Category: World

PARIS: The world health body on Saturday warned of long drawn out virus pandemic as India and the Philippines reported a record rise in new cases. Six months after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency, the novel coronavirus has killed more than 680,000 people and infected more than 17.5 million, according to an […]

The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced the startup of its Barakah nuclear power plant, scoring another first for the Arab world. The announcement, coinciding with the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, comes hot on the heels of the UAE’s launch of the Arab world’s first probe to Mars. “UAE first nuclear reactor at […]

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of wildly popular TikTok, has offered to sell the app’s United States’ operations as a way to avert a ban by the government of President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported on Saturday. After weeks of rumours and pressure, Trump said on Friday he was preparing to bar the […]

Facebook said on Saturday it has put a global block on certain accounts controlled by supporters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro implicated in a fake news inquiry, a day after it was fined for not complying with an order by the judge of the country’s Supreme Court. A spokesperson for Facebook said the order was […]

Kuwait has banned commercial flights to 31 countries, including Pakistan, regarded as ‘high risk’ due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Saturday. The ban will remain in place until further notice. Apart from Pakistan, the countries include India, Egypt, the Philippines, Lebanon and Sri Lanka, which all […]

With Harry and Meghan’s new autobiography making headlines across the globe, Prince William seems to be pretty angry over the intimate family details that were announced through the piece. According to an excerpt in the book gathered by The Hollywood Reporter, Prince Harry reportedly became quite angry at Prince William over his attitude towards Meghan during the […]

LONDON: The UK government faced criticism after it announced new lockdown measures banning members of different households from meeting each other in the country’s northern areas including Greater Manchester, East and West Lancashire, and Leicester. The announcement came just a few hours before Eid ul Adha gatherings were set to start in the country. The […]

The Queen’s rules regarding the use of social media for Buckingham Palace have always been very straightforward and strict and not even Prince William gets away with breaking any of those tightly enforced rules. During a recent interview for BBC’S The Peter Crouch Podcast, the prince spoke at length about his Twitter presence to the former […]

Pilgrims converged on the Mina valley in Saudi Arabia on Friday to participate in a symbolic stoning of the devil, the final stage of the Hajj pilgrimage. Massive crowds in previous years triggered deadly stampedes during the ritual, but this year only up to 10,000 Muslims are taking part after millions of international pilgrims were […]

Saudi Arabia and European countries, as well as United Arab Emirates, Indonesia and Malaysia, are celebrating Eid-ul-Adha today amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Indonesia, people donned face masks and had their temperatures checked as they arrived at mosques to perform prayers in mosques. The country’s religious ministry had asked mosques to shorten the gatherings this […]