Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan was arrested by paramilitary Rangers at the Islamabad High Court where he was attending a hearing for a corruption case. This comes just a day after Khan accused the country’s powerful army of conspiring to assassinate him. Video footage showed the […]
Iran’s navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday heading to the US amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies. The US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet. […]
At least 78 people were killed in a stampede in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as hundreds gathered in a school to receive aid, witnesses and Houthi media said on Thursday.Several people were injured including 13 who were in critical conditions, Al Masirah TV television news outlet run by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement reported, citing the […]
A top official of a US government body created last year to focus on sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFO) has claimed that Washington is tracking more than 650 such potential cases.Addressing a Senate Armed Services subcommittee on Wednesday, Director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Sean Kirkpatrick said the number of cases […]
India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost 3 million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed.The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) “State of World Population Report, 2023” estimates India’s population at 1,428.6 […]
Serbia, the only country in Europe that has refused to sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, agreed to supply arms to Kyiv or has sent them already, according to a classified Pentagon document.The document, a summary of European governments’ responses to Ukraine’s requests for military training and “lethal aid” or weapons, was among dozens […]
India has “disengaged” from trade talks with Britain after accusing it of failing to condemn the Sikh extremist group that attacked the Indian High Commission in London last month, The Times reported on Monday, citing British government sources.The incident occurred on March 19, when protesters with ‘Khalistan’ banners staged a demonstration at the High Commission […]
Prince Harry was snubbed by the royal family during his surprise visit to the UK last week as King Charles and Prince William did not meet him. Only Prince Andrew’s daughter, Princess Eugenie, is reported to have met Prince Harry. Harry stayed at Frogmore Cottage during his trip as he missed the opportunity to make […]
Two people were shot at in a gurdwara in the US state of California, with authorities ruling out the incident as a hate crime.The shooting took place on Sunday at around 2.30 pm at the Gurdwara Sacramento Sikh Society, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt Amar Gandhi. One of the men, Gandhi said, […]
After a wait of over two years, India will have a full-fledged Ambassador from the US. US Vice President on Friday swore in her fellow Californian, Eric Garcetti, to be the next US Ambassador to India. “Ambassador Garcetti is a committed public servant and will play a critical role in strengthening our partnership with the […]