DUBAI: Dubai was busy on Thursday clearing its waterlogged roads and drying out flooded homes two days after a record storm deposited a year’s worth of rainfall in a day. Dubai International Airport, a major travel hub, struggled to clear a backlog of flights, and many roads were still flooded in the aftermath of Tuesday’s deluge. … Read more
DUBAI: Heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, flooding out portions of major highways and leaving vehicles abandoned on roadways across Dubai. Meanwhile, the death toll in separate heavy flooding in neighboring Oman rose to 18 with others still missing as the sultanate prepared for the storm. The rains began overnight, leaving massive … Read more
Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan’s prime minister, capping weeks of political upheaval ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took oath as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second term on Monday, taking over a troubled country of 241 million people that faces profound political, economic and security challenges. Sharif, 72, officially took up office at a … Read more
An earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 131 people and is the deadliest in 9 years BEIJING: A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, reducing homes to rubble, leaving residents outside in a below-freezing winter night and killing 131 people in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine … Read more