UN warned that any sanctions imposed over the coup in Myanmar must be “carefully targeted”. Geneva, Switzerland: The United Nations warned Friday that any sanctions imposed over the coup in Myanmar must be “carefully targeted” against those responsible, to avoid harming vulnerable people. Speaking before the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN’s deputy rights […]
White House noted that a series of executive actions signed by President Joe Biden are just beginning Washington: US President Joe Biden has been very clear about “restoring compassion and order” to the country’s immigration system, the White House said on Thursday and noted that a series of executive actions signed by him in the […]
PESHAWAR: Terrorists attacked a security post in a former Taliban stronghold in a tribal district in northwest Pakistan on Friday, triggering a shootout that killed four soldiers and as many insurgents. The attack took place in Makeen area in the South Waziristan district, bordering Afghanistan. Troops responded promptly to the attack, said the Inter-Services Public […]
KABUL: US President Joe Biden faces “serious dilemmas” in Afghanistan as a deadline to withdraw troops nears and the Taliban show no sign of ending their bloodshed, a top US official warned. The new US leader has ordered a review of the deal Washington cut with the Taliban last year, which promised the withdrawal of […]
YANGON: Myanmar‘s coup leader used the country’s Union Day holiday on Friday to call on people to work with the military if they want democracy, a request likely to be met with derision by protesters who are pushing for the release from detention of their country’s elected leaders. “I would seriously urge the entire nation […]
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ripped into the performance of his cabinet and fired a senior economic official he appointed a month ago, saying they’d failed to come up with new ideas to salvage an economy in decay. The report by state media on Friday comes during the toughest period of Kim’s nine-year […]
RIYADH: The family of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul said Thursday US President Joe Biden‘s election win helped secure her release after nearly three years’ imprisonment, but cautioned she was still far from free. Hathloul, 31, was provisionally released by Saudi authorities on Wednesday. She was detained in May 2018 with about a dozen other women […]
Bumble’s IPO launches Wolfe Herd into a rarefied club of self-made female billionaires. A company catering to women and led by women has made its 31-year-old female founder a billionaire. Shares of Bumble Inc., the owner of the dating app where women make the first move, soared 67% in its trading debut to $72 at […]
BANGKOK: Mines, banks, petroleum, agriculture, tourism: Myanmar‘s ruling junta has vested interests in large swathes of the country’s economy, providing it a colossal — and closely guarded — fortune that the United States has targetted with sanctions. After last week’s coup to oust civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi — and the subsequent protest crackdown […]
YANGON: Myanmar’s military regime braced for a seventh straight day of street protests on Friday after Washington announced sanctions on leaders of the coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A torrent of anger and defiance has brought tens of thousands of people out in nationwide rallies demanding the country’s generals relinquish power. […]
