Indian BSF Ja an Killed in Ambush by Insurgents near India-Bangladesh Border
A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed in an ambush by banned insurgents from across the Indo-Bangla border in North Tripura district. Speaking to...
19 Killed in Syrian Market Blast
BEIRUT: A rocket attack on a crowded market in northern Syria killed 19 people and wounded dozens, an opposition war monitor and a paramedic group...
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man in West Bank
Israeli forces martyred a Palestinian man during a raid in occupied West Bank on Friday. In a statement, Palestinian Health Ministry said the man was...
Indian Police Martyr Prisoner in Fake Encounter in Jammu District
SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian police have martyred a prisoner in a fake encounter in Jammu district. The police took...
Blast Kills 21 in Kabul Mosque
KABUL: A bomb blast at a mosque in north Kabul killed 21 people, including children and a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and residents said Thursday....
Indian Police Bus Skids Off From Road and Plummets In Gorge Killing 7 Injuring 32 Other
Srinagar: A bus carrying 41 security personnel skidded off a mountain road and plummeted into a deep gorge in India-administered Kashmir, killing seven soldiers and...
U.S. First Lady Jill Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON: U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said. After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during...
China Conducts Fresh Military Drills Around Taiwan
BEIJING: China carried out more military exercises in the sea and airspace around Taiwan. The Chinese military unit responsible for the area adjacent to Taiwan...
Oil Prices Fall By $4 in Internatinoal Market
Oil prices fell by more than $4 a barrel on Monday on demand fears as disappointing Chinese economic data renewed global recession concerns. Brent crude...
Six Pakistanis Die in Road Crash in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Six Pakistani laborers were killed and 2 injured in a traffic accident in Saudi Arabia. According to embassy sources, the tragic accident occurred due...
Kashmiris Observing India’s Independence Day as Black Day
SRINAGAR: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over are observing the Indian Independence Day, today, as Black Day in...
US Congressional Delegation Arrives in Taiwan on Heels of Pelosi Visit
TAIPEI: A US congressional delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, officials said, days after China held military drills around the island in retaliation for US...
More Than 40 People Dies In Egypt’s Coptic Church Fire
Cairo: More than 40 people were killed in a blaze that broke out during a Sunday mass in a Coptic Christian church in a suburb...
Saudi King, Crown Prince Congratulate Pakistan On Independence Day
RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have congratulated the Pakistani nation on the occasion of Independence Day. In his...
Top Secret’ Documents Seized in Raid on Trump Home
WASHINGTON: FBI agents seized records marked “top secret” during their search of former president Donald Trump´s Florida estate, according to documents made public Friday in...
Salman Rushdie Attacked During Speech in New York
NEW YORK: British author Salman Rushdie, who wrote blasphemous content against the prophet of Islam (PBUH), was attacked on stage Friday in western New York...
Saudi Arabia Allows Holders of Tourist Visas to Perform Umrah
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that the Kingdom will now allow visitors holding tourist visas to perform Umrah. The decision...
Taliban Cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani Killed in Blast
KABUL: A prominent Taliban cleric, Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, was killed in an attack in a seminary in Kabul when the attacker detonated explosives hidden in...
Heavy Rain Kills 11 in South Korea
SEOUL: The death toll from the record rainfall that lashed South Korea this week has risen to 11, with eight more people still missing. According...
Ukraine Exports 400,000 Tons of Grain to Address Global Food Insecurity
Ukraine has exported nearly four hundred thousand tonnes of grain in the first week following the announcement of a deal brokered by Türkiye to address...
Biden Signs U.S. Ratification Document on NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland
United States President Joe Biden has formally signed the ‘instruments of ratification’ endorsing Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO. Addressing the signing ceremony in Washington,...
Mastermind of APS Attack Omar Khalid Khorasani Killed in Afghanistan
KABUL: The main commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Omar Khalid Khorasani on Monday was killed in a blast along with his companions in...
Protests Erupt In Bangladesh After 52% Hike In Fuel Prices
DHAKA: A steep increase in fuel prices in Bangladesh saw protests erupting across the country. The hike, which according to Bangladeshi media is “highest ever”,...
OBlaze in Cuban Oil Depot Leaves 17 Firefighters Missing, 121 Hurt
A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames...
Turkey, Russia Agree To Enhance Bilateral Trade
MOSCOW: Turkey and Russia have agreed to enhance bilateral trade. In a statement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the agreement was reached in his...
