15-07-2024 MOGADISHU: Dozens people have been killed and injured after gunfire erupted between security forces and inmates at a prison in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The confrontation broke out on Saturday at the city’s main prison when armed inmates attempted to escape, prompting an exchange of fire that left five prisoners …

15-07-2024 PARIS: “Of course, we went to vote for Melenchon,” says Houcine, a 49-year-old butcher of Moroccan descent in Belleville, a diverse Parisian neighborhood. “On Sunday, I went to the polling station again, but it was closed. A woman explained to me that the left candidate had already won and …

15-07-2024 TEHRAN: The United States should realize that Iran will not respond to pressure, President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian said in a statement published on Saturday, in which he also highlighted his country’s friendship with China and Russia. Pezeshkian, a relative moderate who beat a hardline rival in election, opens new tabs, …

15-07-2024 BAGHDAD: Four police officers were killed and at least three injured in clashes between Iraqi government forces and Islamic State (IS) also known as (ISIS/ ISIL or Daesh) militants in Diyala province in eastern Iraq on Saturday, police and medical sources said. The clashes occurred while police and army …

15-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: IAS Puja Khedkar controversy: Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Puja Khedkar, who is in the eye of a storm over alleged misuse of power said, she is not authorized to comment on the controversies she and her family are involved in. The probationary …

15-07-2024 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was still not clear whether Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif and another senior commander were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on Saturday but he vowed to pursue Israel’s war aims to the end. “Either way, we will get to …

15-07-2024 QUITO: A court in Ecuador has handed down prison sentences of 12 to 34 years to five people found guilty of conspiring to murder presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Journalist-turned-politician Villavicencio was shot dead while leaving a rally in August 2023. The killing of the anticorruption campaigner left the country …

14-07-2024 NAIROBI: Kenya’s police watchdog has said it is investigating whether there was any police involvement following the discovery of nine mutilated bodies in an abandoned quarry in Mukuru, a collection of slums south of Nairobi. The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) said at least “nine deceased persons” were dumped …

14-07-2024 LOS ANGLES: Meta has said it is rolling back restrictions on former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, as the presumptive Republican nominee seeks to regain the White House in November. The social media company headed by Mark Zuckerberg had indefinitely suspended Trump’s accounts following his praise …

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 …