10-06-2022 MARYLAND: A gunman has opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing facility in northern Maryland, United States, killing at least three people and critically wounding a fourth before being taken into custody after a shoot-out with police. Washington County Sheriff Doug Mullendore said police responded to reports of …

10-06-2022 PARIS: France has sought to push the European Union towards a long-stalled asylum pact with a plan to relocate about 10,000 asylum seekers a year to willing member states – and for unwilling ones to pay up instead. Presented on Friday to an EU interior ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg, …

10-06-2022 MICHIGAN: A white police officer was charged with second-degree murder on Thursday for the fatal shooting of a Black man during an altercation after a traffic stop two months ago in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a case that sparked racial justice protests in the city. The criminal case against …

09-06-2022 UNITED NATIONS/ BEIJING/ MOSCOW: China and Russia have accused the United States of stoking tensions on the Korean Peninsula during a landmark meeting held to explain their decisions to veto new global sanctions over Pyongyang’s renewed ballistic missile launches. Zhang Jun, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, told the …

09-06-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Pakistan and India have fought three wars and countless skirmishes, but as summers get hotter with climate change, their peoples are united by love for a cooling 115-year-old pink libation with a secret recipe. The ultra-sweet concoction of herbs and fruits, Rooh Afza which translates …

09-06-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban authorities on Wednesday introduced new uniforms for its reconstituted Afghan police force, as the de facto government attempts to shift away from using its insurgent military forces to handle law and order. After the withdrawal of foreign forces ended a 20-year war last year, …

09-06-2022 DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has conducted a surprise visit to the United Arab Emirates as efforts to salvage a deal over Iran’s nuclear program remain stalled amid a deepening standoff with Tehran. Bennett’s visit on Thursday was his second public trip to Abu Dhabi since Israel …

09-06-2022 Bureau Report MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: India tightened public security on Wednesday after the circulation of a letter warning of militant attacks to avenge derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by an official of the ruling Hindu nationalist party. Several Indian media groups shared the June 6 letter attributed …

New Delhi’June 09 2022– AIMIM supporters on Thursday held a protest outside Parliament Street police station here after party chief Asaddudin Owaisi was named in an FIR for allegedly posting and sharing messages on social media against the maintenance of public tranquility and inciting people on divisive lines, officials said. Over …

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah warned against fraudsters and social media accounts promoting Hajj services at low prices for people inside the Kingdom, Saudi news state agency SPA reported on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry said it had detected several fake accounts and misleading contact information …