Category: World

Malaysia began sending back around 1,500 Myanmar nationals Tuesday, AFP journalists saw, launching a scheme rights groups say may endanger migrants by returning them to the war-torn country. The batch is the first of 5,000 Myanmar citizens Kuala Lumpur says agreed to “voluntary” repatriation from detention centres amidst a huge uptick in anti-migrant sentiment in Malaysia. But advocacy organisations...

Standing water in Thailand’s capital is expected to clear within three days if there is no additional rainfall, the government said on Wednesday, as flag carrier Thai Airways struggled to resume regular services following heavy rain and flooding. The cabinet will discuss long-term plans to address flooding and recovery measures on Tuesday, government spokesperson Ekkapob...

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s designated Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr. Rajeh bin Tami Al-Buqmi, arrived in Islamabad on Saturday morning to take up his new diplomatic assignment. He was received at the airport by Saudi Chargé d’Affaires Naif bin Hamoud bin Malafekh and other officials of the Saudi Embassy in Islamabad. Dr. Al-Buqmi is scheduled to formally...

US President Donald Trump will follow up his summit with Xi Jinping by taking the Chinese leader on Friday to the US National Archives, where they are expected to stress views about the history and direction of ties between their countries. Thursday’s lavish state summit at the White House appeared heavy on symbolism but light on substance,...

A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional. In a major setback for Trump in one of his biggest battles with the media, US District Judge Tim Kelly issued his order in a lawsuit that...

In her Gaza City apartment, Heba Arafat walks uphill across a living room slanted at a steep angle after Israeli airstrikes caused the building’s foundations to collapse, leaving the entire structure tilted. Like thousands of people in Gaza, Arafat chose to risk living in an apartment building damaged during nearly three years of Israel’s military...

A teenager opened fire outside their high school in western Turkiye on Tuesday, wounding 11 people before being detained by police, a minister said. The incident happened around 8am (10am PKT) in Turgutlu in the province of Manisa, near the western resort city of Izmir, the regional governor’s office said. School shootings are rare in...

Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party won a large majority in the country’s parliamentary elections, marked by cyberattacks and a barrage of Ukrainian drone strikes, according to results published by state media early Monday. The election, held to elect members in all seats of the lower house State Duma, is the first since Moscow launched...

President Donald Trump has extended an executive order that would impose a fee of $100,000 for H-1B non-immigrant visas by another year, the White House said on Friday. US employers seeking to hire skilled foreign workers can use the federal government’s H-1B visa programme for a fee, allowing tech and other professionals from abroad to...

WASHINGTON: Pakistan told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that it would respond to terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan in self-defence as and when needed and in accordance with international law. The assertion by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Asim Iftikhar Ahmad came during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan five years...