Legendary US talk show host Jerry Springer dies aged 79

Longtime US talk show host Jerry Springer, whose program became a symbol of low brow television with its on-air fights, swearing and infidelity revelations, has died at the age of 79, US media reported Thursday.
27 April 2023

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif secures vote of confidence

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Thursday, with 180 lawmakers reposing "full confidence" in his leadership as the premier
27 April 2023

Pakistan all set to get discounted Russian oil: PM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that everything was set for his country to receive a shipment of discounted Russian oil
27 April 2023

'I don’t know whether I will be alive till then'

It was raining bullets for most of two days near the shop in Khartoum where Monowar Hossain works. He was stuck inside the shop for three days.
27 April 2023

Digital divide hits women harder in poor countries: UN

Some 90 percent of young women and teenage girls in the world's poorest countries have no access to the internet, a United Nations report published Wednesday said
27 April 2023

UK blocks Microsoft's $69bn bid for 'Call of Duty' games giant

Britain on Wednesday blocked Microsoft's $69-billion takeover of "Call of Duty" video games giant Activision Blizzard, arguing it would harm competition in cloud gaming..The ruling will be appealed by both US companies -- but analysts warned it could spell game over for the gigantic takeov
26 April 2023

UK illegal migration bill approved by parliament's lower house

A new British law which seeks to bar the entry of asylum seekers arriving in small boats across the Channel was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, after the government accepted several amendments from rebel Conservatives
26 April 2023

Centuries-old teenage mummy unearthed in Peru

The mummy of a teenager who lived roughly 800-1,200 years ago, complete with skin fragments and tufts of hair, has been unearthed on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital Lima, the leader of the excavation team has said.
26 April 2023

Russia’s Navalny says he could face life in prison

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said yesterday he could face life in prison on “terrorism” charges while another popular opposition politician went on trial in Russia’s escalating clampdown on dissent.
26 April 2023

‘No sign Sudan warring parties ready to negotiate’

A US-brokered ceasefire in Sudan appears to be partially holding but there is no sign the warring parties are ready to seriously negotiate, the UN special envoy on Sudan has said.
26 April 2023

Myanmar crisis: Neighbours, some Asean members hold secretive talks

Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including India and China, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run Southeast Asian nation, two sources said
26 April 2023

New Zealand ex-PM Ardern to take up Harvard fellowships

Ardern shocked New Zealanders in January by announcing she was resigning as prime minister after five years in office, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank" to go on
26 April 2023

Boat with 1,687 civilians fleeing Sudan reaches Saudi: foreign ministry

A boat with 1,687 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, the largest rescue effort by the Gulf kingdom to date
26 April 2023

Sudan fighting resurges as UN envoy says ceasefire partly holding

Fighting flared anew in Sudan late on Tuesday despite a ceasefire declaration by the warring factions, as a UN envoy said the truce was partially holding even though there was no sign that the two sides were ready for serious talks
26 April 2023

Taliban kills IS 'mastermind' behind Kabul airport bombing

The Taliban government has killed the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport during the chaotic withdrawal of US forces in 2021, the White House said Tuesday
26 April 2023

Probably on verge of new world war: Putin ally Dimitry Medvedev

An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that the world was probably on the verge of a new world war and the risks of a nuclear confrontation were rising.
25 April 2023

Isolating China against UK’s interest: Cleverly

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly yesterday was expected to argue it would be “a betrayal” of Britain’s national interest to isolate China and urge against declaring “a new Cold War”.
25 April 2023

‘Ukraine war not main cause of global food crisis’

The Kremlin said yesterday that a global shortfall in food supplies was not primarily attributable to a lack of Russian and Ukrainian grain on the market.
25 April 2023

Italy rescues 1,600 migrants in Med

Italy has rescued 47 boats carrying around 1,600 migrants in the central Mediterranean sea in the last two days and brought them ashore to the island of Lampedusa.
25 April 2023

Iran charges 2 actresses

Iran has charged two prominent actresses for publishing pictures of themselves flouting the country’s dress code for women.
25 April 2023