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,...
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Wishes Muslims A Happy Ramadan
OTTAWA, ONTARIO: The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on Tuesday morning wished Muslims a very happy Ramadan. Taking to Twitter, the Canadian PM shared...
India’s New Coronavirus Cases Hit Record
NEW DEHLI: India reported record new 184,372 cases as crowds of pilgrims gathered for a religious festival despite strict curbs and oxygen shortages in the...
India Approves Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine
NEW DELHI: India has approved the use of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Monday, confirming earlier reports...
Iran Nuclear Facility Hit By Cyber Attack
TEHRAN: A nuclear facility in Iran was hit by “sabotage” a day after it unveiled new uranium enrichment equipment, the country’s top nuclear official says....
Riyadh: Ramzan Moon Not Sighted In Saudi Arabia Today
Riyadh: Ramzan Ul Mubarak moon not sighted in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. According to a Saudi news agency the first fast of the holy month...
Indonesia Quake Kills 7
MALANG: A strong earthquake killed at least seven people, injured 12 others and damaged more than 300 buildings on Indonesia’s main island of Java and...
After Babri Mosque, Conspiracies Being Hatched Against Another Mosque in India
NEW DELHI: Minorities in India have been narrowed down. After the Babri Masjid, conspiracies were hatched against another mosque in Banaras. Indian extremist Hindus in...
Britain’s Prince Philip Dies At Age 99
LONDON: Prince Philip, the Greece-born royal who as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving consort to a British sovereign, died Friday. He...
Indian Troops Martyr Four More Kashmiri Youth In Pulwama
In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K), Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred four more Kashmiri youth in Pulwama district...
UK MPs Write Letter To PM Boris Johnson Over Pakistan ‘Red List’ Travel Ban
LONDON: Around 50 British parliamentarians have asked Prime Minister Boris Johnson to urgently answer with full data and evidence to why Pakistan has been added...
Iran Holds Talks With World Powers on Nuclear Program
VIENNA: Iran and world powers held what they described as “constructive” talks on Tuesday and agreed to form working groups to discuss the sanctions Washington...
India Reports 115,736 New COVID Cases in Single Day
NEW DELHI: As the third wave of coronavirus grips the country, India reported a record 115,736 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the total to...
Floods, landslides in Indonesia, East Timor Kill Several
JAKARTA: In Indonesia and East Timor, over one hundred people have been killed in flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains and cyclone. Indonesian...
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...