UN Security Council Meeting Called On Gaza Situation
Rabat – The UN Security Council will convene a closed-door emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Israel’s latest escalation in the Gaza Strip. The UAE...
10 Palestinians Martyred in Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza
In Gaza, at least ten Palestinians including a Commander of the Islamic Jihad group have been martyred in Israeli air strikes. The attacks follows the...
China Scraps Cooperation With US over Taiwan Spat
BEIJING: China said Friday it was ending cooperation with the United States on key issues including climate change — a move Washington decried as “fundamentally...
Blast in Kabul Kills Eight
KABUL: The Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for a deadly blast on Friday in a Shi’ite residential area in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Police...
Turkish President Arrives in Russia to Hold Talks With Putin
MOSCOW: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Russia on Friday where he will have talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Matters such as the...
Thailand: 13 Killed in Night Club Fire
In Thailand, 13 people were killed and thirty-five injured when a fire broke out at a night club in eastern Chonburi province early this morning. ...
Iran Nuclear Talks to Restart in Vienna With EU Mediation
Iran nuclear talks to restart in Vienna with EU mediation. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a statement that Tehran is serious about...
Ship Accused of Carrying Stolen Ukranian Grain Leaves Lebanon
BEIRUT: A Syrian ship cleared for release by Lebanon after it was seized over allegations it was carrying flour and barley stolen from Ukraine left...
China Appreciates PM For Pushing Ahead Building of CPEC
China has appreciated Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif for pushing ahead building of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying during her media...
China Hits Taiwan With Trade Restrictions After Pelosi Visit
Beijing: China has suspended some trade with Taiwan in apparent retribution for a visit by the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-governing island....
Yasin Malik Ends Hunger Strike
SRINAGAR: Convicted Kashmiri Separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is lodged at Tihar Jail in the national capital, has ended his hunger strike, officials said Tuesday....
US Has Killed Al-Qaeda Chief Al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan: Media
WASHINGTON: The United States has killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to US media outlets, in what the White House announced Monday was a “successful”...
Ukraine: Grain Ship Departs Odesa Under UN Safe Passage Deal
A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Istanbul on Monday under a safe passage agreement. The sailing was made possible after...
Mushaal Pens Letter To Modi Seeking Yasin’s Immediate Release
ISLAMABAD: Chairperson Peace and Culture Organisation Mushaal Hussein Mullick urged the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release her husband Yasin Malik, languishing in the...
World Bank Refuses New Funding for Bankrupt Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: The World Bank said Friday it would not offer new funding to Sri Lanka unless the bankrupt island nation carried out “deep structural reforms”...
Biden, Xi Hold Talks on Taiwan, Trade Dispute
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke by phone Thursday on mounting tensions over Taiwan, a festering trade dispute and their bid...
20 Killed in Two Separate Bomb Attacks in Somalia
In Somalia, at least twenty people have been killed and several others wounded in two separate bomb attacks in Shabelle region. According to police, a...
Powerful 7.1 Earthquake Strikes Philippines, at Least 4 Dead
MANILA: A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday killing four people, damaging buildings and sending strong tremors through...
China Will Focus on ‘Unbalanced and Inadequate’ Development in Next Five Years: Xi
BEIJING: China must focus on addressing the problem of “unbalanced and inadequate development” in the next five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping told senior leaders...
Oil Rises For a Second Day on Supply Tightness Concerns
LONDON: Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a second day on increasing concerns about tightening European supply after Russia, a key energy supplier to the...
Wildfire In California Continues To Grow In Size, Firefighters Struggle Through Sweltering Temperatures
A fast-moving wildfire in California continues to grow in size, firefighters say, as they struggle through sweltering temperatures. The Oak Fire has now burned 15,603...
Biden’s COVID symptoms improving: physician
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms continue to improve and now include “less troublesome” sore throat, runny nose, loose cough and body aches, his physician,...
Russia, Ukraine Seal Landmark Grain Deal in Istanbul
ISTANBUL: Ukraine and Russia on Friday ended months of fraught negotiations and signed a landmark deal with Turkey and the United Nations aimed at relieving...
Saudi Who Helped Israeli Reporter Sneak Into Makkah Arrested
RIYADH: A Saudi who allegedly helped a non-Muslim enter the holy city of Makkah has been arrested, police in the kingdom said on Friday, after...
After 30 Years Polio Case Found In New York City Suburb
NEW YORK: A case of polio has been identified outside New York City and confirmed by federal health officials, the New York State Health Department...