WASHINGTON: Sikhs for Justice, a global Sikh advocacy organisation, strongly condemned a suicide bombing at a place of worship in Islamabad, calling the attack an assault on peace, religious freedom and basic human values, alleging India’s role in the attack. In a statement issued from Washington, the group’s leader, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, alleged that India’s…
New York: Digital advertising trucks bearing the message “Kashmir Is Not Forgotten: February 5th – Day of Solidarity” rolled through the most visible and symbolic locations of New York City, including the United Nations headquarters, Times Square, Freedom Tower, CenturyTel Park, and areas surrounding foreign UN missions. According to Beyond the Time News, Dr Ghulam…
OSLO: Norway’s economic crime police unit, Oekokrim, said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into former prime minister and chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, on suspicion of aggravated corruption. The decision to investigate Jagland, also a former Secretary General of the Council of Europe, was based on information revealed by newly…
Activists behind a flotilla intercepted at sea last year by Israel while trying to bring aid to Gaza will try again this year, expecting more than twice as many boats carrying up to 1,000 medics, they said on Thursday. The Israeli military halted the roughly 40 boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla last October as…
Iran and the United States (US) are set to hold high-stakes negotiations in Oman on Friday over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but a dispute over the agenda suggests progress will be hard won amid the threat of a regional Middle East war. While both sides have signalled readiness to revive diplomacy over Tehran’s long-running nuclear dispute…
MOSCOW: Russia faces a steep drop in oil income if U.S. President Donald Trump successfully pressures India to stop importing Russian crude, because losing its top purchaser of seaborne exports would force Moscow to slash prices to find other buyers, analysts and traders said. Trump on Monday cut U.S. tariffs on Indian goods in a…
Germany’s Siemens Energy said on Tuesday that it has decided to invest $1 billion to boost production in the US and significantly expand its workforce to meet a surge in electricity demand. The US has been experiencing unparalleled growth in electricity demand as the country is rapidly expanding data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and modern…
NEW DELHI: India and the United States have struck a trade deal to cut U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for New Delhi halting purchases of Russian oil and lowering trade barriers. Both sides have shared the broad outlines of the deal but not the details, with early indications suggesting…
BEIJING: Three Chinese lawmakers with ties to the defence sector have been removed from their positions, state media said in the wake of an investigation of the nation’s top general, just as Beijing tries to modernise its military. The announcement on Wednesday evening by the Xinhua news agency did not give a reason for the…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that nuclear negotiations with the US were scheduled for Friday in Oman, despite an Axios report that the talks were falling apart. “Nuclear talks with the US are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10 am Friday,” said Araghchi in an X post on Wednesday, thanking Oman…