Category: World

GAZA CITY: The Palestinians will celebrate Eid on a different day from Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1994 due to differences in the sighting of the moon, leading some to question why. Some Palestinians even suggested on social media the decision could be related to politics ahead of the unveiling of the US […]

Sri Lanka’s government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks. The cabinet of ministers approved a proposal by the acting justice minister, which will also see offenders fined […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin praised their countries’ ties during a meeting in the Kremlin on Wednesday, as Beijing and Moscow seek to shore up cooperation amid tensions with the US. Putin said the visit was a “key event” in relations between the two neighbours. “Our relationship will be better and better,” […]

Militants on Wednesday killed eight Egyptian policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in the restive Sinai Peninsula, the authorities said, as the country marked the Muslim Eidul Fitr holiday. The northeastern region has long been the hotbed of an insurgency linked to the militant Islamic State group and security forces have regularly been hit. […]

Sydney: Four people are dead and two injured in Australia after a gunman opened fire late Tuesday in the city centre of Darwin, police said. A 45-year-old man has been taken into custody and police say there are no further public threats. “The active shooter threat has dissipated,” superintendent Gavin Kennedy, from the Northern Territory […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has extended Eid-ul-Fitr greetings to the Muslims, celebrating the religious festival. In a video message, Justin Trudeau said”Assalam-o-Alaikum, today Muslims in Canada and around the world will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. Eid marks the dnd of the holy month of Ramadan. After a month of fasting and spiritual reflection. Eid is a […]

Beijing: China on Tuesday issued a pair of travel alerts to its citizens going to the United States, warning them of police harassment and crime as tensions soar between the global powers. The world´s two largest economies have been locked in a protracted trade war, and any major drop in Chinese tourism to the United […]

President of the United States Donald Trump after calling mayor of London Sadiq Khan a ‘stone-cold loser’ was referred by the latter as an ’11-year-old child’. Addressing the attack by President Trump who is presently on an official visit to London, Khan unveiled a video where he directs his statements to Trump saying: “President Trump, […]

Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani pledged Tuesday to release nearly 900 inmates from prisons across Afghanistan. During an address to the nation for Eid — the festival marking the end of Ramadan — Ghani said 887 inmates would be set free. The president did not say what offences the prisoners had committed or whether they […]

Dubai is all set to celebrate the upcoming wedding ceremony for the three sons of its Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE. The upcoming wedding ceremony of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, and […]