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Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row inmates
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row, replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment, the White House announced on Monday. The decision comes weeks before Presi...
World must listen to cries of grief-stricken Palestinians
CAIRO: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called on the international community to listen to the suffering and cries of the people of Gaza. Speaking at a special session on the situation in Palestine and Lebanon at the D-8 Summit, the Prime Minister e...
Naqvi holds security, anti-drug talks with Saudi counterpart
RIYADH: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif, in Riyadh yesterday to discuss matters of security cooperation and combating drug trafficking. The two leaders reviewed the ongoing...
German Chancellor Scholz loses confidence vote
BERLIN: Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote yesterday after weeks of turmoil, setting Europe's biggest economy on the path to early elections on February 23. The Bundestag vote, which Scholz had expected to lose, allow...
Decision on long march to be taken on Dec 17: Fazl
ISLAMABAD: Pilling up pressure on the government in connection with seminary registration bill, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman yesterday threatened the ruling coalition that nobody could block their way if they decide t...
‘Israeli PM Netanyahu’s arrest warrant issued’
AMSTERDAM: International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for alleged war crimes. Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and hi...
Xi says China insists on resolving differences with EU via dialogue
BEIJING: EU's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are drawing attention around the world, and China always insists on resolving differences through dialogue and consultation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday in a meeting with German Chan...
BJP faces backlash over Islamophobic election video
MUMBAI: An online advertisement linked to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has drawn widespread condemnation for promoting anti-Muslim sentiment ahead of the ongoing elections in Jharkhand state. The 53 second-...
Biden to Ukraine: Target deep inside Russia with US weapons
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s administration has allowed Ukraine to use US -made weapons to strike deep into Russia, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said yesterday, in a significant reversal of Washington’s po...
US charges Iranian man in plot to kill Donald Trump
WASHINGTON: The United States has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, the Justice Department said on Friday. In a statement, the dep...
