RSS Protests in India Against KPL
Cricket in India has once again fallen victim to RSS extremism. In India, RSS activists took to the streets against the Kashmir Premier League. The...
Firefighters Continue to Efforts To Control Wildfires
ANKARA: Firefighters continue to fight wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast for the third day in a row. According to Turkish media, the affected villages have...
Kandahar Airport Hit By Rocket Fire as Afghanistan Fighting Rages
A key airport in southern Afghanistan has come under rocket fire as government forces struggle against Taliban assaults on several major cities. Flights out of...
Turkey Fire Kills Three, Injures 100 Others
Ankara: Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires in villages and resorts on Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean coasts. Three people have died and dozens have been...
Hundreds of Monkeys Clash For Food in Thailand
Most people will associate gang fights with movies and shows but they have become a reality on the streets of Thailand. However, the brawl is...
“Won’t Allow Anyone To Use Afghan Soil Against China”: Taliban
BEIJING: China told a visiting Taliban delegation on Wednesday it expected the insurgent group to play an important role in ending Afghanistan’s war and rebuilding...
One Dead, Several Injured After Explosion Hits German Chemicals Site
One person has been killed and four others are missing after an explosion rocked an industrial park housing several chemical companies in Germany’s western city...
Biden Announces To End Combat Operations in Iraq
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden declared US relations with Iraq would enter a new phase with American troops exiting combat operations in the country by year-end...
Saudi Arabia To Welcome Foreign Umrah Pilgrims Starting Aug 9
MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia has announced the resumption of Umrah service for pilgrims abroad from August 9 following a successful Hajj season, state press agency SPA...
Indian Govt Spied Kashmiri Hurriyat Leaders Through Pegasus
Modi also spied on 25 Kashmiri leaders through Israeli spy software Pegasus. The phones of four members of the family of senior Hurriyat Conference leader...
Indian Forces Martyr Two Kashmiri Youth In IoK
SRINAGAR: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two Kashmiri youth in Bandipora district. The...
US Appreciates Pakistan On FATF Progress
WASHINGTON: The US State Department spokesperson Ned Price while briefing the media in Washington on Monday said that Pakistan s role in the Afghan peace process...
Talks Between Taliban, Afghan Officials End Without Progress
Two days of talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban in Qatar ended without clear progress. No ceasefire was announced on Eid. The parties have agreed...
Hajj Sermon 2021: O believers, Fear Allah Almighty By Obeying His Commands
MECCA: Sheikh Bandar Bin Abdulaziz Baleelah, urged people to follow Prophet’s (PBUH) teachings regarding pandemics, saying that the Prophet (PBUH) had asked people to not...
Annual Hajj rituals begin today with arrival of pilgrims in Mina
Annual Hajj rituals begin in Makkah today (Sunday) with the arrival of pilgrims in Mina. Due to coronavirus pandemic, no foreign pilgrims have been allowed...
Europe’s Flood Toll Surpasses 120
WEB DESK: Emergency workers in western German and Belgium rushed Friday to rescue hundreds of people in danger or still unaccounted for as the death...
Taliban Take Over Key Border Post
KABUL: The Taliban continued with their onslaught against the Afghanistan government Wednesday, as a spokesperson of the group said they had captured the important Spin...
UAE Opens Israel Embassy After Normalisation Deal
TEL AVIV: The United Arab Emirates opened an embassy in Israel Wednesday, housed in Tel Aviv’s new stock exchange building, in the latest normalisation move...
Taliban Warn Turkey Against Extending Troops in Afghanistan
KABUL: The Taliban on Tuesday warned Turkey against extending its presence in the country when US-led forces leave the country, insisting the decision was “reprehensible”....
U.S. West Scorches Under Heat Wave, Death Valley Reaches 130 Degrees
DEATH VALLEY: A brutal heat wave punishing the U.S. West pushed temperatures toward all-time records for a third day on Sunday, as Death Valley in...
50 Killed In Covid Ward Fire At Iraq Hospital
NASIRIYAH: At least 50 people died in a fire in the coronavirus isolation ward at an Iraqi hospital, the second such deadly inferno in a...
