28-05-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping has hailed Beijing’s “unbreakable” friendship with Pakistan as he met visiting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking to deepen their “all-weather” partnership. Pakistan is among an exclusive group of countries China regards as an “all-weather strategic partner”, with …
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28-05-2026 BALTIMORE: Muslim Americans are grieving after two gunmen last week opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three people but at the annual conference for the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) in Baltimore, community leaders stressed the urgency of turning the sorrow into action. Nearly …
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28-05-2026 KUALA LUMPUR/ MELBOURNE: Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to take aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organizers have alleged, with several hospitalized with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape. Israel’s prison service denied the allegations, and media …
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27-05-2026 GAZA STRIP/ MAKKAH TEHRAN: Muslims around the world have begun celebrating Eid al-Adha, the “Festival of Sacrifice”, which falls on the 10th day of Dhul Hijjah, the 12th and final month of the Muslim lunar calendar. One of the biggest holidays in the Muslim calendar, it coincides with the …
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27-05-2026 TEHRAN/ BEIRUT/ GAZA STRIP: Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon killed 31 people and injured 40 others on Tuesday as Israel’s forces intensified their strikes and issued dozens of forced displacement orders for towns and villages in Lebanon’s south and east. Panic has been reported in southern Lebanon as people …
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27-05-2026 SACRAMENTO: California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as emergency crews raced to contain a toxic chemical leak at a manufacturing facility in Orange County. A tank containing about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a highly volatile and flammable substance used to make plastic, was at …
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27-05-2026 TEGUCIGALPA: Gunmen have killed at least 25 people, including six police officers, in attacks across Honduras. The attacks marked Thursday as one of the most violent days the country has seen in recent years. They came despite ongoing efforts by the government to rein in organized crime and violence. …
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27-05-2026 PARIS: A year to go until France chooses its next president, the big question is who can save the election from being a battle of the extremes. For now and perhaps only for now, the answer is pretty clear. It is President Emmanuel Macron’s former Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe. …
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27-05-2026 NAIROBI: Not even heavy rain can keep shoppers away from Gikomba, a lively Kenyan market that stands as the largest open-air trading hub in East Africa. Sections of the site were waterlogged, yet shoppers, some wearing rubber boots, still inched their way through the congested pathways, hunting for Gikomba’s …
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24-05-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi as part of a four-day visit to the country. Rubio arrived in the eastern city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) on Saturday morning before travelling to the capital. He …
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