MAKASSAR, Indonesia: Rescuers on Sunday found the debris from a small plane that went missing in eastern Indonesia, but have yet to locate the 10 passengers who were on board, officials said. The Indonesian Air Transport turboprop plane lost contact with the air traffic controller on Saturday afternoon while en route from Yogyakarta to the…
BEIRUT, Lebanon: Kurdish-led forces withdrew on Sunday from Syria’s largest oil field in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, a monitor said, as their fighters clashed with government soldiers who have extended their grip on Kurdish-run areas in recent days. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) “withdrew at dawn on Sunday from all areas under its…
WASHINGTON: A US judge on Friday restricted federal agents from interfering with peaceful protesters in Minnesota, ordering immigration agents to dial back aggressive tactics shortly after President Donald Trump said there was no immediate need to invoke the Insurrection Act regarding the demonstrations. US District Judge Katherine Menendez barred the detention or arrest of peaceful…
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government said on Saturday its goal was “to help all malnourished children and mothers”, after the United Nations warned that millions would experience acute malnutrition this year. The World Food Programme’s Afghanistan director John Aylieff said this week that five million women and children would experience life-threatening malnutrition in a worsening crisis…
• Duties start at 10pc on eight nations from Feb 1 and could rise to 25pc in June; penalties to remain until deal is complete • Denmark, UK, France and Germany among nations targeted; thousands rally in Nuuk as PM joins chants of ‘Make America Go Away’ • US lawmakers call govt push ‘misguided’ WASHINGTON:…
• Decree declares Kurdish a ‘national language’ of Syria • US envoy meets head of Syrian Kurdish forces in Iraq DEIR HAFER/ERBIL: Syria’s army said on Saturday that its forces had taken control of swathes of the region east of Aleppo city after Kurdish forces agreed to withdraw following recent clashes. The advance comes a…
LONDON: UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday deplored a host of “powerful forces lining up to undermine global cooperation” in a London speech marking the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly. Guterres, whose term as secretary general ends on Dec 31 this year, delivered the warning at the Methodist Central Hall in London,…
New Delhi: The Congress has denounced the Modi government for “communalisation of education” in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir following the withdrawal of permission for MBBS course at Vaishno Devi Medical College in Reasi district of the territory. According to Beyond the Time News, Congress general secretary in-charge of occupied Jammu and Kashmir…
Washington: An American journal has strongly supported Pakistan’s position regarding India’s actions against the Indus Waters Treaty, warning that these steps could pose a serious humanitarian threat in South Asia. According to Betond the Time News, the US publication, The National Interest, in its report said India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has introduced…
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Friday it considered calls by some European states to resume dialogue with Russia as “positive”, after French and Italian leaders called for re-engagement with Moscow on Ukraine. Dialogue between the EU and Russia has been virtually frozen since Moscow launched its full-scale offensive on Ukraine in 2022. The bloc has imposed huge…