SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian military used boats on Tuesday to distribute food to desperate people trapped in their homes after massive floods, as the death toll rose to 14 with over 70,000 displaced. Days of torrential rain triggered some of the worst flooding in years across the country at the weekend, swamping cities and villages and cutting off major roads. Selangor …

WASHINGTON: The United States is working with various UN agencies to find ways for infusing liquidity into the Afghan economy, the US State Department said. The announcement, made at a news briefing in Washington, followed another statement by a State Department official in Islamabad on Monday, saying that the United States would show greater flexibility on financial sanctions imposed on Afghanistan after …

Resort and bar owners on a Philippine island popular with surfers and tourists were expecting a bumper Christmas holiday after Covid-19 restrictions finally eased. Then Super Typhoon Rai wiped them out. The strongest storm to hit the archipelago this year cut a swathe through Siargao, a tropical paradise known for its sandy beaches, big waves and relaxed vibe. Packing wind speeds of …

Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo from at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken. The fossil was discovered in Ganzhou, southern China and belonged to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, which the researchers dubbed “Baby Yingliang.” “It is one of the best …

Britain’s House of Commons on Wednesday expressed alarm at human rights violations, including fake encounters by Indian forces, in Indian-occupied Kashmir and sought a response from the Indian High Commission over the maltreatment of Kashmiri citizens. As many as 28 MPs of the British Parliament have written a joint letter to the Indian High Commission, seeking its response to reports …

Under a heavy winter sky, the grimly silent queue of people stretches around the corner from Bayram Duman’s kiosk, which offers discount bread for Istanbulites hurt by Turkey’s economic malaise. Turkey’s cultural and historic capital has been offering cheaper bread for the poor at “Halk Ekmek” ( “People’s Bread “) shops since the 1978. But with prices soaring on everyday …

RAWALPINDI: The Military Lands and Cantonments (ML&C) Department on Tuesday made transfers and postings across the country and reshuffled all the cantonment executive officers. According to a notification, Lahore Military Estate Officer Imran Gulzar has been transferred and posted as Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) from Dec 30 while RCB CEO Omer Farooq Ali Malik has been …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed an appeal seeking the disqualification of Prime Minister Imran Khan for concealing the parentage of his putative daughter Tyrian White. A two-member bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Arbab Mohammad Tahir resumed hearing the case on Tuesday after a gap of three years and four months. After …

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz has said it will be heartening for her to see party president Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister of Pakistan but it is subject to the approval of the party’s supreme leader, Nawaz Sharif. Talking to journalists after attending the hearing of her appeal by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in …

Twelve suspected cases of coronavirus’ Omicron variant were reported in Balochistan on Tuesday, according to a health official. Head of Opera­tions Cell (Covid) Dr Naqibullah Niazi told that 32 cases had tested positive for Covid-19 out of which 12 cases exhibited signs of the Omicron variant. They were from the town of Kalat. He said their samples were sent to …