Category: World

Three people were killed and nine others wounded in a shooting during a Halloween party at a home in Long Beach, California, on Tuesday night, police and fire department officials said. The scene was filled with chaos when firefighters reached the residence, Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Karen Owens said. One suspect had fled. The […]

The Lebanese government’s resignation under pressure from the street looked set to ease a two-week-old nationwide lockdown but protesters vowed on Wednesday to keep pushing for deeper change. President Michel Aoun acknowledged Saad Hariri’s resignation as prime minister on Tuesday but asked his government to stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new cabinet […]

An informant who provided crucial details on the movements of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the militant Islamic State (IS) leader killed in a US commando raid, is likely to scoop up some or all of a $25 million reward, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The Post said the informant was a well-placed IS operative who facilitated al-Baghdadi’s […]

India will formally split up occupied Jammu and Kashmir into two federal territories on Thursday, aiming to tighten its grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security clampdown for nearly three months. Street protests against the measures have erupted sporadically, while a dozen people have been killed in […]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on Tuesday expressed “extreme concern” over human rights abuses in India-occupied Kashmir and asked the Indian authorities to “fully restore” human rights in the occupied territory. UNHCHR Spokesperson Rupert Colville in a statement said that the international human rights body is “extremely concerned that the population […]

At least 14 people were killed and 865 wounded overnight after Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters in the holy city of Kerbala, medical and security sources told on Tuesday. Three protesters died in the southern city of Nassiriya from wounds sustained in earlier protests, medical sources said. Iraqis took to the streets for […]

The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party told fellow lawmakers on Tuesday that he’ll back an early election, now that the prospect that the country could crash out of the European Union without a deal has been taken off the table. Jeremy Corbyn’s remarks come only hours before Conservative British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was […]

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said he would submit his resignation on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a “dead end” in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge protests against Lebanon’s ruling elite. The Lebanese premier addressed the nation in a televised address after a mob loyal to Hezbollah and Amal groups attacked and […]

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has rejected India’s complaint against Pakistan’s refusal to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use its airspace, First Post reported on Tuesday. According to the media outlet, the ICAO said flights carrying national leaders are considered “state aircraft” and are not subject to the body’s provisions. Indian government had sought Pakistan’s permission […]

BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters successfully formed a human chain running north-south across the entire country on Sunday to symbolise newfound national unity. Demonstrators joined hands from Tripoli to Tyre, a 170-kilometre chain running through the capital Beirut, as part of an unprecedented cross-sectarian mobilisation. Tension has mounted in recent days between security […]