The US government has unveiled fresh sanctions against five Iranian individuals linked to the country’s military who are supporting anti-government forces in Yemen. The US Office of Foreign Assets Control issued the sanctions on charges that the elite Revolutionary Guard Corps have provided ballistic missile-related technology to Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Following the sanctions, all property […]
Philip Roth, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, has died of congestive heart failure, said Andrew Wylie, his literary agent. He was 85. Roth was hospitalised two weeks ago with tachycardia, which he’d suffered for many years, said his friend, Judith Thurman. He was surrounded by close friends and family in his final moments on Tuesday, CNN […]
Over 40,000 border villagers were forced to migrate from their homes as the Pakistan Rangers continued targeting civilian and defence facilities in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts on Wednesday, police said. While some of the migrants have taken shelter in makeshift camps set up by the administration, most others preferred to shift to the houses […]
In a bid to scale up its business operations, Finnish company HMD Global — which sells the iconic Nokia brand of phones — has announced that it has raised an additional $100 million from investors. With the latest funding, HMD Global’s current market valuation exceeds $1 billion giving it a unicorn status. “We are thrilled […]
The Pakistani Rangers on Tuesday continued shelling on the international border (IB) in the Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir affecting 30 BSF border outposts and some two dozen villages, police said. “People have been advised to remain indoors till the situation returns to normal,” a police officer said. All schools close to […]
With the aim to make a dent in the premium smartphone market, Chinese player OnePlus on Thursday launched its flagship OnePlus 6 in India — a first in the OnePlus’ line-up featuring an all-glass design. The device will be available for open sales across all channels, starting May 22 — in 6GB RAM + 64GB […]
After facing a US ban, Russia-based Kaspersky Lab on Thursday announced to move its core customer data storage and processing processes for most regions to Zurich, Switzerland, by 2019 — at a time when the European Union (EU) gets ready to introduce a new data privacy law. The transfer of core processes, including software assembly […]
Cvent Inc., a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, today announced the results of its Top 50 Meeting Hotels in Asia Pacific. The list was compiled by analysing group booking activity through its Cvent Supplier Network, which sourced more than $14.7 billion and more than 40 million room nights in 2017, helping to support more […]
Facebook on Tuesday unveiled for the first time a transparency report that shows an increasing number of posts identified as containing graphic violence in the first of quarter of 2018. “Of every 10,000 content views, an estimate of 22 to 27 contained graphic violence, compared to an estimate of 16 to 19 last quarter,” Xinhua […]
Negotiations to modernise the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are unlikely to reach an accord in principle by May 17, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Tuesday. The three NAFTA partners, Mexico, Canada and the US, continue to disagree on several issues, he said. “The possibility that by Thursday we will have all […]