Saudi Arabia has announced health protocols to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus cases in the 2020 Umrah season, which is due to start from October 4, Sunday. Saudi Arabian Hajj and Umrah ministry, the pilgrims have to seek permission letter prior to performing Umrah from the authorities. The pilgrims are bound to get […]
Violence flares up in Nagorno-Karabakh, with militaries from both sides accusing each other for the major escalation. Armenia has declared martial law. Armeniaordered its military to mobilise after a major flare-up in violence with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Heavy fighting between the two arch-foes broke out on Sunday. They blamed each other for […]
A man suspected of injuring two people with a meat cleaver in Paris. He has admitted to deliberately targeting the former offices of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine. The suspect reportedly linked his actions to the magazine’s recent republication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Charlie Hebdo did this as a trial over the 2015 […]
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday sent out a stern warning to all employees, pointing them to a brand new settlement between the corporate and shareholders who alleged it did not respond appropriately to the allegations sexual misconduct and harassment. ”I hope these commitments serve as a strong signal to all of you […]
US Banks Red-Flagged 44 Indian Banks for Suspicious Transactions Between 2011 and 2017. Forty-four Indian banks have been flagged in connection with transactions by Indian entities and individuals in a set of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed by US banks with the agency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN files investigation identified more than […]
Ukraine: At least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others were seriously injured on Friday when a Ukrainian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country, the interior ministry said. Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko confirmed the death toll to the local TV channel, describing the incident as […]
A South Korean official has been shot dead and burned by North Korean troops, the South’s defense ministry said, condemning the “brutal act”. Seoul said the man, who worked for the fisheries department, disappeared from a patrol boat near the border and was later found in the North’s waters. North Korean soldiers shot him, then […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday called upon the rich nations to immediately return the stolen money of developing countries parked in their banks. Addressing a high-level panel on Financial Accountability, Transparency, and Integrity (FACTI) on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly session, Imran said the international community must take decisive actions […]
BTS is the first K-pop boy band to debut No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard singles chart after Dynamite got 300,000 sales in its first week. South-Korean K-pop band BTS delivered a ‘message of hope’ in a prerecorded video posted by UNICEF as part of the 75th United Nations General Assembly. In the video, the […]
Foreign delegation visits LoC to get briefing over Indian ceasefire violations. Foreign diplomats and defence attaches of 24 countries posted in Pakistan are on the visit of the Line of Control (LoC) to inspect India’s border violations. Foreign diplomats and defence attaches of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, South Africa, Palestine, European Union, Bosnia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Australia, […]
