Category: World

In a shocking twist to the ongoing saga surrounding sex-offender American financier Jeffrey Epstein, unsealed documents reveal that the convicted paedophile had asked his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to bribe those who could potentially “disprove” an explosive allegation involving renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, The Sun (US) reported. According to bombshell documents, Epstein, in a 2015 email, directed Maxwell […]

Authorities reported that police were actively responding to a shooting at Perry High School in Iowa, situated approximately 35 miles from the state capital Des Moines. While there was no immediate confirmation of any victims, a news conference was scheduled for later in the morning to provide further details. A spokesperson from the Dallas County […]

ISIS, also known as Daesh, has asserted responsibility for the twin blasts near the burial site of Qasem Soleimani in southern Iran, resulting in at least 84 fatalities and 284 injuries, marking the deadliest attack in Iran since the 1979 revolution.  The claim was made over 24 hours after the explosions, with Daesh’s Al-Furqan media […]

Deobra Redden, a three-time felon, launched a startling attack on Judge Mary Kay Holthus during his sentencing in a Las Vegas courtroom. Judge Holthus, who assumed the Department 18 bench in January 2019 after over 27 years of service with the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, became the target of Redden’s assault. Redden, present at […]

House Democrats, in a recent report, revealed that former US President Donald Trump pocketed a minimum of $7.8 million from foreign governments while in office.  The report, released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, highlighted payments made to Trump’s businesses over a two-year period by 20 foreign governments. According to Representative Jamie Raskin, leading […]

WASHINGTON: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called for a congressional hearing after expressing disappointment over the US Department of State’s continuous failure to designate India as a “Country of Particular Concern (CPC)”. The commission stated this in response to the State Department’s list of the countries designated as CPCs. Secretary […]

WASHINGTON: State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller on Thursday said the United States would continue to support the democratic expression and vibrant democracy in Islamabad, The News reported. To a query, while briefing the media, Miller said it was not for the US to dictate to Pakistan the exact specifics of how it conducted the upcoming polls. Evading […]

China’s 2023 average temperature was the highest since records have been kept, official media reported on Tuesday, capping a year marked by harsh weather and breaking records. Scientists claim rising global temperatures are aggravating the deadly heatwaves that swept through wide parts of Asia, Europe, and North America last summer. According to official broadcaster CCTV, which […]

Weeks after the Indian Supreme Court legalised the Narendra Modi-led government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 revoking Indian Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s (IIOJK) special status, New Delhi has now geared up for extensive screening and profiling of the residents of the occupied valley. In December 2022, a five-judge bench led by Chief Justice […]

Former US President Donald Trump is fighting to overturn a decision by Maine’s election official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, that disqualified him from participating in the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot next year.  Reports from US media reveal that Donald Trump appealed on Tuesday, contesting Bellows’ decision, attributing his exclusion to his alleged involvement […]