As the UN documented dozens of civilians killed in one town, Russia declared it planned a full-bore attack to carve off a large chunk of Ukraine. Kyiv swore to fight to save the country. The Ukrainian government said its besieged forces were still holding out inside a huge steelworks in the ravaged port city of … Read more
The city’s police chief said Friday evening that a lone shooter who wounded four people in an upmarket Washington area killed himself before being captured. After gunshots erupted in the Connecticut Avenue-Van Ness district of the United States capital on Friday afternoon, law enforcement stormed the area, which is home to many schools and embassies. … Read more
In an attack on a checkpoint in Iran’s restive southeast on Saturday, gunmen killed the bodyguard of a Revolutionary Guards commander, according to official television. The incident took place in Sistan-Baluchistan, a province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan that is frequently the site of attacks or conflicts between security personnel and armed groups, according to the … Read more
An explosion at a bar in Taraba state, northeast Nigeria, injured 11 people on Saturday, authorities said, in the latest violence targeting drinking establishments in the region. The explosive went off at a moonshine bar in Nukkai community, outside state capital Jalingo around 1900 GMT on Friday, police spokesman Usman Abdullahi, told AFP. “The explosive … Read more
Following a spate of strikes within Israel and the occupied West Bank beginning March 22, fears of an all-out escalation have grown in Israel and the occupied West Bank. Attacks inside Israel have claimed the lives of 14 people, while 24 Palestinians have been killed in the same period, according to an AFP tally. Prime … Read more
After a day of skirmishes at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets at Israel late Friday, according to the army. According to the military, one rocket landed in an open field in the Sha’ar Hanegev regional council close to the border fence, while the second fell short in the … Read more
A Somali man went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of stabbing three humans to death and injuring several others, with prosecutors in search of to have him positioned in psychiatric care. The suspect, an asylum seeker with a record of mental fitness issues, faces prices along with homicide and tried murder before the … Read more
As violence raged in the Donbas region, Russia’s defense ministry claimed Tuesday that it had launched dozens of air strikes across eastern Ukraine overnight. Russia’s top diplomat acknowledged that “new chapter” of the conflict had begun. “High-precision air-based missiles” targeted 13 Ukrainian locations in regions of the Donbas, according to Russia’s defense ministry, while additional … Read more
Gaza City, Palestinian: Witnesses and members of the ruling Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip say Israel launched early Tuesday morning strikes in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave into Israel. Witnesses report that Israeli planes bombed the southern Gaza Strip, and Hamas’ armed wing claims responsibility for the attack. In a … Read more
Officials say three people were killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, on Monday. Prosecutors said one shell fell on a children’s playground and killed a man and a woman. The head of a medical emergency centre, Viktor Zabashta told Interfax-Ukraine news agency that another strike on a humanitarian aid distribution point … Read more
The Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab claimed credit for the mortar attack on Somalia’s parliament on Monday, as the country’s freshly elected parliamentarians met for only the second time since assuming office. Officials and a witness said several individuals were injured, but no MPs were killed, when six rounds of mortar shells fell near parliament … Read more
Dua Lipa, a British musician, took to Instagram on Saturday to post a report about Israeli police raiding the Al-Aqsa Mosque. “Israeli police attacked Al Aqsa Mosuqe—one of the holiest places in the world for Muslims—attacking Palestinians as they gathered to worship on Friday morning during the holy month of Ramadan,” according to the report … Read more
According to a BBC investigation, a cluster bomb, which is banned by several countries under international law, was used in an attack on the Kramatorsk railway station in Ukraine. These weapons fire a payload of bomblets that disperse and explode across a large region. On April 9, a missile attacked the station, which was crowded … Read more
New Delhi: On Tuesday, two Sikh men were allegedly assaulted in the Richmond Hills neighbourhood of New York City, a suspected victim of a hate crime. New York’s Indian Consulate General denounced and spoke with the authorities investigating the assault, calling it “deplorable.” According to reports, police have arrested one person in connection with the … Read more
