US Tornadoes: Death Toll Likely To Pass 100
In United States, the death toll from powerful tornadoes that devastated towns in Kentucky is likely to pass hundred. President Joe Biden has declared a...
WHO Warns Omicron Coronavirus Variant Poses Very High Global Risk
The World Health Organization has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant, poses a very high global risk with some evidence that it evades vaccine protection....
At Least 84 Killed As Tornadoes Hammer Six US states
MAYFIELD: Dozens of devastating tornadoes ripped through the Midwest and the southeastern US overnight involving six US states overnight, leaving more than 70 people dead...
WB Says Donors Approve Release of $280 mn For Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: International donors agreed to release $280 million in aid to Afghanistan, the World Bank said Friday, after repeated warnings that more than half the...
Bus Bomb Kills Two in Afghan Capital: Taliban
KABUL: Two people were killed and four wounded in separate bomb explosions Friday in Kabul, the Taliban government said. “Two civilians have been killed and...
Indian CDS Bipin Rawat Laid To Rest
NEW DELHI: India’s top general, Bipin Rawat, was cremated in New Delhi on Friday with full military honours, including a 17-gun salute, two days after...
UK Court Allows Assange’s Extradition to US For Spying Case
LONDON: A British appellate court opened the door Friday for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States by overturning a lower court’s decision...
Saudi Arabia’s MBS On First Visit to Qatar Since End of Blockade
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived in Doha on the third stop of his tour of the Gulf states, the first visit...
Sharjah Adopts Three-Day Weekend
SHARJAH: The southern Gulf emirate of Sharjah announced Thursday a shift to a three-day weekend for the official sector. The move comes after the United...
Omicron Reported in 57 Countries: WHO
The World Health Organization has warned that the new Omicron variant has been reported in fifty seven countries and number of patients needing hospitalization is...
Indian Defense Chief Bipin Rawat Dies In Chopper Crash Along With 12 Others
NEW DEHLI: Top Indian military official General Bipin Rawat, along with 12 others, were killed on Wednesday when an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crashed...
Indian CDS General Bipin Rawat’s Chopper Crashes In Tamil Nadu, 11 Killed
New Delhi: An Indian Air Force helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, was on board...
Indian Chief Of Defence Staff Helicopter Crashes, Four Killed
New Delhi: An Indian Air Force helicopter with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on board crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday. Four...
Suspected Member of Khashoggi Hit Squad Arrested in Paris
PARIS: French police have arrested a suspected member of the hit squad that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 at the kingdom’s consulate in...
COVID-19 Caused More Damages To Children’s Education: WB
NEW YORK: The World Bank has said in a report that the outbreak of the coronavirus has caused more damage than expected to children’s education...
Afghanistan, Myanmar Not Allowed To Send Representatives To UN
NEW YORK: The new governments of Afghanistan and Myanmar have not been allowed to send representatives to the UN General Assembly in the near future....
Motorcycle Bomb Kills Four in Iraq
BAGHDAD: A bomb killed four people in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Tuesday, the first such attack in years in a part of...
UAE Announces 4.5-day Workweek
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has said all government entities will adopt a new working-week schedule that will consist of four and half days,...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Jailed For Four Years
YANGON: A Myanmar court on Monday jailed ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for four years for inciting dissent against the military and breaching...
Indonesia Semeru Volcanic Eruption Kills 13
SUMBERWULUH: Ten people trapped after Indonesia’s Semeru volcano erupted have been evacuated to safety, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, as the death...
UAE Official Expected in Tehran on Rare Visit: Media
TEHRAN: A senior Emirati security official is due in Iran on Monday, ISNA news agency reported, in the latest outreach between the two countries since...
Indian Security Forces Kill 13 Civilians In Nagaland’s Mon District
Kohima: At least 13 civilians have been killed by security forces in Nagaland’s Mon district, police said on Sunday, adding that it is investigating whether...
Sialkot Incident: Sri Lankan PM Confident PM Khan Will Keep His Commitment
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Saturday he is confident that his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan will keep his commitment to bring...
WHO Calls For Greater Vigilance Amid Omicron Spread
WEB: The World Health Organization has urged people to remain vigilant against spread of potentially more transmissible new Omicron coronavirus variant. In a statement, the...
