18-06-2022 ISTANBUL/ RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Turkey next week, a Turkish official said Friday, as Ankara and Riyadh heal a bitter rift following the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. It is Prince Mohammed’s first visit to Turkey since the brutal killing of …
Read More »Oil slumps 6% to four-week low on recession worries
18-06-2022 NEW YORK: Oil prices tumbled about 6% to a four-week low on Friday on worries that interest rate hikes by major central banks could slow the global economy and cut demand for energy. Also pressuring prices, the US dollar this week rose to its highest level since December 2002 …
Read More »Daesh attacks on Sikh temple & mosque in Afghanistan
18-06-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: An attack on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least two people and injured seven on Saturday, following a blast in a car loaded with explosives, officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility. …
Read More »Tension prevails in Warangal during Rakesh’s funeral procession
Warangal’June 18 2022-Tension prevailed for some time in the city when the police ‘resorted to laticharge’ on the TRS activists when the latter tried to burn the effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday. The incident took place near the Pochammamaidan centre in the city under the leadership …
Read More »RGIA Wins Award For Best Airport Staff in India and South Asia
Hyderabad’June 18 2022-Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) won the “Best Airport Staff in India and South Asia” at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2022. The airport was in 64th position in 2021 and now it moved to 63rd position in 2022 in the World’s Top 100 Airport league. Rajiv …
Read More »TRS Corporator From Khairatabad Joins Congress
Hyderabad’June 18 2022-TRS Corporator from Khairatabad, Vijaya Reddy shifted her loyalties from the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi to the Congress party. She is the daughter of former Congress Legislative Party leader late P Janardan Reddy, popularly known as PJR. She said that she joined the Congress Party anticipating a bright …
Read More »Anti-agnipath Violence: AP Cities on High Alert, Security Beefed at Major Rly Stations
Amaravati’June 18 2022-In view of recent anti-Agnipath protests, several cities in Andhra Pradesh have been put on high alert following the large-scale violence and arson by anti-agnipath protestors at Secunderabad Railway station on Friday. Security has been tightened at several major railway stations in the state. Special forces have also …
Read More »US condemns blasphemous remarks by BJP members
17-06-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States (US) condemned the derogatory remarks of BJP’s members against Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) which has sparked outrage around the Muslim world and demanded an apology from the Indian government. The condemnation from the US government came days after India’s ruling …
Read More »UK approves US extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
17-06-2022 LONDON: British Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long running legal saga closer to a conclusion. Assange is wanted by US authorities on 18 counts, including a spying charge, relating to WikiLeaks’ …
Read More »Al Jazeera obtains image of bullet that killed its journalist
17-06-2022 JERUSALEM/ JENIN/ GAZA: An investigation by Al Jazeera has obtained an image of the bullet used to kill the network’s journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The photograph for the first time shows the type of ammunition used to kill the veteran Al Jazeera correspondent in the occupied West Bank last …
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