14-07-2024 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan has acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife on charges of unlawful marriage, according to his party and lawyer. Khan and his wife Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to seven years in prison, days before …

14-07-2024 DETROIT: Seeking to revive his struggling reelection campaign, President Joe Biden held a rare rally in Detroit, telling a cheering crowd he wasn’t going to leave the race and warning that Republican Donald Trump poses a serious threat. Biden, 81, is trying to shift the conversation from his mental …

Trump shot in ear in rally assassination attempt 14-07-2024 BUTLER: Footage showed him grimace and raise a hand to his right ear, before ducking as sharp cracks, a series of shots broke out. He was quickly swarmed by US Secret Service agents and dragged off stage to a waiting vehicle. …

14-07-2024 NEW DELHI: India plans to overhaul more than 200 state-run firms to make them more profitable, signaling a departure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aggressive privatization, opens new tab program that has struggled to take off, government sources said. The program to privatize a major portion of India’s lumbering …

14-07-2024 GAZA CITY: The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says hundreds more Palestinians have been martyred in an Israeli air strike on a designated humanitarian area, in an attack which Israel says targeted senior Hamas leaders. More than 289 people were injured, according to the health ministry’s statement. Hamas says …

14-07-2024 LAGOS: At least 22 people, including students, have been confirmed dead after a two-storey school building collapsed in central Nigeria, according to the authorities, sending rescuers on a frantic search for more than 100 people trapped in the rubble. The Saint Academy building in Plateau state’s Busa Buji community …

13-07-2024 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman, the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday quoted Iran’s acting foreign minister as saying. Ali Bagheri Kani’s reported comments followed remarks on Monday in which a White House spokesperson said the United States was not …

13-07-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden faced more calls from fellow Democrats to abandon his re-election bid on Friday, following a news conference in which he delivered nuanced responses but occasionally stumbled over his words. It was unclear whether Biden’s performance would convince doubters in his party that he is their …

13-07-2024 NIEMAY: Authorities in Niger have declared a curfew in the volatile Tillaberi region after several prisoners escaped from a heavily fortified jail known to hold jihadists. The incident occurred on Thursday at Koutoukale prison located about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north-west of the capital, Niamey, the interior ministry said. …

13-07-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence minister has called for a state inquiry into what led to the Hamas attacks on 7 October, as the military admitted it failed in its duty to protect a small community were 101 people were killed. Yoav Gallant made his comments after the first in a …