Bollywood actor John Abraham, who recently acted in the action film “Attack,” is presently revelling in the success of the film. After receiving an incredible response to the film, John turned to social media to express his thanks. Take a look! View this post on Instagram A post shared by John Abraham (@thejohnabraham) … Read more
Shilpa Shetty, the Bollywood actress, posted a video from the set of India’s Got Talent Season 9 on Twitter. Rakul Preet Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, and John Abraham are seen seated next to Shilpa in the behind-the-scenes video. The three appeared on the reality show to promote their upcoming film, Attack, which will be released on … Read more
On Friday evening, a group of men allegedly beat their relatives with rods and bats over a property dispute in Northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur neighbourhood, according to police. A video shows a gang of men hitting a man with sticks in the middle of the road in broad daylight has gone popular on social media. … Read more
Pakistan has condemned the increasing harassment, illegal arrests, and registration of fake criminal cases against journalists and civil society activists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), a statement by Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday. The statement added that Saturday’s reported attack on the Kashmir Press Club reflects India’s entrenched use of brute … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE – “The bullets were flying thick and fast,” said Wilmann Vil, the sole survivor of a recent gang attack that killed two fellow Haitian journalists just outside Port-au-Prince. Vil himself has gone into hiding, fearful that the criminal gang, one of several terrorising Haiti’s capital city, might find him. In that fateful encounter last … Read more
JAKARTA: Olympic badminton gold medallists Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu secured a spot in the Indonesia Open finals after defeating Thailand’s Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai in two straight sets on Saturday. The Indonesian women’s double beat the Thai pair 21-18, 21-14 in 58 minutes in the tournament held in the resort island Bali. They will … Read more
BALUKHALI: The attackers shot and stabbed people attending an Islamic school in the camp, a regional police chief said. Four people died instantly. Three others died at a hospital in one of the camps in the Balukhali refugee complex, part of a bigger network of squalid settlements housing 900,000 people. Police did not say how … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that the violent attack that happened at New Lynn supermarket in Auckland at 2:40pm local time Friday was a “terrorist attack” carried out by an “extremist.” “A violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack on innocent New Zealanders at a New Lynn Countdown in Auckland,” she told a press … Read more
KABUL: All the gates of Kabul airport were closed early Friday following Thursday’s deadly attack, and the crowds outside the airport have been cleared, as per reports. “I drove a group of people to the airport early morning. We failed to reach the airport as Taliban foot soldiers did not allow vehicles to approach the … Read more
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain condemning the Gwadar attack has said the attack was aimed at sabotaging the economic vision of China, Pakistan leaderships. In a tweet he said the enemy cannot undermine Pakistan’s resolve and “we will spare no effort to bring the culprits to justice”. Attack in Gawader is just … Read more
LAHORE: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) on Wednesday called on Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong and discussed progress on the investigations carried out in the Dasu incident, resumption of construction work and the security arrangements for the Chinese nationals working on the project. The ambassador thanked the … Read more
KABUL: At least 20 Taliban militants were killed and eight others wounded when government forces repelled a militant attack on Aybak city, capital of Afghanistan’s northern province of Samangan, on Sunday night, the country’s Interior Ministry confirmed on Monday. The ministry said in a statement that Taliban fighters fled surrounding areas of the city after … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: British UN ambassador Barbara Woodward said that her country briefed the Security Council on the evidence it has about the attack against an oil tanker off the coast of Oman last week, which she said points to Iran. “That evidence is clear-cut. The UK knows that Iran was responsible for this attack. We … Read more
Lebanese PM urges UN to stop Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty BEIRUT: Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab urged on Friday the United Nations to exert pressure on Israel to stop its violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty, al-Jadeed TV channel reported. “Israel’s attacks against Lebanese territories constitute a clear violation of the UN Security Council Resolution … Read more
