Afghanistan: Taliban Declare Three-day Eid Ceasefire
The Taliban has declared a three-day ceasefire across Afghanistan to mark this week’s Eid al-Fitr holiday, two days after more than 50 people – mostly...
India’s Covid-19 Cases Reaches 22.66 Million
New Delhi: Calls grew for India to impose a nationwide lockdown as new coronavirus cases and deaths held close to record highs on Monday, increasing...
Turkish President Condemns Israel Police For Violent Temple Mount Clashes
Ankara Several Turkish officials criticized Israel and called for other countries to voice condemnation, while a Foreign Ministry statement urged Israel to “immediately end its...
40 killed in Blast Near Afghan School
KABUL: A blast outside a school in the Afghan capital on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded another 52 including students, the interior...
Israeli forces attack worshipers at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque, scores injured
JERUSALEM: Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday amid growing anger over the potential...
Biden Says Pakistan to Play Important Role in Afghan-Peace
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden says Pakistan’s position in ending the Afghan war and moving toward a peace deal is important. On his 100th day...
Biden Sets New Goal: At Least 70% Of Adults Given 1 Vaccine Dose By July
WASHINGTON: US President Biden has announced a new goal to administer at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to 70% of American adults by...
India Posts Record Daily Rise in COVID Deaths
NEW DELHI: India accounted for nearly half of the COVID-19 cases reported worldwide last week, the World Health Organization said, as the country’s coronavirus deaths...
Hurriyat Leader Ashraf Sehrai Passes Away
SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K), detained senior APHC leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir Chairman Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai has died in...
23 Dead, Many Hurt as Elevated Metro Collapses in Mexico
MEXICO CITY : An elevated metro line collapsed in the Mexican capital on Monday, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens injured as a...
COVID Continues To Play Havoc in India
NEW DELHI: India’s total Covid caseload soared past 20 million on Tuesday, official data showed, as the pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the country’s...
Bill and Melinda Gates Announce Divorce After 27 Years
WEB DESK: Bill and Melinda Gates announced in identical tweets Monday that they were ending their 27-year marriage. They said they “no longer believe” that...
India’s COVID-19 Case Total Nears 20 Million
NEW DELHI: India on Monday reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day, taking its overall caseload to just shy of...
Time To Recall Troops From Afghanistan: Biden
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden says war in Afghanistan cannot continue for generations Twenty years later, it’s time to bring the troops back home. Before...
Australia, Belgium Ban Directs Flights From India
SYDNEY: Australia and Belgium have banned direct flights from India until May 15. According to the foreign news agency, the reason for this decision is...
Turkey Announces Lockdown Till May 17
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has imposed a nationwide “full closure” until May 17 including a continuous lockdown, school closures and intercity travel restrictions to...
India Registers Record COVID Deaths
NEW DELHI: India’s coronavirus cases hit a record peak for a fifth day on Monday as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged...
Saudi Central Bank Issues SR200 Banknote
RIYADH — The Saudi Central Bank announced its intention to issue a “Two Hundred” denomination of the Saudi currency, on the occasion of the five-year...
Zimbabwe Air Force Helicopter Crash Kills Child and 3 Crew
HARARE: A Zimbabwean military helicopter crashed into a house outside the capital Harare, killing a child and all three crew members, the air force said....
U.S. House Passes Bill To Make Washington, D.C., The 51st State
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state,...
Pakistani Medical Student In New York Near To Blind In Acid Attack
An unidentified man threw acid on a Pakistani college student in the Long Island suburb of New York, US, disfiguring her face in an attack...
COVID: China Offers Help To India
BEIJING: China on Thursday said it was ready to provide outbreak prevention support and medical supplies to India as the country faces a vicious second...
Canada Bans Flights From Pakistan, India
OTTAWA: Canada suspended all passenger flights from Pakistan and India on Thursday for 30 days, Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra announced, citing increased Covid-19 cases detected...
Protests Continue in Myanmar
Myanmar anti-coup activists launched protests on Wednesday calling for the release of detained prisoners, as junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing was reported to be...
India: 22 COVID Patients Killed After Oxygen Leak
NEW DELHI: At least 22 coronavirus patients who were in critical condition died at an Indian hospital on Wednesday when the oxygen supply to their...
Putin Accepts Biden’s Invitation To Virtual Climate Summit
Even as relation fray between them, US President Joe Biden and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to address the worsening climate crisis in a virtual...
Ex-policeman In US Found Guilty Of George Floyd’s Murder
Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted on Tuesday of murdering African-American George Floyd after a racially charged trial seen as a...
8 Killed In Mosque Attack In Afghanistan
Jalalabad: Eight members of the same family were gunned down in an attack on a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. The shooting happened...
Prince Philip Laid To Rest
BERKSHIRE: Queen Elizabeth and her family paid their last respects to Prince Philip at a funeral on Saturday that celebrated his naval past, his international...
Prince Philip Funeral Service Will Be Held Today
The funeral service of late Prince Philip will be held at London’s Windsor Castle on Saturday. The ceremony will be watched by an expected television...
Afghan Taliban Announce To Attack US Troops
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban have announced attacks on US troops over delays in the withdrawal, saying the delays are in violation of the Doha Accords....
US Secretary of State Visits Kabul
KABUL: Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday in an unannounced visit less than 24 hours after the United States and the...
‘Time To End’ US War in Afghanistan With Total Pullout, Announces Biden
WASHINGTON: President Biden on Wednesday announced that the U.S. will withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 — pushing back a May deadline...
Saudi Arabia Says it is Concerned About Iran Uranium Enrichment
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it was concerned about Iran’s intention to start enriching uranium to 60% purity and said such a move could...
Taraweeh Prayers Offered At Hagia Sophia After 86 Years
ANKARA: After 86 years, Taraweeh prayers were offered at the historic Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. According to Turkish media, thousands of Muslims performed...
Nato Forces To Leave Together From Afghanistan By September 11
A coalition of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)-led troops in Afghanistan will leave the country in coordination with a planned US withdrawal by September 11,...