International News

Muscat: Cyclone Mekunu has hit southern Oman with high winds and rain, killing a 12-year-old girl and leaving three other people injured, officials say. The girl died after wind swept her against a wall, police say. State TV showed large areas of flooding in Dhofar and al-Wusta provinces, with dozens …

Washington: US President Donald Trump says “very productive talks” have been held with North Korea on reinstating the summit with leader Kim Jong-un. In a tweet, Mr Trump said the meeting could still take place on 12 June in Singapore “and if necessary will be extended beyond that date”. He …

LONDON: High Commissioner to Britain Syed Ibne Abbas has said Pakistan is enjoying historical relations with Britain. Talking to a private television channel, he said that Pakistan’s civil and armed forces have offered tremendous sacrifices in fighting war against terrorism and to establish peace. As a result, UK has declared …

BEIJING: Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries have agreed to further strengthen and deepen judicial cooperation. This was stated in a joint statement issued after the 13th conference of presidents of supreme courts of SCO member countries in Beijing. The representatives called for cooperation against cross-border crime, and improvement in settling international …

WASHINGTON: Co-Chair of Congressional Pakistan Caucus, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has expressed resolve to make efforts towards improving bilateral relations between Pakistan and the United States. Speaking at an Iftar-Dinner at Pakistan Embassy in Washington, she said she would work on the Capitol Hill for further deepening of linkages between …

TORONTO: Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant on Thursday in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, and then fleeing, authorities said. The blast went off in the Bombay Bhel restaurant at about 10:30 p.m. fifteen people were taken to …

PYANGONG: North Korea has said it is still willing to talk “at any time in any form” after US President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled his meeting with Kim Jong-un. Vice-foreign minister Kim Kye-gwan said Mr Trump’s decision was “extremely regrettable”. President Trump blamed the North’s “open hostility” for the cancellation. …

PYANGONG: A senior North Korean official has dismissed remarks by US Vice-President Mike Pence as “stupid”, casting further uncertainty about a planned meeting between the two countries’ leaders. Choe Son-hui said Pyongyang would not “beg” for dialogue and warned of a “nuclear showdown” if diplomacy failed. In recent days, both …

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the US officials in Pakistan are “not being treated well by the Pakistani government”. While presenting his testimony before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Pompeo said: “My officers, our state department officers are being treated badly as well, folks …

Texas: Pakistani consul general in Houston Aisha Farooqi visited detained scientist Doctor Afia Siddiqui in Carswell detention facility in Texas on Wednesday. According to the statement, Pakistani consul general in Houston Aisha Farooqi has met detained Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui in Texas. It was the fourth meeting in 14 …