WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has temporarily allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homelands.The court put on hold a lower-court ruling that required migrants to receive adequate notice and a meaningful opportunity to raise safety concerns before being removed to a third country. The decision allows the…
ROME: Pakistan will use “whatever means are available” to defend Saudi Arabia, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said, while declining to confirm or deny whether Pakistani forces had participated in Saudi airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen.Speaking to reporters in Rome, Asif said Pakistan was committed to defending Saudi Arabia and that all of the country’s…
NEW YORK: At least 50 people were killed and 58 others injured in a military airstrike near a crowded market in Kyauktaw township in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.Reports said the attack took place on Monday afternoon while the market was filled with vendors, shoppers and transport workers. The market has more than 200 shops operated by…
NEW YORK: Qatar-mediated indirect talks between the United States and Iran have made limited progress, but both sides remain committed to their core demands and continue to disagree on key issues.People familiar with the negotiations said the deadlock had increased fears that the conflict could once again escalate into large-scale military action. US officials reportedly…
TEL AVIV: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of using the Flydubai aircraft incident for political purposes at the expense of Israel’s security.Lapid said that nothing resembling the incident involving Flydubai flight FZ1073 was mentioned during the security briefing he received from Netanyahu on Tuesday night.In a post on…
ISLAMABAD: Report By muhammad Saleem Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to consult President Asif Ali Zardari on the political and security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a key meeting summoned at the President’s House this evening.According to sources, the meeting will review constitutional and legal options, including the possible imposition of governor’s rule or…
A 30-year-old Myanmar national, Ye Lin, was charged on September 29 in Singapore with communicating a false message and obstructing justice after sharing an AI-generated crocodile image that led authorities to suspend water activities at Pandan Reservoir. Combined, the charges could bring up to 10 years in prison.According to the charge sheet, Lin sent the…
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing the administration to rename artificial intelligence “superintelligence.” The same day, he sought to reassure Americans about the technology’s risks and unveiled a new AI chatbot for federal services.At an outdoor press conference, Trump denied having previously dismissed AI safety concerns as a “hoax,”…
RABAT: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has appointed 50-year-old Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as prime minister. She is the first woman to hold the post in Morocco’s history and the third female prime minister in the Arab world.The royal palace said in a statement on Tuesday that El Mansouri, the urban planning minister and mayor of…
DOHA: Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war criminal,” while stressing that Doha will continue its mediation efforts despite rising regional tensions.In an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan on Tuesday, asked whether he considers Netanyahu a war criminal, he said…
