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21-04-2025 QUITO: Police in Ecuador say they have arrested four people in connection with an attack by gunmen at a cockfighting ring in which 12 people died. Weapons and replica police and army uniforms were seized during police raids in the north-western Manabi province on Friday, a day after the …

21-04-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA. KARACHI: Pakistan has deported more than 19,500 Afghans this month, among more than 80,000 who have left ahead of a 30 April deadline, according to the UN. Pakistan has accelerated its drive to expel undocumented Afghans and those who had temporary …

21-04-2025 WASHINGTON: Thousands took to the streets across the US on Saturday to protest over recent actions by President Donald Trump. Known as “50501”, for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement”, the demonstrations were intended to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolutionary War. From …

21-04-2025 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of creating an “impression” of a ceasefire while still taking military actions in some places in Ukraine. In the first six hours of the “Easter truce” as ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin-Zelensky said there had been 387 shellings and …

20-04-2025 WASHINGTON: World’s richest man Elon Musk said he will be visiting India later this year and said it was an honour to speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Musk’s announcement comes after he held a teleconference with Modi on Friday. The prime minister said they discussed matters of shared …

20-04-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has cast doubt over the intentions of the United States a day before a second round of nuclear talks is set to take place with Washington. The new round will come a week after the two countries held their highest-level negotiations since US …

20-04-2025 GAZA STRIP: Medical sources tell media that at least 64 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on Friday. The UN’s World Food Program issues an urgent warning that “Gaza needs food now” as hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of hunger. A …

20-04-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration could be held in criminal contempt of court for disobeying an order to stop the deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members who could not challenge their deportation, federal judge James Boasberg said on Wednesday. Boasberg has given the US government one week to …

20-04-2025 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Police in Pakistan have made dozens of arrests following a string of protests targeting KFC branches across the country which led to one man being killed. Protesters, angry at the war in Gaza, have been urging a boycott of the chain, claiming it’s a symbol …

20-04-2025 ISTANBUL: A trial of nearly 200 people, among them students and journalists, arrested over Turkiye’s biggest protests in more than a decade opened in Istanbul on Friday. In the dock are 189 suspects who were rounded up in a government crackdown on the protests, which erupted following the March …