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23-04-2023 NAIROBI: Kenyan police have exhumed human remains from more than a dozen suspected graves in the east of the country amid an investigation into followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death. Police began exhuming bodies on Friday, said …

22-04-2023 NEW YORK CITY: The Empire State Building in New York City (NYC) glowed in green in honor of Eid ul Fitr. The 102-story Art Deco skyscraper was illuminated in green hours after the announcement of Eid ul Fitr was made marking the conclusion of Ramadan, the ninth month of …

22-04-2023 KHARTOUM: The struggle for primacy in Sudan entered the second day of Eid as the temporary ceasefire broke after some time it was announced by the warring forces of Army Chief Abdel Fattah-Al-Burhan and his rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. The conflict has claimed the …

22-04-2023 NEW YORK/ TOKYO: In a bid to create awareness among the masses about the importance of taking care of our planet, Earth Day is being observed on Saturday (today) across the globe including Pakistan. The United Nations calls the event ‘International Mother Earth Day’. Earth Day is usually celebrated …

22-04-2023 MANILA/ TOKYO: A wreck of a ship, the Montevideo Maru from World War II carrying more than 1,000 people has been found 4,000 meters deep into the sea that was destroyed off the Philipines by an American submarine, media reported Saturday. The ship carrying prisoners of war was hit …

22-04-2023 PARIS: More than 42 years after the deadly bombing of a Paris synagogue, a court in Paris has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian university professor of carrying out the attack. The judges decided that Hassan Diab, 69, was the young man who planted the motorcycle bomb in the Rue Copernic on …

22-04-2023 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues. In a split decision, it also rejected restrictions on mifepristone implemented by a lower court, essentially maintaining the status quo. The future of the …

22-04-2023 KHARTOUM: Street battles are being fought by Sudan’s rival forces in the capital, Khartoum, in an escalation of violence despite calls for a ceasefire to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they had agreed to a three-day truce and several hours …

22-04-2023 DOME OF ROCK AT AL-AQSA MOSQUE/ MACCA: Muslims around the world are celebrating the festival of Eid al Fitr, commonly known as Eid, to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Eid al Fitr means “festival of the breaking of the fast” is celebrated at the end …

21-04-2023 WASHINGTON: A US tax special agent has information about how a criminal investigation into the son of US President Joe Biden has been hampered by “political considerations”, says his lawyer. The attorney for the unnamed agent says his client is seeking whistleblower protections from Congress to speak out. He …