France on Thursday said it has imposed sanctions, including a travel ban, on 18 Saudi Arabian citizens linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, reported Reuters. The French foreign ministry did not name the 18 individuals, but said in a statement that the sanctions were […]
Singapore: A 34-year-old Indian-origin man based in Australia has been jailed for three weeks here for molesting a Singaporean cabin crew member on board a Singapore-bound flight, a media report said Friday. Paranjape Niranjan Jayant, who works for a logistics firm, pleaded guilty to two charges of molestation of the 25-year-old flight attendant in August […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the CIA did not blame Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was murdered on October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Officials told U.S. media such an operation would have needed the prince’s approval. “They didn’t conclude,” Mr. […]
Istanbul: A Turkish newspaper reported on Thursday that CIA director Gina Haspel signalled to Turkish officials in October that the agency had a recording of a call in which Saudi Arabia’s crown prince gave instructions to “silence” Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. File image of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. AP Asked about the […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday described the European Union’s draft agreement on post-Brexit relations as “right for the whole of the UK”, BBC reported. The prime minister’s address to MPs in Parliament was met with dissenting shouts from several MPs. “The deal that will enable us to do this is now within our […]
NEW DELHI:Words like pashmina, dal, chutney and pyjamas form part of a list of 70 Indian origin words included in the Oxford English Dictionary unveiled by the British Council here on Thursday as part of its 70th anniversary in India. The English cultural-educational organisation unveiled the list to highlight “the proximity and understanding between the […]
London: Saudi Arabia has warned criticism of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a “red line”, after Donald Trump heaped praise on the kingdom in defiance of warnings he was giving Riyadh a pass on a journalist’s grisly murder. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday that calls for the crown prince to be […]