Bangladesh Nobel laureate Yunus named chief adviser of interim government

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover aims for Olympic gold in Paris PARIS: Zakia Khudadadi has spent most of her life breaking glass ceilings. Or rather, break them with helper.The Taekwondo Paralympian made history in Tokyo 2021, becoming the first Afghan woman to compete in an international sporting event since the Taliban … Read more

Dubai International Airport, busiest for global travel, sees half-year record of 44.9 million passengers

LONDON: It has been 14 years since Israeli agents carried out one of Mossad’s most audacious, controversial and, perhaps, pointless assassinations. On Jan. 19, 2010, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, the man responsible for procuring weapons for Hamas, was murdered in a hotel bedroom in Dubai. It was a big operation, with many moving parts, involving almost 30 … Read more

US sends ship-based Navy fighter jets to a base in the Middle East to help protect Israel

LONDON: It has been 14 years since Israeli agents carried out one of Mossad’s most audacious, controversial and, perhaps, pointless assassinations. On Jan. 19, 2010, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, the man responsible for procuring weapons for Hamas, was murdered in a hotel bedroom in Dubai. It was a big operation, with many moving parts, involving almost 30 … Read more

China launches rocket carrying new satellites

TAIPEI: China says it launched a rocket carrying a constellation of a reported 18 satellites on Tuesday as part of an effort to assert its presence in space. The satellites were launched aboard a Long March-6 launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi province early Tuesday afternoon. The official Xinhua … Read more