PARIS: A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for the daughter of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz in relation to an attack by her bodyguard against a worker in her Parisian flat, a source close to the investigation said. Princess Hassa bint Salman is the sister of …
Read More »Iran calls Saudi prince a delusional, naive person
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is a “delusional naive person,” who has no idea of politics apart from bitter talk that emanates from lack of foresight, Iran said on Thursday hours after young prince’s remarks about Tehran during an interview with CBS made headlines. During the interview, the prince …
Read More »Hillary Clinton fractures hand on India trip
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: Hillary Clinton has fractured her hand during a tour of India, reportedly slipping in a bathtub at a luxury hotel in a former palace. A doctor at the private Goyal Hospital told AFP Friday that Clinton had undergone screening after suffering pain in her right hand following a …
Read More »Russia will expel British diplomats too: Lavrov
Astana, Kazakhstan: Moscow will expel British diplomats in response to London´s move to kick out 23 Russian officials over the poisoning of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. “Of course we will,” Lavrov told journalists when asked whether Moscow will respond in kind to the …
Read More »We don´t want a new Cold War´, NATO chief says
London: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday the alliance did not want a return to Cold War hostilities with Russia while expressing support for Britain´s strong stance on the nerve agent attack. He said the targeting of former double agent Sergei Skripal fit a “pattern of reckless behaviour” to …
Read More »Donald Trump Jr.´s wife files for divorce in New York
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The wife of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, has filed for divorce in New York, according to court records. Vanessa Trump, a former model and actress, and Trump Jr. said in a joint statement on Thursday: “After 12 years of marriage, we …
Read More »US helicopter crash in Iraq kills all aboard
WASHINGTON: All personnel aboard a US military helicopter carrying American service members were killed in a crash in western Iraq, the US Central Command said on Friday. Central Command did not say how many people were killed in the crash late on Thursday. A US military official told Reuters on …
Read More »Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear bomb if Iran does: crown prince
WASHINGTON: Likening Iran’s leader to Adolf Hitler, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in a US television interview that if Tehran gets a nuclear weapon, his country will follow suit. “Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we …
Read More »NAB summons Jahangir Ali Siddiqui in embezzlement case
WASHINGTON DC: The United State announced sanctions on Thursday against 19 Russian individuals and five groups over malicious cyber activity including meddling in the 2016 US election and cyber attacks, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. “The administration is confronting and countering malign Russian cyber activity, including their attempted interference …
Read More »NAB summons Jahangir Ali Siddiqui in embezzlement case
LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday summoned the newly designated Ambassador to the United States and special assistant to the Prime Minister (PM) Ali Jahangir Siddiqui for an inquiry on March 22. NAB issued a notice to Siddiqui accusing him of embezzlement in selling of shares to government institutions …
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