattis opposed the operation. “I…
17 Indian MPs infected with coronavirus as cases near five million
NEW DELHI: At least 17 members of the Indian parliament have tested positive for the coronavirus, government officials said on Tuesday, underlining the widening spread of infections set to cross…