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WEB DESK: A helicopter crashed on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, killing five people, the country’s civil aviation authority said on Thursday, while local media reported that the aircraft was on a medical rescue mission. According to Tanzania National Parks, those killed included a Tanzanian guide and doctor, a Zimbabwean pilot, and […]
Sheikh Faisal Noman, a muezzin of Masjid-e-Nabawi, has passed away and was laid to rest at the historic Jannat al-Baqi cemetery in Madinah after Fajr prayers. According to the administration of Masjid-e-Nabawi, Sheikh Faisal Noman died on December 23. He was appointed as a muezzin at the sacred mosque in […]
At least 10 people were killed and another 10 injured when unknown gunmen opened fire in a township outside Johannesburg, police said on Sunday, marking the second mass shooting in South Africa this month. According to police, the attack took place in Bekkersdal, around 40 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg. The […]
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after developing a technical issue mid-air. According to sources, flight PK-860 was travelling from Jeddah to Lahore with more than 350 passengers on board when the crew reported a technical fault […]
WASHINGTON: The FBI has foiled a bomb plot targeting multiple sites, including immigration agents and vehicles, in Los Angeles and Orange County, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Monday. According to Bondi, a group calling itself the Turtle Island Liberation Front was allegedly preparing a series of bombings in California […]
NEW DELHI: India on Monday took a major step towards ending decades of state control over nuclear power by introducing a bill in parliament that would allow private companies to build and operate nuclear plants, as the government seeks to make atomic energy a key pillar of its clean energy […]
Major cities including Berlin, London and New York stepped up security around Hanukkah events on Sunday following a deadly attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which Australian authorities have described as a targeted antisemitic assault. In Germany, Berlin police said security measures were being intensified around […]
SYDNEY: Australian police on Monday said the two alleged gunmen behind a deadly shooting at a Jewish celebration near Sydney’s Bondi Beach were a father and son, as the death toll rose to 16 in the country’s worst gun violence in nearly 30 years. Police said the 50-year-old father was […]
BANGKOK: Thailand imposed a curfew in its southeastern Trat province on Sunday as fighting with Cambodia spread to coastal areas of the disputed border region, two days after US President Donald Trump said both sides had agreed to halt hostilities. The Southeast Asian neighbours have clashed repeatedly this year following […]
PROVIDENCE: A shooting at Brown University in the US state of Rhode Island has left two people dead and at least eight others in critical condition, prompting a massive law enforcement response and a campus-wide lockdown. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley confirmed the deaths, while local authorities said the injured are […]