UN Committee Defer Action on bid by Taliban to appoint envoys to world body
UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations committee has put off action on requests by the Taliban government in Afghanistan and Myanmar’s military regime to take their...
Two Kashmiris Martyred in IoK
SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K), Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two more youth in Pulwama district....
Three Killed in Michigan High School Shooting
A 15-year-old student opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three other students and wounding eight other people, authorities say. Oakland county undersheriff Mike...
China’s Xi Promises 1bn COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Africa
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping has said China would offer another one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to African countries and would encourage Chinese companies to...
Egypt Defence Expo opens in Cairo
CAIRO: The world’s leading weapons manufacturers arrived in Cairo for the start of EDEX, the Egypt Defence Expo. Weapons makers laid out their latest rifles,...
Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Steps Down as Chief Executive
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief executive of the company. He will be replaced by the current chief technical officer, Parag Agrawal,...
UAE Slashes PoL Prices
DUBAI: UAE’s fuel price committee approved on Monday a decrease in petrol and diesel prices for December 2021. Effective starting Wednesday, December 1, 2021, the...
Saudi Arabia Bans Flights To and From 7 African Countries
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced the suspension of flights from seven African countries on Friday, due to the emergence of a new variant of the novel...
New Variant Of Coronavirus Named Omicron
LONDON/GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday designated a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa with a large number of mutations as being...
US Blacklists Several Chinese Companies
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration added a dozen Chinese companies to its trade blacklist on Wednesday, citing national security as well as foreign policy concerns....
India To Block Most Cryptocurrencies
India is looking to bar most private cryptocurrencies when it introduces a new bill to regulate virtual currencies in the winter session of Parliament, the...
Man Who Runs Car Into Christmas Parade Indicted
WAUKESHA: The Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy suspect Darrell Brooks has been charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide. The Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy has...
US To Release 50 Million barrels Of Reserve Oil To Ease Energy Costs
Washington: United States President Joe Biden has ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs. The...
45 Killed in Bulgaria Bus Fire
SOFIA: At least 45 people, including 12 children, died as a bus carrying mostly North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on a highway in western...
Five Killed, Over Three Dozen Injured As Vehicles Plows Through Christmas Parade in US
Five people were killed and more than 40 injured after an SUV sped through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, US, knocking down dozens of...
Afghan Taliban Order TV Channels To Stop Featuring Women In Dramas And Movies
Kabul: Afghan Taliban have issued new “religious guidelines” ordering the country’s television channels to stop featuring women in dramas and movies while also instructing women...
UK Outlaws Palestinian Group Hamas
LONDON: Britain’s interior minister Priti Patel on Friday said she had banned the Palestinian group Hamas in a move that brings the UK s stance on...
Climate Envoy Kerry Voices Hope For More US-China Cooperation
SINGAPORE: United States climate envoy John Kerry voiced hope on Friday that Beijing and Washington would work together more closely on the climate emergency after...
Farmers protests: Modi takes U-turn on controversial farm laws
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a stunning U-turn by announcing that his government will repeal three controversial agricultural reform laws that...
Prince Charles, Camilla Land in Egypt For Royal Tour
Prince Charles and wife Camilla arrived in Egypt on Thursday, marking the start of the second leg of their Middle East tour. The royal couple...
43 Dead in Armed Attack in Nigerian Village
The death toll from attacks by armed bandits on villages across two local government areas in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto earlier this week has...
Indian Forces Martyr Doctor, Three Traders in IoK
In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the families of martyred civilians by Indian troops in Srinagar continued protest on the second consecutive day, today...
UN Shows Concern Over Increase in Narcotics Production
Afghanistan’s opium production crossed the 6,000-ton mark for the fifth straight year, according to a United Nations report, undermining efforts to stop the war-torn nation...
US Denounces Russia Over Dangerous And Irresponsible Missile Test
WASHINGTON: The United States denounced Russia on Monday for conducting a “dangerous and irresponsible” missile strike that blew up one of its own satellites, creating...
Joe Biden Holds Talks With His Chinese Counterpart on Video Link
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping stressed their responsibility to the rest of the world to avoid conflict as the heads...