BUSAN: A new film about the Sewol ferry sinking, a disaster that killed more than 300 people — most of them children, will premiere at Asia´s biggest film festival, five years after director Lee Sang-ho caused controversy with his first documentary on the topic. “Diving Bell”, which screened at the 2014 Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), criticised then leader Park …

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said “enemies” were trying to drive a wedge between Tehran and Baghdad in a tweet on Monday following deadly unrest in neighbouring Iraq. “#Iran and #Iraq are two nations whose hearts & souls are tied together… Enemies seek to sow discord but they’ve failed & their conspiracy won’t be effective,” Khamenei said on …

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the European Union on Sunday he will not delay Brexit beyond October 31, underlining that his latest proposals are a last chance to reach a deal. Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron in a telephone call on Sunday that “the EU should not be lured into the mistaken belief that the UK will …

ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban said Sunday their delegation had visited Pakistan on an official invitation wherein they talked regional peace, refugees, and bilateral relations. Led by the group’s co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban’s 12-member delegation had called on Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, with whom they exchanged views on peace and stability in South Asia region as …

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned French President Emmanuel Macron he will not delay Brexit beyond October 31, underlining that his latest proposals are a last chance to reach a deal, a Downing Street spokesman said on Sunday. Johnson told Macron in a telephone call on Sunday that “the EU should not be lured into the mistaken belief …

WASHINGTON: Four people  were killed and five others injured on Sunday in a shooting at a bar in Kansas. According to a preliminary investigation, an “earlier dispute” at the bar led to the shooting. Police have launched a manhunt for two suspects armed with handguns had fled the scene. At the scene of the shooting, which took place at the …

KABUL: Afghanistan’s war cost 13-year-old shoe shiner Hameedullah his education. Poverty forced Sabir, 11, to flee home and sell dried fruits on Kabul´s streets. Niyamathullah, 9, hangs out in a park, looking for work. Such is the lot of many a child in Afghanistan, which this week passes another sombre milestone. On Monday, the conflict turned 18, meaning every single …

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US counterpart Donald Trump agreed during a phone call to meet in Washington next month to discuss creating a “safe zone” in northern Syria, the Turkish presidency said Sunday. Erdogan told Trump of his “frustration over the US military and security bureaucracy´s failure to implement the deal” agreed in August to establish a …

STOCKHOLM: Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel, who made a vast fortune from his invention of dynamite in 1866, ordered the creation of the famous Nobel prizes in his will. His 1895 testament stipulated that his fortune was to be placed in a fund destined to honour “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on …

WASHINGTON: A 79-year-old man murdered at least 50 people, making him the most prolific serial killer in US history, the FBI said Sunday. Samuel Little confessed to 93 homicides — mostly of women — between 1970 and 2005, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Although investigators have only confirmed his involvement in 50 of them, they believe all of Little´s …