Bangladesh Nobel laureate Yunus named chief adviser of interim government

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris PARIS: Zakia Khudadadi has spent most of her life breaking through glass ceilings. Or rather, knock them through with a sidekick.The taekwondo paralympian made history in 2021 in Tokyo, becoming the first Afghan woman to compete in an international sporting event … 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 on Tuesday launched a rocket carrying a constellation of 18 satellites as part of efforts to assert its presence in space. The satellites were carried 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 news agency said … Read more