06-05-2023 ANKARA: A fight broke out between the Russian representative and the Ukrainian representative at the 30th parliamentary summit of the Parliamentary Assembly for Economic Cooperation in the Black Sea Region. As confirmed by sources to the “TASS” agency, a member of the Ukrainian delegation taking part in the meeting …
Read More »Serbia hit by 2nd mass shooting day after deadly attack
06-05-2023 BELGRADE: At least eight people have been killed, and 14 are wounded after a gunman in a moving car opened fire on passersby in a town south of Belgrade, the second mass shooting in a week in Serbia, where such tragedies are rare. The drive-by attack late on Thursday …
Read More »‘White US Terrorist’ arrested over Muslims’ stabbings
06-05-2023 DAVIS: A 21-year-old ‘White Terrorist’ who is the former University of California (UC), Davis student has been arrested in connection with a series of stabbings that occurred near the campus, leaving two people dead and one critically injured. The community has been left in shock and fear following the …
Read More »Several Shia teachers martyred in Pakistan school shooting
05-05-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KURRAM AGENCY/ PARACHINAR: Gunmen have stormed a school in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, martyring several Shia teachers and gunning down another teacher from the school in a separate attack, according to officials. In Kurram, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders …
Read More »US approves world’s first RSV vaccine
05-05-2023 NEW YORK: The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an illness that kills thousands of Americans each year. The vaccine still needs approval from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before it can be rolled out to the public. …
Read More »Myanmar to free more than 2,000 political dissidents
05-05-2023 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s generals say they have pardoned more than 2,000 political prisoners to mark Wesak, a major Buddhist holiday. The military said 2,153 people jailed for “incitement” would be released on “humanitarian grounds”, Myanmar Now reported on Wednesday, citing a statement signed by Military Council Secretary Lieutenant General Aung …
Read More »Guantanamo prosecution asks for 2025 date in Bali bombing trial
05-05-2023 MEDAN, INDONESIA/ GUANTANAMO BAY: Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay have suggested that the full trial of Hambali, detained over attacks that killed hundreds in Indonesia, start in March 2025, even though he and his two co-accused have been in detention for 17 years. Hambali, an Indonesian whose real name …
Read More »‘King Charles will be inaugurated at a time when Empire is gone’
05-05-2023 LONDON: On Saturday, May 6, Britain’s King Charles III will be crowned, eight months after he ascended to the throne, following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last September. Officiated by the archbishop of Canterbury, the highest Church of England cleric in the country, the ceremony will …
Read More »China denies claims it tried to ‘coerce’ Canadian MP
05-05-2023 BEIJING: China has denied media reports of a Chinese consular officer “coercing” a Canadian legislator and his family, saying the claim has “no factual basis and is purely baseless”. The statement from the Chinese consulate-general in Toronto on Thursday came days after The Globe and Mail newspaper reported that …
Read More »Kenya opposition suspends protest after agreement with gov’t
05-05-2023 NAIROBI: Kenya’s opposition has suspended the latest anti-government protests planned for Thursday after reaching an agreement with the government of President William Ruto. The opposition Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) alliance, led by veteran opposition politician Raila Odinga, said in a statement on Wednesday that its leadership had …
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