Saudi embrace of Assad sends strong signal to US USA Info Lab May 24, 2023 Once labelled a pariah, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took centre stage as master of ceremonies last week when Arab states readmit... Continue Reading
Driver detained as truck crashes near White House; Nazi flag found USA Info Lab May 24, 2023 WASHINGTON: The United States (US) Secret Service said it had detained the driver of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers... Continue Reading
India abusing G20 with Kashmir meet: Bilawal Bhutto USA Info Lab May 23, 2023 MUZAFFARABAD: India is “abusing” its presidency of the G20 by holding a tourism conference in the portion of disputed Kashmir it controls, ... Continue Reading
Australia fetes Modi with focus on trade, not rights USA Info Lab May 23, 2023 SYDNEY: Australia said Tuesday it wants to take relations with India to “the next level” as it hosts Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a trad... Continue Reading
Papua New Guinea, US to sign security pact with eye on China USA Info Lab May 22, 2023 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea will sign a defence pact with the United States on Monday, giving US forces access to its ... Continue Reading
New Zealand sheep outnumber people less than 5 to 1, a record low USA Info Lab May 22, 2023 WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s sheep outnumber people by fewer than five to one, official figures showed Monday, clipping their lead over humans... Continue Reading
El Salvador mourns 12 killed in soccer stadium stampede USA Info Lab May 22, 2023 El Salvador was in shock Sunday after 12 people died and hundreds were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium. Authorities said initial... Continue Reading
Five Iranian border guards killed in clashes in southeast USA Info Lab May 22, 2023 Five Iranian border guards were killed Sunday during clashes with an armed group in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan... Continue Reading
UN chief says it’s time to reform Security Council and Bretton Woods USA Info Lab May 21, 2023 HIROSHIMA: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that it was time to reform both the Security Council and Bretton Woods to a... Continue Reading
German police say probing suspected poisoning of Russian exiles USA Info Lab May 21, 2023 BERLIN: An inquiry has been opened into the possible poisoning of exiled Russians after a journalist and an activist reported health proble... Continue Reading
Erdogan eyes third decade of rule in historic runoff USA Info Lab May 21, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cruises on Sunday into the final week before an historic runoff election as the big favourite to ext... Continue Reading
Israel far-right minister visits Al-Aqsa compound: police USA Info Lab May 21, 2023 Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday, police said, a controversial mov... Continue Reading
G7 warns economic coercion will ‘face consequences’ USA Info Lab May 20, 2023 HIROSHIMA: G7 leaders vowed Saturday that attempts to “weaponise” trade and supply chains would “fail and face consequences,” in a thinly v... Continue Reading
Decades-long Guantanamo Bay torture won’t let me eat, sleep: Rabbani USA Info Lab May 20, 2023 KARACHI: Ex Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Rabbani said his confidence in the US, as the champion of human rights, shattered for good, when ... Continue Reading
China opposes G20 meeting in IIOJK and will skip it USA Info Lab May 20, 2023 NEW DELHI: China said on Friday that it is opposed to a G20 tourism meeting next week in the disputed Himalayan territory of Indian Illegal... Continue Reading
Four children found alive in Amazon after plane crash USA Info Lab May 18, 2023 Four Indigenous children, including an 11-month-old baby, have been found alive in the dense Colombian Amazon after a plane crash more than... Continue Reading
OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections USA Info Lab May 17, 2023 The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel on Tuesday the use of artificial intelligence to interfere with election... Continue Reading
UK govt rejects criticism that Brexit has failed USA Info Lab May 16, 2023 Britain’s departure from the European Union has not been a failure, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said on Tuesday, rebuffing cr... Continue Reading
Vodafone boss says she will cut 11,000 jobs USA Info Lab May 16, 2023 New Vodafone boss Margherita Della Valle said she would cut 11,000 jobs over three years to help the telecoms group regain its competitive ... Continue Reading
‘Unanswered questions’ remain over Ukraine grain deal extension: Russia USA Info Lab May 16, 2023 MOSCOW: Russia said Tuesday it was still undecided on whether it would renew its participation in a landmark grain export deal with Ukraine... Continue Reading