National Resilience Day being observed today
- 08-Oct-2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is observing National Resilience Day on Monday to express solidarity and sympathy with families who suffered natural calamities. It reminds Pakistan of the devastating earthquake of 2005 that wreaked havoc in Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other parts of the country by causing immense damages to life, property and infrastructure. “People […]
Lebanon passes first budget since 2005
- 20-Oct-2017
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament on Thursday approved a government budget for the first time since 2005, the country’s ANI news agency reported. For 12 years, political crises and wars have forced Lebanon’s state institutions to operate without a budget, an economic aberration that has angered many Lebanese. But after three days of debate, lawmakers on Thursday […]
White House furious as Trump’s 2005 tax return leaked to media
- 15-Mar-2017
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump paid around $38 million in taxes in 2005, the White House acknowledged late Tuesday, as a handful of elusive details about the president’s tax status were leaked to the US media. Trump has steadfastly refused to release his full tax returns, breaking with decades of tradition among presidential candidates of all political parties. The leak — a summary of […]
Seven held over $72 mn Amsterdam diamond heist from 2005
- 22-Jan-2017
THE HAGUE: Seven people have been arrested over the robbery of $72 million (67 million euros) in jewellery, one the world’s biggest ever heists, from Amsterdam’s airport nearly 12 years ago, authorities said Saturday. The diamonds and jewellery were taken during the hold up of a KLM armoured car in a high-security portion of Schiphol airport […]