China reports biggest daily Covid-19 case jump in over 5 months
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in Covid-19 cases in over five months, the country’s health authority said on Monday,...
India’s top court chides government over impasse with protesting farmers
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Monday criticised the government for failing to break a deadlock with farmers protesting against reforms of...
Still hoping: Indonesians await news of relatives on missing plane
JAKARTA: “Bye bye family. We’re heading home for now,” Ratih Windania posted on Instagram from Jakarta’s airport with pictures of three laughing...
Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump enters the last days of his presidency isolated and shunned by former allies and members of his own...
US to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as foreign terror group: sources
RIYADH/WASHINGTON: The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organisation, three sources familiar with the matter said,...
Britain is ‘gung ho’ about world role after Brexit: UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS: Britain’s new UN ambassador says the government is feeling “gung ho” about continuing its role as an important player on...
Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone
BOSTON: One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers...
Pompeo voids restrictions on diplomatic contacts with Taiwan
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Saturday that the State Department is voiding longstanding restrictions on how US diplomats and others...
Indonesia finds body parts, debris, detects emergency signal of crashed jet
JAKARTA: Indonesia detected signals on Sunday that could come from a flight recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the...
North Korea’s Kim calls US ‘our biggest enemy’ in challenge to Biden
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more advanced nuclear weapons and said the United States is “our biggest enemy,” state...
First Qatari vehicles cross border into Saudi after Gulf detente
DUBAI: Qatari vehicles crossed into Saudi Arabia through a land border on Saturday for the first time since Arab states severed diplomatic and...
Young designer pays tribute to Lollywood with iconic cinema photoshoot
Mohsin Naveed Ranjha, country’s leading couturier hailing from Gujranwala, recently paid tribute to Lollywood’s legacy by shooting for his new collection at...
Indonesian plane crashes after take-off with 62 aboard
JAKARTA: A Sriwijaya Air plane crashed into the sea on Saturday minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on a domestic flight...
A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets
WASHINGTON: @realDonaldTrump, the Twitter feed that grew from the random musings of a reality TV star into the cudgel of an American...
10 babies killed in India hospital fire
NEW DELHI: Ten newborns were killed on Saturday in a massive fire at a hospital in Maharashtra, India’s richest state, a doctor...