ISLAMABAD: Pakistani top leaders, including the prime minister, president and foreign minister, said on Tuesday the ongoing visit of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to Islamabad would help transform a longstanding friendship between the two nations into a strategic and commercial partnership. Prince Faisal arrived in Pakistan on Monday on a two-day visit … Read more
LONDON: Mikel Arteta had just seen his Arsenal team come up painfully short in their Premier League title race with Manchester City and he couldn’t hide his anguish. “I know we’re not at that level,” a crestfallen Arteta said last May, “but we have to find a way.” Well, Arsenal’s upgraded class of 2024 are finding … Read more
What exactly happened at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital during Israel’s military siege? LONDON: Israeli forces pulled out of Gaza’s largest hospital complex this week after an intensive 14-day military operation, purportedly against Hamas, leaving behind ruined buildings and charred bodies in the sprawling complex. However, accounts of what happened vary. The Israeli army carried out … Read more
How a ceasefire and unrestricted aid access could yet prevent a famine in north Gaza LONDON: Desperate appeals from UN agencies urging Israel to allow aid into Gaza to alleviate hunger and avert an imminent famine in the north of the embattled Palestinian enclave appear to have fallen on deaf ears. Despite a UN Security … Read more
MUNICH: Tech giants including Meta, Microsoft and TikTok signed a pledge Friday to crack down on AI content intended to deceive voters ahead of crucial elections around the world this year. The accord commits the companies including Google and OpenAI to develop ways to identify, label and control AI-generated images, videos and audio that aim … Read more
Russia and China clash with US and UK at UN over attacks on Yemen rebels for strikes on Red Sea ships UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China on Wednesday accused the United States and Britain of illegally attacking military sites used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch missiles at commercial vessels in the Red Sea, disrupting … Read more
World Governments Summit provides ‘exceptional opportunity’ to address today’s challenges: Experts DUBAI: This year’s World Governments Summit will present world leaders and delegates with a unique opportunity to combine efforts and address ongoing challenges amid rising regional tensions, organizers said ahead of the mega-event. The three-day summit, set to kick off in Dubai on Monday, … Read more
Son of Palestinian-American woman detained in West Bank by IDF appeals to President Biden to take action LONDON: The family of a Palestinian-American woman, who claims she has been kidnapped by Israeli forces, has appealed to US President Joe Biden to take action. According to the son of Samaher Esmail, who hails from Louisiana, the … Read more
DUBAI: On Jan. 11 South Africa asked the International Court of Justice at The Hague to rule on whether Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza amounted to genocide. Israel responded by accusing the country of “functioning as the legal arm” of Hamas. But South African support for the Palestinians is not a new phenomenon. For … Read more
PARIS: In 2023, the world’s oceans took up an enormous amount of excess heat, enough to “boil away billions of Olympic-sized swimming pools,” according to an annual report published Thursday. Oceans cover 70 percent of the planet and have kept the Earth’s surface livable by absorbing 90 percent of the excess heat produced by the … Read more