International

WASHINGTON: Police in Texas arrested a woman who they said shouted racial abuse at four Indian women in a viral video, telling them to “Go back to India,” in an incident brought to the attention of federal authorities. “This incident is a hate crime in accordance with Texas laws,” police in Plano, Texas, where the incident occurred, said in a …

TUNIS: Japan will use its place on the United Nations Security Council to push for an African seat on the top world body, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday. “Japan reiterates its determination to redress the historical injustice against Africa of not being represented through a permanent membership on the Security Council,” Kishida told the Tokyo International Confer­ence on …

TRIPOLI: Flights resumed and shops re-opened in Libya’s capital Tripoli on Sunday after clashes between backers of rival governments killed at least 32 people and sparked fears of major new conflict. Armed groups had exchanged fire that damaged several hospitals and set buildings on fire starting on Friday evening, the worst fighting in the Libyan capital since a landmark 2020 …

WASHINGTON: Pakistan reached out to the Pakistani-American community on Friday, urging them to help the rain and flood victims across the country, while community leaders asked people to “rise above party politics” during this natural calamity. “I urge you to step forward to help communities in distress in Pakistan in this difficult hour, to relieve their suffering and meet their …

KYIV: The world narrowly escaped a radiation disaster when electricity to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was cut off for hours, Ukraine’s president said on Thursday, urging international bodies to act faster to force Russian troops to vacate the site. President Volodymyr Zelen­sky said Russian shelling had sparked fires in the ash pits of a nearby coal power station that …

The United States, the single largest donor of Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines, has — in partnership with Covax — donated another batch of nine million pediatric and adult doses to Pakistan on Friday. In a press release issued on Saturday, the US Embassy expressed appreciation for the strong bilateral health cooperation that the two countries share during the last …

Uday Umesh Lalit was sworn in on Saturday as India’s Chief Justice for the Supreme Court, though he is only set to hold the post for 74 days before his retirement falls due in November. Under India’s constitution, Supreme Court justices are required to retire aged 65 years. The chief justice is appointed by the president according to seniority. Earlier …

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday inducted 20 cardinals from around the world, choosing men who mostly agree with his vision of a more progressive and inclusive Church and influencing their choice of his eventual successor. Pope Francis, 85, presided at a ceremony known as a consistory, telling the new cardinals to show concern for ordinary people despite the high …

ISLAMABAD: In response to the flood disaster in Pakistan, the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) on Saturday activated its disaster information management centre and announced immediate allocation of $100,000 to provide relief for the affected people. Also, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received phone calls from the presidents of Turkiye, the United Arab Emirates and Iran who offered all possible assistance …

JIUJIANG: Teams of drillers are working long hours to build wells to fight a devastating drought sweeping parts of China, farmers in Jiujiang city in the country’s central Jiangxi province said on Saturday. “These villages, all of them, are particularly dry,” said Gao Pucha, 42, who led one drilling team in Dashan village in Jiujiang. “When we got the notice …