29-07-2023 SRINAGAR/ ISLAMABAD: After more than three decades, thousands of Shia Muslims in Indian-administered Kashmir took part in a procession to mark 8th, 9th and 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Dressed in customary black, the mourners beat their chests and chanted elegies as …

29-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Authorities in India say the federal police will investigate a case of sexual assault of women seen in a video which has sparked global outrage. Federal Home Minister Amit Shah said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would take over the case from …

29-07-2023 SINGAPORE CITY: Singapore has hanged a 45-year-old citizen who was caught with 31 grams of heroin, the first time the city-state has executed a woman in nearly 20 years. Saridewi Binte Djamani was hanged on Friday after being convicted of trafficking “not less than 30.72 grams” of the drug …

29-07-2023 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is accused of pressuring an employee to delete security footage at his Florida home, in new criminal charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified files. The new indictment adds one count of willful retention of defence information and two of obstruction, making 40 charges in …

29-07-2023 STOVKHOLM: A spate of Quran burnings in Sweden has badly affected the country’s image abroad and led to a deterioration of the security situation at home, security service Sapo has warned. Many Muslim-majority countries have expressed outrage. Last week protesters set fire to Sweden’s embassy in Iraq after learning …

29-07-2023 MOSCOW: Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was photographed in St Petersburg during this week’s Africa-Russia summit. He was seen shaking hands with Ambassador Freddy Mapouka, a senior official in the Central African Republic (CAR). The image was posted on Facebook by Dmitri Syty, who reportedly manages Wagner’s operations in CAR. …

28-07-2023 DAMASCUS: At least six people have been killed and more than 20 wounded after a bomb exploded near a Shia Muslim shrine south of the Syrian capital Damascus a day ahead of Ashura, a day of mourning observed by Shia Muslims, according to the interior ministry. The blast near …

28-07-2023 MOSCOW: In a surprise visit to Pyongyang by a top Russian official Wednesday amid rising regional tensions, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was presented with a “warm letter” from President Vladimir Putin by his defence minister Sergey Shoigu. According to North Korean media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Thursday, …

28-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Gig workers have welcomed a new law in India’s largest state Rajasthan to impose a tax on revenue earned by digital platforms that operate in the state, including global giants Uber and Amazon, even as industry groups have warned it will eventually hurt …

28-07-2023 WASHINGTON: The White House has announced that United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Saudi leaders in Jeddah to discuss peace efforts in the Middle East but Thursday’s read-out made no mention of a possible normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel, a US priority in the …