15-08-2026 JAKARTA: At least 38 people have been killed after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia early on Saturday, the nation’s disaster mitigation agency has said. The official death toll has been rising as a search and rescue operation gets under way. The BNPB agency said several people had been injured …
Read More »PMI restores in Pakistan after 25 days
15-08-2026 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: Website of Press Media of India (PMI) has restored in Pakistan after 25 days unofficial ban, a source related to foreign ministry told PMI on anonymity condition. The website https://pressmediaofindia.com/ was either banned officially or some other reasons by unknown hackers. Replying to a question, …
Read More »Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Will Remain Closed Until U.S. ‘Corrects’ Its Behaviour
TEHRAN, August 9: Iran has warned that the Strait of Hormuz will not be fully reopened until the United States changes its policies and meets a series of demands issued by Tehran. Iranian forces on Saturday targeted a vessel owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the …
Read More »US faces triple extreme summer weather threats
21-07-2026 HOUSTON: Wildfire smoke blanketed the eastern US from the Great Lakes to Washington, DC on Friday, floodwaters tore through Texas’s Hill Country for a third day and new fires erupted in the Pacific Northwest overnight, with 68 large blazes now burning in 15 states. Millions of Americans faced hazardous …
Read More »Rocket aiming to transform India’s space ambitions takes off
21-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: What if launching a satellite was as easy as calling a cab? That’s the vision behind an Indian private rocket company that achieved its first orbital launch on Saturday. Skyroot Aerospace, which recently became India’s first space tech unicorn after reaching $1.1bn valuation, launched Vikram-1 …
Read More »White House defends Argentina team over Falkland’s banner
21-07-2026 WASHINGTON: The White House has defended the Argentinian football team’s right to free speech after they controversially waved a banner in support of their country’s territorial claim to the Falkland Islands while celebrating their World Cup win against England. Argentina face potential disciplinary action from FIFA over the incident …
Read More »Many Ukrainian soldiers outraged over removal of Defence Minister
21-07-2026 KYIV: “My operation is scheduled for tomorrow,” says the disfigured soldier, still recovering from his terrible injuries. “I hope when I wake up after the anaesthetic, Fedorov will be back at the Ministry of Defence,” the unnamed soldier says in a video posted on Telegram. “Otherwise, everything I was …
Read More »Indian police forcibly hospitalize activist after 20-day hunger strike
21-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police have forcibly removed a prominent activist from a protest site in New Delhi and taken him to hospital, saying his health was deteriorating from a hunger strike over alleged corruption in India’s exam system. Sonam Wangchuk, 59, was removed on Saturday from the protest …
Read More »50 martyred, 500 wounded in US attacks this month: Iran
21-07-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s Health Ministry says US attacks on the country since July 6 have killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 500. Iran’s national water company says some 10,000 people across 20 villages are without water after overnight US attacks. Iran’s army says it has hit US …
Read More »Russian retail warehouses hit by deadly Ukrainian strikes
21-07-2026 MOSCOW: Eight people have been killed and 62 injured after Ukrainian drones struck two warehouses belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, according to Russian officials. Seven deaths and 25 injuries occurred at a warehouse in the city of Tambov, roughly 295 miles (475km) south-east of Moscow. One death …
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