VALDOSTA: President Donald Trump made clear on Saturday he had no intention of relinquishing his claims that last month’s election was stolen from him, telling a raucous crowd at his first post-poll rally he would somehow still win. In a speech remarkable for its twisting of reality more than a month after the Nov 3 election, the outgoing president launched …

LONDON: Thousands of people protested in central London on Sunday over agricultural reforms that have triggered mass demonstrations in India. A crowd of demonstrators, a large number of Sikhs among them, converged on the Indian embassy, located on Aldwych, a major artery in the centre of the British capital, and groups marched around the Trafalgar Square area. Tens of thousands …

DUBAI: The top US Navy official in the Mideast said on Sunday that America has reached an uneasy deterrence with Iran after months of regional attacks and seizures at sea, even as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran over the nuclear programme. Vice Admiral Sam Paparo, who oversees the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain, struck an academic …

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s opposition took nearly half of parliament’s seats in weekend polls amid calls for reforms over corruption and high debt, but the sole woman lawmaker lost her seat. Twenty-four of the National Assembly’s 50 seats were won by candidates belonging to or leaning towards the opposition, up from 16 in the last parliament, according to results announced on …

Oil prices slipped on Monday from multi-month highs as a continued surge in coronavirus cases globally forced a series of renewed lockdowns, including strict new measures in Southern California in the United States, the world’s top oil consumer. Brent crude oil futures were down 21 cents, or 0.4 per cent, at $49.04 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate oil futures …

TEHRAN: A satellite-controlled machine gun with “artificial intelligence” was used in last week’s assassination of a top nuclear scientist in Iran, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards told media on Sunday. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was driving on a highway outside Tehran with a security detail on Nov 27, when the machine gun “zoomed in” on his face and fired 13 …

NEW YORK: Individual US states scrambled on Sunday to impose lockdowns to stem coronavirus spikes amid a lack of national leadership on how to curb infections until vaccines are widely available in the spring. Dr Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, expressed frustration over the mixed messages coming from the Trump administration that are reflected in some …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged the Indian government to ensure safety, security and protection of minorities, particularly Muslims and their places of worship, and fulfil its responsibilities under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments, including the recommendations of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). “Today is a sad reminder of the demolition of the historic Babri Masjid …

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday vowed accountability for the families of last year’s Christchurch mosque attack victims, ahead of the public release of a major report into the country’s worst massacre. Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison without parole in August for killing 51 Muslim worshippers and injuring dozens of others at two mosques in the South Island …

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says confusion exists within the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) over various issues, including tendering resignations from the assemblies. “If they are really determined to resign, they should do it at the PDM meeting which is going to be held on Dec 8. Nobody will stop them from doing so,” he challenged the 11-party opposition …