Washington: The catastrophic impact of Hurricane Michael, which left behind a trail of destruction in the United States, especially in Florida, Georgia and Virginia, was becoming clearer by each passing day, with the death toll reaching 17 on Saturday. More than one million people were left without electricity due to one of the strongest hurricanes […]
Srinagar: Internet users across the globe may experience widespread network failures as the key domain servers are slated to undergo routine maintenance over the next 48 hours, reports said on Friday. Russia Today reported that global internet users might experience network connection failures as the main domain servers and its related network infrastructure will be […]
Washington: The highly controversial case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has picked up more steam as Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has allegedly planned the conspiracy targeting the journalist. Khashoggi – a US resident and one of the more outspoken critics of the regime of King Salman and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman […]
Srinagar: Rescue workers scoured the rubble of devastated communities on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Thursday, the last day of the search for victims of a 7.5 magnitude quake and tsunami that killed more than 2,000 people two weeks ago. If any reminder were needed of Indonesia’s treacherous tectonics, a magnitude 6 quake struck off Indonesia’s […]
Srinagar: The capital of China’s Xinjiang region, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority, has launched a campaign against halal products to stop Islam penetrating secular life and fuelling “extremism”, Reuters news agency reported. In a meeting on Monday (Oct 7), the Communist Party leaders of Urumqi led cadres to swear an oath to “fight […]
Srinagar: A Bangladeshi court Wednesday sentenced 19 people to death and 19 others, including former premier Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, to life imprisonment in the 2004 grenade attack that killed 24 people and injured 500 others, including the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina. The attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 […]
Srinagar: President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, has resigned, ahead of what Trump promised on Twitter on Tuesday was a “Big announcement” with Haley at the White House, New York Times reported. Haley, a former governor of South Carolina, had been an early and frequent critic of Trump, so when he […]
Srinagar: The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Peace Prize to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and former Islamic State (IS) hostage and human rights activist Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. The Committee said Mukwege had been “the foremost, most […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin began the crucial bilateral talks here on Friday. Both the leaders met at the Capital’s Hyderabad House. Before sitting for the parleys – where important issues like defence tie up is expected to figure prominently – both the leaders shook hands and […]
Srinagar: US President Donald Trump said close ally Saudi Arabia and its king would not last “for two weeks” without US military support at a rally in Mississippi. “We protect Saudi Arabia. Would you say they’re rich? And I love the king, King Salman. But I said ‘King – we’re protecting you – you might not […]
