Top News

04-02-2026 MINNEAPOLIS: A Minnesota federal judge on Saturday declined to order a halt to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown in Minneapolis, in a lawsuit by state officials accusing federal agents of widespread civil rights abuses. US District Judge Kate Menendez in Minneapolis handed down the ruling. The lawsuit by …

04-02-2026 TEHRAN: Ever since the crackdown on protests in Iran between January 8 and 10, there has been contention on what the true death toll of those bloody events is. According to figures provided by the Iranian government, 3,117 people were killed, including civilians and security forces. Yet estimates from …

04-02-2026 DHAKA: Sukumar Pramanik, a Hindu teacher in Rajshahi city about 250km (155 miles) from Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, says the country’s upcoming national election could be his final test of trust in politics. Electoral periods in Bangladesh have seen spikes in communal and political violence throughout the country’s history, with …

04-02-2026 NIAMEY: The ISIL (ISIS) armed group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an air force base at Niger’s main airport. The ISIL-affiliated Amaq News Agency reported on Friday that the group carried out a “surprise and coordinated attack” on the base at Diori Hamani International Airport near the …

04-02-2026 GAZA STRIP: Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has pushed the plight of the Palestinian people to the forefront of global attention. For more than two years, the world has witnessed the mass killing, disease and starvation imposed upon the enclave by Israel. Faced with a sense of helplessness, calls …

04-02-2026 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has applied to launch one million satellites into Earth’s orbit to power Artificial Intelligence (AI). The application claims “orbital data centres” are the most cost and energy-efficient way to meet the growing demand for AI computing power. Traditionally, such centres are large warehouses full of …

04-02-2026 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: United States President Donald Trump claims India will now buy Venezuelan oil after tussles last year over the South Asian country’s significant imports of Russian crude. “India is coming in, and they’re going to be buying Venezuelan oil as opposed to buying it from Iran. So, …

03-02-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report QUETTA/ KARACHI: A series of gun and bomb attacks across Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province killed 18 civilians and 15 security service personnel, the country’s military says. Security forces responding to the violence killed at least 147 attackers, the military said. The Balochistan Liberation …

03-02-2026 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel is set to partially reopen the Rafah crossing between the war-devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt on Sunday, following months of urging from humanitarian organizations, though access will be limited to the movement of people. The reopening comes amid ongoing violence in the Palestinian territory, with …

03-02-2026 OSLO: When Marius Borg Hoiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His mother Crown Princess Mette-Marit will not be there, nor will the man she …