Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has started issuing driving licenses to women weeks ahead of kingdom official lifting a ban on women drivers. On Monday, the kingdom’s general traffic directorate starting replacing internationally driving licenses held by women with Saudi ones throughout the country. According to the SPA, ten women were given national licenses after handing in their […]
London: An 18-year-old woman on Monday became Britain’s youngest convicted female Islamic State terrorist after a court found her guilty of plotting a terror attack on the iconic British Museum with Britain’s first all-woman cell. Safaa Boular was accused of planning to travel to Syria to join IS militants and later preparing to carry out […]
It could be another two years before India picks the winner of the world’s biggest combat aircraft order, according to a senior Boeing Co. executive. Boeing is well placed in the race to supply the Indian Air Force with 110 fighter jets, Gene Cunningham, Boeing vice president of global defense sales, told Bloomberg News on […]
Canada Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has a reputation for playing it safe on burning political issues, showed a new level of grit in the face of two crises, and it may help him win re-election in 2019. On Thursday, Trudeau hit back at punishing US tariffs on steel and aluminum with Can$16.6 billion […]
Denmark is banning garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the burqa or niqab. It joins other European countries such as France, Germany and Belgium in the move which will come into force on 1 August. The government said it was not aimed at any religion in particular and was not banning […]
Eight years ago, Kim Kardashian stepped into Trump Tower for an assessment meeting with Donald Trump. The subject of their evaluation? Rhinestone and sequin-embellished marketing displays for her perfume line—branded “The Voluptuous New Fragrance”—which was being promoted on a Season 10 episode of The Apprentice. On Wednesday, Kim paid a visit to Trump’s new quarters for […]
Jakarta: India and Indonesia on Wednesday agreed to upgrade their ties to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and called for freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region as they signed 15 agreements including one on defence cooperation after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joko Widodo. Prime Minister Modi, who arrived in Jakarta on […]
A gunman shot dead three people, two of them policemen, in the eastern Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being killed by elite officers, prosecutors told AFP. The shooting occurred around 10.30 am (0830 GMT) near a high school on a major artery in the city, which lies some 90 kilometres east of Brussels. […]
Retired chief justice Nasir-ul-Mulk has been named to be the interim Prime Minister of Pakistan until the general elections, which is scheduled to be held on July 25. According to Pakistan media, the name was declared at a press conference addressed by Leader of Opposition Khursheed Shah. The press meet also saw the presence of […]
Washington The US-North Korea nuclear summit is back in the realms of possibility. The two sides continue to play hot and cold on the proposed meeting between their leaders, but President Trump himself indicated on Friday that they had reengaged in talks after they had broken down over what Pyongyang saw as threatening tone and […]