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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he had been invited to China and his office had informed close ally the United States about the planned trip to Beijing. The announcement comes during tense ties between Israel and the US, whose President Joe Biden failed to invite Netanyahu for a visit after the Israeli’s re-election in November. “The projected …

WASHINGTON: Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar has dispelled the impression that law enforcement agencies are preparing a list of overseas Pakistanis, who will be prosecuted for participating in anti-government rallies when they return home. “The government is not considering any action against overseas Pakistan as they are our valuable assets,” said Mr Tarar while addressing Pakistani community at the embassy on …

KARACHI: US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome visited Karachi to underscore the strong bilateral ties between his country and Pakistan. Ambassador Blome engaged with government officials, the American Business Council, the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Pakistan Council on Foreign Relations and the Pakistan Naval Academy, said a communiqué here on Sunday. The ambassador was joined by …

WASHINGTON: US regulators said on Sunday they are investigating an incident in which a Texas airport worker was killed after being sucked into a passenger plane engine. A Delta flight had arrived in San Antonio, Texas from Los Angeles on Friday night and was taxiing to the gate with one engine on “when a worker was ingested into that engine”, …

JISR SHUGHUR: Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people in rebel-held northwest Syria on Sunday, the deadliest attack on the war-torn country this year, a war monitor said. At least nine civilians, including two children, were among the dead, with most killed at a fruit and vegetable market in Jisr al-Shugur in the Idlib region. “These Russian strikes are …

STOCKHOLM: A rollercoaster derailed at a Swedish theme park on Sunday, killing one person and injuring seven, police and the park in Stockholm said. A carriage of the Jetline rollercoaster broke away and fell from a great height, taking several people with it, according to a correspondent for Swedish television SVT at the Grona Lund theme park. The ride, launched …

CAIRO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Sunday on a rare visit during which both sides pledged to deepen their strategic partnership. They agreed to boost investment by India, the world’s most populous nation, in Egypt, which has the Arab world’s largest population, of 105 million, and which is now in the …

The US Coast Guard said on Sunday it had launched an investigation into the cause of the underwater implosion that destroyed the small submersible Titan, with the loss of all five people aboard, including two Pakistanis, during a dive to the Titanic wreck. On board the craft were Engro Corp Vice Chairman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, British explorer Hamish …

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appeared for the first time since a deal was struck on Saturday to end what the authorities had called an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group aimed at ousting him. In a video released on Monday morning by the Russian Defence Ministry, Shoigu was shown flying in a plane with a colleague and hearing reports at a command …

Ilkay Gundogan has signed for Barcelona on a free transfer at the end of his Manchester City contract, the Catalan club said on Monday. The German midfielder, 32, has agreed a two-year deal with the option for a year’s extension and a release clause of 400 million euros.     “He is bringing his presence, nose for goal and reading …