Kashmiris Observing Kashmir Martyrs Day Today
Islamabad: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and world over are observing Kashmir Martyrs Day today to pay homage to martyrs...
Lightning Strikes Kill 76 People in India
NEW DELHI: Several people reportedly taking selfies near a historical fort in northern India were among 76 killed by lightning strikes during the early stages...
Afghan Taliban Claim To Control Chinese Border Via Iran Border Crossing
KABUL: Taliban fighters have seized control of a key district in western Afghanistan that includes an important border crossing with Iran, Afghan security officials said,...
Biden Says Kabul’s Fall to Taliban ‘Not Inevitable’ as Fighting Rages
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden on Thursday defended the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, saying it was “not inevitable” that the country would fall to the...
Afghan Govt, Taliban Hold Talks in Tehran
TEHRAN: The Taliban delegation and a group of Afghan politicians in Tehran agreed during their meetings on Wednesday and Thursday that war was not the...
Indian Forces Martyr Four Kashmiris in IoK
SRINAGAR: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh acts of state terrorism, martyred four more Kashmiri youth in two districts...
Three Killed in Iran Gas Pumping Station Blast
TEHRAN: An explosion caused by a gas leak at a pipeline pumping station killed three workers and injured four in southwestern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian...
Environmental Changes Pose Threat to World: XI Jinping
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday told French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel he hoped China and Europe would expand cooperation...
India Evacuating RAW Anti-Pak Staff Out of Afghanistan Amid fears
Amid the very fast developments in Afghanistan, as US troops are expected to expedite the process of withdrawal from the country, while on the other...
Saudi Arabia Bans Entry From Three Countries
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has said it is suspending flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ethiopia and Vietnam to protect aga Flights to the three...
Indian Military’s Internal Spat Out In Open
New Delhi: The spat over the creation of integrated theatre commands has now come out in open with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat...
Seven Members Of Pakistan-origin Family Killed In Canada House Fire
Calgary: At least seven members of a Pakistan-origin family lost their lives when their residence burned down in the Canadian province of Alberta on Friday....
Two More Kashmiris Martyred in IoK
SRINAGAR: Indian troops martyred two more Kashmiri youth in Kulgam district. The troops martyred the youth during a cordon and search operation in Chimmer area...
Over 200 Dead As Record-Breaking Heatwave Grips Canada
TORONTO: More than 200 people have died in Canada since Friday as temperatures hit a record high of 49.1°C in the past four days. These...
Israel FM Opens First Embassy in UAE
DUBAI: Israel’s top diplomat Yair Lapid opened the Jewish state s first embassy in the Gulf during a trip to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday...
Several Cars Burnt In Fire at London Railway Station
LONDON: Dozens of firefighters are tackling a large blaze at the Elephant and Castle train station in south London, the city’s fire brigade has said....
Iran Claims It Has Drones Capable Of Flying 7,000km
TEHRAN: The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said his country owns drones capable of flying 7,000 kilometers (more than 4,000 miles). “We have drones which...
China Turns On World’s Second-Biggest Hydropower Dam
SHANGHAI: The giant Baihetan hydropower plant on the upstream branch of China’s Yangtze river has begun generating electricity for the first time on Monday, state...
Ghani, Abdullah Meet Joe Biden
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his former political foe, Abdullah Abdullah, on Friday at the White House where he...
Khamenei Receives First Dose of Iranian-Made COVID-19 Vaccine
TEHRAN: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received the first dose of the Iranian-made COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic. The Leader had set...
US Intelligence Warns Afghanistan Could Fall in 6 Months After US Pull-Out: Report
WASHINGTON: US intelligence has warned that Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, could fall to the resurgent Taliban group within six months of the departure of...
Russian Warship ‘Fires Shots at UK Royal Navy Ship
The Russian Navy intercepted the HMS Defender in the Black Sea this morning. The Black Sea Fleet in tandem with the Russian FSB Border Service...
UN Warns of Taliban Offensive in Afghanistan
NEW YORK: Taliban insurgents have captured more than 50 of 370 districts in Afghanistan since May, the U.N. special envoy said on Tuesday, warning that...
Raisi Reminds US Of Its Promises With Iran On Nuclear Deal
TEHRAN: Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news conference since...