WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump is in a military hospital today for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19. This is an extraordinary development that upended the presidential race a month before the Nov. 3 election. Roughly 17 hours after he made his diagnosis public, Trump walked slowly from the White House to a waiting helicopter […]
On Tuesday, Pakistan called on the Indian Charge d’Affaires to register a strong protest over LOC ceasefire violations by Indian occupying forces along the Line of Control (LoC). The firing resulted in the martyrdom of one and serious injuries to four innocent civilians. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) issued a statement. It said the […]
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health recognized a Pakistani doctor for his services as a team leader in the Kingdom’s fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “In recognition of my services, I received a leadership award and an appreciation certificate by the Saudi health ministry,” Dr. Shahzad Ahmad Mumtaz said in an interview on phone […]
Australia’s Dreamworld theme park has been fined A$3.6m (£2m; $2.5m) over the deaths of four people on a malfunctioning water ride. Kate Goodchild, Luke Dorsett, Roozbeh Araghi, and Cindy Low died in October 2016 when their raft crashed and overturned, crushing them. Four victims (all adults) died almost instantly after the Thunder River Rapids Ride […]
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 […]
Residents of Lake Jackson, Texas, have been warned about using tap water after a deadly brain-eating microbe was found in the city’s public water supply. Tests confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri in the system. The amoeba can cause an infection of the brain, which is usually fatal. Infections are rare in the US, with […]
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 […]
At least 13 people were killed and seven others were injured as a passenger van caught fire after it overturned on Super Highway Saturday night, according to rescue workers. The van overturned because its tie rod broke, according to the M9 highway police. The police, however, has yet to identify the cause of the fire. […]
Thousands of members of the Hindu Community of Pakistan from across the country have reached Islamabad to protest the deaths of 11 Pakistani Hindu migrants families who died mysteriously last month in India’s Jhodpur region. “We want justice for these eleven Pakistani Hindus who were killed in Jodhpur,” Ramesh Kumar, a lawmaker and Patron-in-Chief of […]
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 […]
