TAIPEI: A senior member of US President Donald Trump’s administration will land in Taiwan on Sunday (Aug 9) for Washington’s highest level visit since switching diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a move Beijing has condemned. During the three-day trip Health Secretary Alex Azar will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, an […]
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The Senior Superintendent of Police South Sheeraz Nazeer said that the suspect confessed to “killing his sister for honour”. A man shot his sister in the head for ‘honour’ in Karachi’s Clifton area on Saturday, said the police. According to Dawn, the accused identified as Hasamin Qamar who shot his […]
BEIRUT: Riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to break through a barrier to get to the parliament building in Beirut on Saturday (Aug 8) during a protest over the government’s handling of this week’s devastating explosion in the city. About 7,000 people gathered in Martyrs’ Square in the […]
BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities have arrested 16 people in an investigation into the Beirut port warehouse explosion, state news agency NNA said on Thursday (Aug 6), and a judicial source and local media said the port’s general manager was among those being held. NNA did not name the individuals, but quoted […]
Investigators probing the devastating blast in Beirut that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 more are pointing to a Russian ship docked in the city’s port for nearly seven years without appropriate security precautions that officials warned was “a floating bomb.” The Russian vessel, named MV Rhosus, carrying […]
The vehicle spewed burning carbon from its exhaust system, igniting several fires Friday on Oak Glen Road in Cherry Valley, and authorities were asking anyone who may have seen such a vehicle at the time to contact investigators, according to a statement from the California Department of Forestry and Fire […]
LOS ANGELES: More than 1,300 firefighters were battling a blaze that was burning out of control Sunday (Aug 3) in southern California, threatening thousands of people and homes east of Los Angeles. The so-called Apple Fire that broke out Friday near the city of San Bernardino has so far charred […]
LONDON: Britain is considering minting a coin to commemorate India’s independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, amid growing interest in recognizing the contributions of people from the black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities. British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak asked the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) in a letter to pursue recognition […]
SYDNEY: Five alleged members of an Australia-based organised crime ring have been charged after hundreds of kilos of cocaine were discovered in a plane that crashed after takeoff in Papua New Guinea, police said on Saturday (Aug 1). Australian Federal Police allege that “greed played a significant part in the […]
WASHINGTON: Connie Culp, the first US recipient of a partial face transplant, has died at age 57, according to Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic, where she underwent the delicate operation nearly 12 years ago. The health centre listed no cause of death in its tweet on Friday (Jul 31), quoting one of […]