JERUSALEM: Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in east Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding others, according to Israel’s foreign minister, in one of the deadliest attacks on Israel since the start of the Gaza war.“Palestinian terrorists murdered six Israelis,” Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said, adding that one of the dead … Read more

[ ISLAMABAD: The telecom industry, which has been grappling with unresolved issues for years, has asked the government to follow a spectrum-sharing model instead of auctioning the spectrum. The industry and the government have to resolve the issue of collecting spectrum fee in dollars. Another challenge is the legal dispute that is delaying the upcoming … Read more

GENEVA: Sri Lanka’s new government on Monday rejected a call by the United Nations for an international investigation into alleged war crimes committed during its ethnic conflict which claimed over 100,0a00 lives. Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that his administration opposed the UN’s “Accountability Project”, which preserves evidence for … Read more

[ LAHORE: Pakistan needs to urgently adopt global water stewardship standards in the aftermath of unprecedented monsoon floods. The government and corporate sector should swiftly embrace global water stewardship standards and invest in sustainable water infrastructure and technologies, said experts while speaking at a roundtable conference on water stewardship, organised by the Pakistan Business Council … Read more