Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that took place on Saturday across various districts of Balochistan, including Quetta, Gwadar, Khuzdar, Kalat, Panjgur, and Mastung. The Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry expressed deep concern and sorrow over the incidents, reaffirming its rejection of all forms of terrorism and extremism. It praised the…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said India will buy Venezuelan oil, as opposed to purchasing oil from Iran. “We’ve already made that deal, the concept of the deal,” Trump told reporters while on Air Force One, en route to Florida from Washington, D.C. Trump’s comment came a day after the United States told Delhi…
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has said that poisonous propaganda, hate speech and inflammatory remarks targeting Muslims have become a routine practice of leaders of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). According to Beyond the Time News, the Board’s spokesperson, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, in a strongly-worded statement, condemned the…
MADRID: Spanish police have detained a 38-year-old Chinese national who owned a hair salon near Barcelona on suspicion of financing the Palestinian group Hamas through about 600,000 euros ($714,960) in cryptocurrency transfers, regional police said on Friday. Investigators traced at least 31 crypto transactions from virtual wallets controlled by the suspect to addresses that are…
Israel announced it would reopen the crucial Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Sunday after months of urging from the UN, humanitarian organisations and ordinary Palestinians — but only for the “limited movement of people”. Earlier on Friday, the Islamist movement Hamas had called for the “immediate transition to the second phase” of the…
Johannesburg: South Africa ordered Israel’s top diplomat to leave the country within 72 hours on Friday, citing a “series of violations” and prompting the Israeli government to expel Pretoria’s own diplomatic representative. Ties between the nations are already strained by South Africa’s case before the United Nations top court in 2023 to argue that Israel’s…
PARIS: Iranian army chief Amir Hatami on Saturday warned the United States and Israel against an attack, saying his country’s forces were on high alert following Washington’s heavy military deployments in the Gulf. He also insisted the Islamic republic’s nuclear expertise could not be eliminated, after Trump said he expected Tehran to seek a deal…
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, asked about reports that U.S. officials had met separatists seeking independence for the province of Alberta, on Thursday said he expected the U.S. administration to respect Canadian sovereignty. The Financial Times said State Department officials had held three meetings with the Alberta Prosperity Project, a group that is pushing…
Wellington: New Zealand rejected an invitation to take part in US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” on Friday, joining a small list of nations to knock back the proposal. “New Zealand will not be joining the Board in its current form but will continue to monitor developments,” Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a…
Raipur: Indian forces killed two people in violence-hit Chhattisgarh state. According to Beyond The Time News, the killings took place during a cordon and search operation in the Bijapur district of the state. Indian police officials, justifying the killings, have termed the deceased as Maoists. “We found the bodies of two Maoists during a search…