TOKYO: Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill to bring more blue-collar foreign workers into the country, in a controversial move to address chronic labour shortages. The draft legislation, now likely to be submitted to parliament as soon as Friday, has come under attack from both the opposition and members of Prime Minister Shinzo […]
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Japan cabinet approves bill to accept foreign workers
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US limits contacts with Afghan military after insider attacks
WASHINGTON: The US military in Afghanistan has halted most face-to-face contacts with the Afghan security forces and has temporarily withdrawn troops from Afghan security facilities after recent “insider” shootings, US media reported on Thursday. Two key Afghan officials and a Nato soldier were killed in the attacks that began last week while a US brigadier […]
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Erdogan wants Istanbul trial over planned Khashoggi murder
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called for the trial in Istanbul of the Saudi suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a crime that he said was intricately planned days in advance. Erdogan had promised that his speech in Ankara would give the “naked truth” about the killing and he gave a […]
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Qureshi sees change in world leaders’ perception about Kashmir issue
NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he sees a palpable and distinct change in the perception of international diplomats about the festering Kashmir dispute. He was talking to reporters here at the end of his six-day visit to the United Nations during which he attended the 73rd session of its General […]
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Germany approves extradition of Iran diplomat over bomb ‘plot’
A German court said Monday it gave the green light for a Iranian diplomat linked to an alleged bomb plot against an Iranian opposition rally to be handed over to Belgium. The superior regional court in Bamberg said in a statement that it had on September 27 approved the extradition of the Iranian diplomat based […]
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US ‘subsidising’ Saudi, Asian militaries: Trump
WHEELING: President Donald Trump on Saturday complained that the United States (US) is “subsidising” the military of Middle East ally Saudi Arabia, as well as Japan and South Korea. The comment, at a West Virginia rally for local candidates of his Republican Party, follows similar jibes at European members of the Nato alliance. “When you […]