Category: World

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...

Gaza rescuers on Wednesday combed through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at least 12 Palestinians, including five children, and trapping dozens of others beneath the rubble. The incident highlights the ongoing danger for tens of thousands of Palestinians who live in an estimated 2,000 damaged buildings due to Israeli...

• Dozens of missiles, drones target King Khalid air base • Iranian foreign ministry says Yemeni rebel group ‘acts independently’ • Trump claims Iran wants to make a deal, signals his openness to talks • Eslami barred from IAEA meeting under US pressure SANAA: Yemen’s Houthis launched a fresh barrage of missile and drone attacks...

China imposed sweeping travel restrictions on its citizens on Tuesday, including exit bans on those deemed to endanger the country’s “industrial or technological security”. Citizens who violate technology import and export regulations could be banned from leaving China, the State Council said. Those who engage in illegal activities abroad could be “prohibited from leaving the...

• Prices likely to spike as markets reopen today after weekend attack shuts Saudi pipeline • Diesel prices hit all-time high of $6.20 per gallon in US ADEN: New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an...

Dallas ( Shazia Nayyar) In the US, President Donald Trump has become active in mobilizing Republican voters for the midterm elections. The first two-day midterm convention was held in Dallas, where a large number of Republican voters participated. On this occasion, Dr. Sajid Tarar, founder of Muslims of America and a close associate of President...

Anthropic said on Thursday it shut down multiple cases of state-sponsored surveillance operations that used its artificial intelligence (AI) models, and warned that governments and state-aligned actors are increasingly using AI to spy on ethnic minorities and dissidents. The incidents were found and disrupted between January and July, and they originated in China, Iran and...

• Warns against activity at fortified nuclear site; IAEA reports new construction near damaged Natanz facility • Tehran says its navy targeted unmanned US surface vessel in Hormuz • Ship traffic in strait plunges as Iran widens restricted maritime zone WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States may hit Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, urging...