Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s documentary Freedom Fighters has bagged a nomination at the 41st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards for ‘Best Feature Story in a News Magazine’. Freedom Fighters follows the story of three brave women: a former child bride, a police officer and a labour crusader who are speaking out against inequality and pushing for equal rights in their country. It’s …

Kanye West’s path to the White House is appearing to be filled with more hurdles than anticipated by the hopeful. As per the latest intel, the rapper could be faced with election fraud charges as his name is reportedly being scrapped off the ballot in his home state of Illinois as most of his signatures were said to have been …

BEDMINSTER: President Donald Trump on Saturday signed executive actions extending financial relief to Americans hit by the coronavirus pandemic as polls showed a large majority of voters unhappy with his handling of the crisis. The four measures marked a presidential show of strength after Trump’s Republican party and White House team failed to agree with opposition Democrats in Congress on …

Meghan Markle has been wholeheartedly embraced back home in Los Angeles by her celebrity community after she left behind her royal life with Prince Harry. If reports are to be believed, the Duchess of Sussex has been in close contact with British singer Adele and the two have been engaging in a number of fitness activities with each other as …

PARIS: The coronavirus death toll in Brazil topped 100,000 on Sunday from three million cases of infection, crossing the grim milestone after President Jair Bolsonaro said he had a “clear conscience” on his response to the outbreak. With 100,477 fatalities and 3,012,412 cases, the South American country of 212m people is the second hardest-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic after the …

MINSK: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was set for an overwhelming victory in a presidential election on Sunday, an official exit poll said, after a political newcomer mounted a historic challenge to the strongman. The exit poll for state television gave Lukashenko 79.7 per cent of the vote, with main challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya coming second with only 6.8 per cent. The …

DUBAI: A six-nation bloc of Gulf Arab nations torn apart by internal strife endorsed on Sunday an extension of a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, just two months before it is set to expire. The Gulf Cooperation Council said it sent a letter to the UN Security Council backing an extension of an arms embargo that’s kept Iran from …

TAIPEI: A senior member of US President Donald Trump’s administration landed in Taiwan on Sunday for Washington’s highest-level visit since switching diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a trip Beijing has condemned. During the three-day visit, Health Secretary Alex Azar will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, who advocates Taiwan being recognised as a sovereign nation and is loathed by China’s leaders. …

PARIS: World leaders on Sunday pledged “timely, sufficient” emergency aid for disaster-struck Lebanon which they vowed to deliver “directly” to a population reeling from the deadly port blast in Beirut. Fifteen government leaders including US President Donald Trump took part in a virtual conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and the UN, pledging solidarity with the Lebanese people and promising to …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday welcomed the Afghan Loya Jirga’s recommendation to release the remaining 400 hardcore Tali­ban prisoners — a development set to pave the way for the commencement of peace talks to end the 19-year-long war in the country. “We hope that with implementation of this step relating to the prisoners’ release, as envisaged in the US-Taliban peace agreement, …