US veto power prevents accountability at UN Security Council. US cites self-defence under UN Charter Article 51. Legal experts argue US operation violated international law. UNITED NATIONS: The legality of the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be under the spotlight at the United Nations on Monday, but Washington is unlikely to face…
BEIJING: Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate. A decade since China scrapped its stringent one-child policy and implemented a two-child policy in January 2016, the nation is dealing with a looming…
Beyond the Time News has obtained the charge sheet filed by the United States Department of Justice against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on the basis of which both are scheduled to appear on Monday before a federal court in New York. The charge sheet has been filed in the records…
Commission member says several unmarked graves identified where bodies presumably buried A Bangladesh commission investigating disappearances during the rule of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday at least 287 people were assumed to have been killed. The commission said some corpses were believed to have been dumped in rivers, including the Buriganga in…
DUBAI: Dubai Police have warned residents to remain vigilant against fake work visa schemes, saying fraudsters are targeting job seekers with false promises of employment and visa sponsorship. In a statement, the Anti-Fraud Centre of the General Department of Criminal Investigation said scammers are using “fraudulent visa offers” to illegally collect money from victims, urging…
US Vice President JD Vance on Monday said “a crazy person” had tried to break into his Ohio home by hammering on the windows, noting he and his family were not there at the time. CNN, citing an unnamed US law enforcement source, reported earlier that officials were probing an incident at the home and…
She was a PharmD student at Lahore university, say police. Police say trying to obtain student’s last phone conversation. Incident follows a suicide at same university two weeks ago. Lahore: A female student suffered critical injuries after jumping from the second floor of a private university in Lahore, authorities said, in the second suicide attempt…
One of the dead was target killer Muhammad Nazir alias Mujahid. Weapons, including AK-47 and pistols, were recovered from site. Police say operations to continue until last militant is eliminated. PESHAWAR: Three militants were killed during an intelligence-based operation carried out jointly by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Bannu region and Lakki Marwat police in…
LONDON: Bright Pakistani student Rehab Asad Shaikh has initiated a legal case against the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), seeking compensation and justice after the world-famous educational establishment wronged her in awarding marks after her graduation, depriving her of a clear chance to do MPhil at Cambridge University. Shaikh came to the…
Operation carried out in Karachi’s Raees Goth: DIG CTD Truck, over 30 explosives-laden drums, 5 cylinders seized. Three terrorists associated with BLA commander Bashir arrested. KARACHI: A major terror plot has been averted as the law enforcement agencies recovered over two tonnes of explosives in an operation in Karachi’s Raees Goth, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD)…