Houthis announce Saudi naval blockade, threatening new front in US-Iran war
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said in a statement that it would respond to them with force A satellite imagery shows Bab el Mandeb Strait, a key shipping waterway and the gateway to the Red Sea, as Yemen’s Houthi could shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, in this handout picture dated July 12, […]
Students march on Indian parliament
Youth-led protesters answer call of Cockroach Janta Party to demand accountability and sweeping reforms after exam sca STATE BRUTALITY: Police members use batons to disperse supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party in New Delhi. PHOTO: REUTERS NEW DELHI: India’s riot police baton-charged protesters in New Delhi as they tried to march to parliament on Monday, […]
UK’s new PM vows to end years of instability
OFFICIAL BUSINESS: PM Andy Burnham delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London. PHOTO: REUTE LONDON: Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, pledging to reshape its politics to deliver a new economic model and revive a nation “fed up” with a revolving door of leaders. In front […]
K-P moves FCC against post-merger NFC extension
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has admitted for hearing a petition filed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government, seeking its due share in the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award based on the population of the merged tribal districts and the payment of Rs964 billion in arrears accumulated since 2018. Muzammil Aslam, finance adviser to the […]