Netanyahu dusts off old peace plan after uproar over new Israeli govt on May 31, 2016JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken of reviving a long-dormant Arab peace initiative with the Palestinians, amid questions over whether he is sincere or trying to fend off international critics. Netanyahu made his comments late Monday at the swearing in of his new hardline Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, forming what many analysts call […]
Ukraine’s released pilot assumes parliament seat on May 31, 2016KIEV: Ukraine’s defiant pilot Nadiya Savchenko sang the national anthem Tuesday in a strident first appearance in parliament since her release in a prisoner swap with Russia last week. The 35-year-old member of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s populist party strode to the podium draped in the flag of Ukraine and holding one of Crimea […]
UN warns of massive floods in Africas Niger on May 31, 2016NIAMEY: Some 100,000 people across the arid West African country of Niger will likely be hit by massive flooding this year, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Heavy rains are set to hit multiple regions in the poor country and may affect about 105,000 people, the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) […]
Kuwait jails three royals for insulting top judges on May 31, 2016KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwait court has sentenced three members of the Al-Sabah ruling family, including the ruler’s nephew, and four others to jail terms for insulting top judges on the Internet. According to a detailed verdict passed by the lower court on Monday, a copy of which was obtained by AFP on Tuesday, the ruling […]
Russia’s two-time world champion to snub Rio on May 31, 2016MOSCOW: Russian freestyle wrestler Viktor Lebedev announced Tuesday that he will snub the Rio Olympics over an officiating controversy at last week’s national championships, local media reported. The 28-year-old two-time world champion, who hails from the northern Russian region of Yakutia, won a match in the 57kg category last Friday against his compatriot Ismail Musukayev […]
Mansours body handed over to his family: Nisar on May 31, 2016ISLAMABAD: Days after Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour was declared dead in a US drone strike, Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday said Mansour body had been handed over to his family. Mansour and two other people were blown to pieces when the CIA-operated drone targeted their vehicle in Balochistan, a move […]
EU lost nearly 900m euros to fraud in 2015: study on May 31, 2016BRUSSELS: The European Union lost nearly 900 million euros last year to fraud, the bloc’s anti-graft watchdog said on Tuesday. In its annual report, the EU’s anti-fraud agency OLAF said it had detected an estimated 888 million euros ($991 million) in EU funds that were lost to fraudulent claims in 2015, a slight drop from […]
Islamic State presses assault on rebels territory in north Syria on May 31, 2016BEIRUT: Fighting along Syria’s northern border intensified Tuesday as the Islamic State militant group pressed an offensive against a key swathe of rebel territory where thousands of civilians remain trapped, a monitor said. Islamic State swept towards Marea and nearby Azaz in Aleppo province on Friday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee, the Syrian Observatory […]
PFA seals nine food units on May 31, 2016LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) during its ongoing crackdown against substandard foods – sealed nine food shops and soda water units in the provincial capital on Tuesday. According to the PFA officials, these food units located in different areas of the city, were selling substandard, unhygienic food items, juices and using harmful elements in eatables […]
Four offloaded for traveling on forged documents on May 31, 2016ISLAMABAD: At least four Turkey bound passengers were offloaded at Benazir International Airport for traveling on fake documents on Tuesday. The passengers were identified as Fayyaz, Afzal,Wajid and Sajid. The immigration authorities have arrested and shifted them to passport cell for further investigations.