Hollywood star and former wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has broken his silence about circulating claims about his return to wrestling. The former WWE champ spoke with ET’s Matt Cohen, along with his Jungle Cruise costar Emily Blunt. When asked to comment on his potential WWE return, Johnson said: “There’s nothing.” Blunt chimed in and quipped: “It’s gonna be me …

Britney Spears’ mother Lynne has come forth revealing new details about the singer’s relationship with her dad Jamie. In new court documents, Lynne said Britney has ‘hatred and fear’ towards her father Jamie Spears, in the midst of her conservatorship battle. She said she became involved in the conservatorship as an “interested party” in May 2019, during what she called …

GAUHATI: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has fully vaccinated 90pc of its eligible adult population within just seven days, its health ministry said on Tuesday. The tiny country, wedged between India and China and home to nearly 800,000 people, began giving out second doses on July 20 in a mass drive that has been hailed by Unicef as arguably the …

The Foreign Office (FO) has rubbished Indian media’s claims that Pakistan’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status was being withdrawn, calling such reports “fabricated” and a continuation of New Delhi’s “malicious propaganda” against Islamabad. While the FO statement did not name the specific media report it was referring to, the rebuttal comes after Indian news agency ANI reported on July 26 that …

KABUL: Afghan authorities have arrested four journalists on propaganda charges after they tried to enter the contested area of Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province, where security forces have been clashing with Taliban fighters, officials said on Tuesday. The move drew swift criticism from media and rights advocates, though the government said they wanted to ensure reporters were safe. The …

NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in India on Tuesday to discuss strengthening Indo-Pacific engagement, seen as a counter to China, as well as New Delhi’s recent human rights record and other issues. Blinken’s visit includes meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior officials on Wednesday, and comes just days after his No. 2 diplomat, Wendy …

WASHINGTON: National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf and the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, reached the US capital on Tuesday for talks with their American counterparts on Afghanistan and other issues of bilateral interests. Mr Yusuf’s meeting with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan will focus on the issues the two NSAs discussed in their first …

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the United States “really messed it up in Afghanistan” as he questioned the American motive of Afghan invasion in the first place and then their subsequent attempts of seeking a political solution with the Taliban from a position of weakness. The prime minister’s remarks come as the US military and Nato are in …

SEOUL: North and South Korea exchanged messages on Tuesday in communication channels that have been dormant for more than a year and agreed to improve ties positive steps but ones that still leave any resumption of stalled negotiations to rid the North of its nuclear weapons a long way off. Liaison officials from the Koreas had several phone conversations including …

QUETTA: Taliban, who captured the Afghan border district of Spin Boldak early this month, on Tuesday imposed new tariff and started collecting taxes on goods coming into Afghanistan or going to Pakistan, a day after Pakistan reopened the border for trade activities after a suspension of over two weeks because of the fighting between Taliban and Afghan security troops. The …