Man Rams Car Into Capitol Police; 1 Officer, Driver Killed
WASHINGTON: A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and...
Three Afghan Security Personnel Killed in Helicopter Crash
KANDAHAR: At least three Afghan security personnel were killed when a military helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, with the Taliban claiming to...
Myanmar Cuts Internet Service Amid Coup Protests
YANGON: Myanmar’s wireless broadband internet services were shut down on Friday by order of the military, local providers said, as protesters continued to defy the...
Children Not Allowed In Saudi Arabia’s Prophet’s Mosque During Ramadan
JEDDAH: Children under the age of 15 will not be allowed to enter the Prophet’s Mosque and its courtyards during Ramadan as a precautionary measure...
Taiwan Train Crash Kills At Least 48 People
Taipei: At least 48 people were killed and dozens more injured when a train derailed while partially inside a tunnel in Taiwan on Friday. 66...
Four Killed in California Shooting
CALIFORNIA: Four people, including one child, were killed and a fifth critically wounded in a shooting at an office building in Orange on Wednesday and...
US Secretary of State Shows Concern Over Rights Violations at Int’l Level
NEW YORK: The U.S. Department of State’s 2020 human rights report classified China’s actions in Xinjiang as “genocide and crimes against humanity” for the first time. “The...
Coronavirus Likely Came From Animal: WHO
NEW YORK: Covid-19 probably came to people through an animal, and likely started spreading no more than a month or two before it was noticed...
Three Anti-Women Polio Workers Shot Dead in Afghanistan
KABUL: Gunmen have killed three female polio vaccination health workers in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. It was not immediately clear who carried out...
China Welcomes Positive Engagement Between Pakistan, India
ISLAMABAD: China on Monday welcomed recent positive interactions between Pakistan and India and said that it was ready to work with Pakistan to inject positive...
Saudi-Led Coalition Downs Six Drones Fired By Houthi Rebels
RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition has downed six drones today fired by Houthis rebels towards Saudi Arabian city of Khamis Mushait. The coalition said, in a...
Iran Reiterates 2015 Nuclear Deal Not Renegotiable
TEHRAN: Iran has reiterated that the 2015 nuclear deal is not renegotiable. In a tweet, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the parties which...
Iran and IAEA Clear Potential Roadblock To Talks With US on Nuclear Deal
TEHRAN: A potential roadblock to talks between Iran and the US on the future of the nuclear deal has been cleared after the UN nuclear...
UN Opens War crimes Investigation Against Israel
GENEVA: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Wednesday she launched a formal inquiry into alleged crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories,...
Myanmar Security Forces Shoot Dead Nine Anti-coup Protesters
Myanmar security forces opened fire on protests against military rule on Wednesday, killing nine people, witnesses and media reported, a day after neighbouring countries called...
US Imposes Sanctions On Houthi Rebels And Russian Officers
The United States has imposed sanctions on two commanders of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, blaming them for civilian deaths and denouncing their ties with Iran as...
UN Concerned Over Kashmir Restrictions
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over restrictions on communications and clampdown on civil society in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu...
France’s Former President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced in Corruption Trial
PARIS: A French court found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on Monday of trying to bribe a judge and of influence peddling, making him the...