International

02-04-2022 LONDON: A highly contagious virus called Norovirus is resurfacing in the UK and experts warn that a hand sanitizer will not be able to stop its spread, The Sun reported. While the virus usually appears in winter, it was avoided due to COVID restrictions. Germs are now appearing with …

02-04-2022 ABU DHABI: The Holy month of Ramadan will begin in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and several other countries on Saturday. According to the official Twitter page of Haramain Sharifain, the crescent moon of Ramadan was witnessed at multiple locations throughout the Kingdom. “The Crescent of #Ramadan …

02-04-2022 COLOMBO: Police imposed an overnight curfew in several parts of Sri Lanka’s main city of Colombo early on Friday after protests over the government’s handling of the country’s worst economic crisis in decades turned violent, an official said. Hundreds of protesters gathered near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s private residence in …

01-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ KARACHI: Once again, Taliban has pushed Afghanistan in Dark-Age-Era like they have done earlier while, the Shia Muslims especially Shia Hazara Afghans and pro-Shia Muslims also known as moderate or liberal Sunni Muslims are under direct target of Taliban countrywide, like the …

01-04-2022 PARIS:  Investigators are on the trail of hackers who spirited away more than $600 million in cryptocurrency last week, watching the money as it moves around a system that critics call the Wild West of finance but they are playing catch-up: the gaming company that got scammed apparently did …

31-03-2022 Bureau Report GOMA, DR CONGO/ ISLAMABAD: UN investigators said Wednesday they had not ruled out any avenue in a probe into a helicopter crash in eastern DR Congo that killed eight UN peacekeepers, although one lead was a “shining object” that may have caused the incident. Six Pakistanis, a …

31-03-2022 TEL AVIV: A gunman killed at least five Israelis late Tuesday in a city near Tel Aviv in what authorities described as the third “terrorist attack” in the country in the last week. The big picture: At least 11 Israelis have been killed in three attacks. An Arab Israeli …

31-03-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MOSCOW: India’s government is considering a proposal from Russia to use a system developed by the Russian Central Bank for bilateral payments, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as the Asian nation seeks to buy oil and weapons from the sanctions-hit …

31-03-2022 GAZA/ JERUSALEM: The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas warned that any confrontation with Israel in defense of the al-Aqsa mosque compound and other sacred sites in the occupied al-Quds will be “a game-changer” that will “open up gates of hell” to Israel. “The 11-day Operation Sword of al-Quds between the …

31-03-2022 BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: Iranian officials have once more chosen to engage in a blame game after women who purchased tickets to watch a World Cup qualifier football match were greeted with pepper spray. Iran ended up defeating Lebanon 2-0 in the match in the northeastern religious hub city of Mashhad …