Saudi Arabia Intercepts Two Armed Drones of Houthis
RIYADH: The Saudi-led Arab coalition said on Monday it had intercepted and destroyed an armed drone launched by Houthi militia, Saudi state TV reported. The...
Turkey Announces Moon Mission
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed a 10-year space program on Tuesday. It includes ambitious plans such as sending Turkish astronauts to the moon....
Martial Law Declared In Parts Of Myanmar As Outrage Over Coup Grows
Yangon, Myanmar: Martial law was declared in parts of Myanmar’s second largest city Mandalay Monday, after hundreds of thousands rallied across the country against the...
NY Assembly Passes Resolution To Observe Feb 5 As Kashmir Day
NEW YORK: New York State Assembly has passed a resolution to observe February 5 as Kashmir American Day. As per details, the resolution to observe...
US Senate Passes Budget Plan To Advance Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID Aid Package
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s drive to enact a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum on Friday as the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a budget...
UNSC Calls For Release of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council called for the release of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained by the military and...
Donald Trump Refuses to Testify At Senate Impeachment Trial
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s legal team has said the former president will not voluntarily testify under oath at his impeachment trial in the Senate next week,...
Biden Ends US Support For Yemen War
President Joe Biden is ending US military support for the war by its Saudi allies in Yemen, the White House said Thursday ahead of the...
Sri Lanka Halts Port Deal With India And Japan
Colombo: Sri Lanka scrapped a deal to develop a major port terminal with India and Japan amid weeks-long protests by trade unions and opposition parties....
Netanyahu To Visit UAE Next Week
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he planned to pay a three-hour visit next week to the United Arab Emirates and perhaps...
COVID-19: Saudi Arabia Suspends Entry From 20 Countries
RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has suspended an entry to the country from 20 countries, with the exception of diplomats, Saudi citizens, medical...
Turkish President Hints At New Constitution
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday his ruling AK Party and its nationalist allies may start work on drafting a new constitution, less...
Muslim Council of Britain Elects First Female Leader
WEB DESK: The Muslim Council of Britain has elected its first female leader. Zara Mohammed said it was an “honour” to be appointed as the...
Myanmar Military Seizes Power, Imposes Emergency For One Year
Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along...
4000 Pilots in India Acquired Fake Licences , Revelation
New Delhi: Just a few days after Parminder Kaur Gulati, a suspended pilot of Indigo airline, was arrested on charges of faking her marksheet to get...
UN Chief Urges Pakistan, India To Come Together to Resolve Kashmir Dispute
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Pakistan and India to come together to resolve Kashmir dispute. The UN chief warned that there...
Indian Forces Martyr Three Kashmiri Youth in IoK
SRINAGAR: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three youth in Tral area of Pulwama...
Transparency International Releases Its Report About Corruption
ISLAMABAD: Corruption in Pakistan is perceived to have increased compared to last year as the country now ranks 124 out of 180 countries, four places...
President Biden Supports Trump’s Impeachment Trial
President Joe Biden on Monday offered his most extensive comments since taking office on former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, telling CNN, “I think it...
Khalistan Flag Planted Over New Dehli’s Lal Qila
NEW DELHI: Thousands of Indian farmers fought pitched battles with police across New Delhi on Tuesday, as they took protests against agriculture reforms into the...
Farmer Dies As Tractor Overturned During Protests In Central Delhi
New Delhi: One farmer died after a speeding tractor overturned near the ITO junction in central Delhi, the police said Tuesday. However, some farmers at...
WHO Recognizes Madina As World’s Healthiest Cities
RIYADH: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognized the city of Medina in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, among the world’s healthiest cities. The city...
Indian, Chinese Troops In New Border Brawl: Reports
WEB DESK: Indian and Chinese troops brawled on their contested Himalayan border leaving injuries on both sides, international media said Monday. The incident last week...
Trump Impeachment Trial To Start Next Week
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial over his role in the deadly US Capitol riot is set to begin next week in the Senate,...
Congress Leader Demands Inquiry Into Arnab Goswami’s Leaked Whatsapp Chat
MUMBAI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday has demanded to hold serious inquiry into the leaked Whatsapp chats of controversial Indian journalist and Republic TV’s...
Hassan Rouhani Urges US To Act Responsibly
TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on...
Suicide Bombing In Crowded Baghdad Market Kills At Least 32
BAGHDAD: Two suicide bombers detonated explosive vests in a crowded market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 32 people in the biggest...
Joe Biden Sworn In As 46th President of United States
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden took oath as 46th President of the United States in Washington on Wednesday amid tight security arrangements. Kamala Harris was also sworn...
Donald Trump Reaches End of His Presidency
Donald Trump boarded Air Force One for a final time as U.S. president Wednesday, headed for the southern state of Florida at the close of...
Vaccine Nationalism Puts World on Brink of ‘Catastrophic Moral Failure’: WHO Chief
The world is on the brink of “catastrophic moral failure” in sharing COVID-19 vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday, urging...
US Braces For Armed Protests Ahead of Joe Biden Inauguration
WASHINGTON: State authorities have beefed up security this weekend ahead of Democrat Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony on January 20 and out of concern over potential...
Resolution To Impeach President Trump Passed
WASHINGTON: Lawmakers adopted a resolution that would compel Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment after President Trump incited a mob attack on...
Indian Supreme Court Stays Implementation Of Three New Farm Reform Laws
New Delhi: In a significant ruling, India’s Supreme Court today stayed the implementation of three contentious farm sector reform laws till further orders. The court...
Trump Condemns Mob Attack On Congress
Donald Trump conceded that Joe Biden would become US president this month and condemned the “heinous” mob attack on Congress, putting an end to his...
U.S. Congress Clears Way For Biden To Become President
Washington: Democrat Joe Biden was cleared to be sworn in as U.S. president on Jan. 20 when Vice President Mike Pence declared that Congress had...
President-elect Joe Biden Demands Trump An End To Siege
Washington: President-elect Joe Biden called on President Donald Trump to address the nation and urge peace. “I call on President Trump to go on national...
Trumps Supporters Storm US Capital, 4 Killed In Riots
Washington: Hundreds of US President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday in a stunning bid to overturn his election defeat, battling police...
Indian Tourist Rapes Girl in Afghanistan
Kabul: An Indian man has been arrested for raping a teenage girl and filming the incident in Kabul during his visit to Afghanistan. The victim...
Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On International Flights
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the lifting of the ban on all international flights as well as land and sea entry, the Saudi Press...
New Year Celebrated in US
NEW YORK: It’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve like you’ve never seen it before. The Crossroads of the World turned into a ghost town...