14-05-2023 TALLAHASSEE: The United States government has confirmed that an unaccompanied minor from Honduras died in its custody earlier this week, amid heightened scrutiny on immigration as the controversial border-expulsion policy Title 42 expires. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a statement on Friday acknowledging the …

14-05-2023 DOHA: A rainbow forming over thatched huts, children frolicking on dusty streets, women being busy with household chores, these are just some of the scenes on display inside a major art space in the heart of Qatar’s capital. Taken by three young Rohingya refugees Omal Khair, Dil Kayas and …

14-05-2023 CAPE TOWN: South African officials have hit back at US accusations that a Russian ship collected weapons from a naval base near Cape Town late last year. The US Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship under US sanctions took …

14-05-2023 JERUSALEM: On the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, it seems apt to think about how the events of 1948 have shaped not only the history of the Palestinian people, but also their present colonial reality. For Palestinians, the Nakba is a “ghostly matter” to use a phrase first …

14-05-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ QUETTA: The murdering, kidnapping, abusing, threatening, pressurizing, injuring, forced missing and slaughtering of Shia Muslims including young girls and women even children in Pakistan by anti-Shia organizations, especially Taliban, al-Qaeda, ISIS, ISIL, LeJ, JeI, JeM, ASWJ, SeS and dozens of other terror groups have …

14-05-2023 WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump’s contentious appearance on CNN has ignited a firestorm of criticism, as he propagated falsehoods and hurled insults. His prime-time appearance has triggered widespread condemnation of the news network. This event serves as a poignant reminder of the persistent dilemma faced by media organizations …

13-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Leaders of India’s main political parties have been campaigning extensively in the southern state of Karnataka which goes to the polls on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led an intense campaign, addressing 17 public rallies and five roadshows in 10 days, to …

13-05-2023 LOS ANGELES: A YouTuber pilot who bailed out midair and deliberately sent his plane crashing into the ground to bolster viewing numbers on his channel could be jailed for up to 20 years. In a video seen by nearly three million people and titled “I crashed my airplane,” Trevor …

13-05-2023 HAWAII: Astronomers have identified the largest cosmic explosion ever observed, a fireball 100 times the size of our Solar System that suddenly began blazing in the distant universe more than three years ago. While the astronomers offered on Friday what they think is the most likely explanation for the …

13-05-2023 WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump is appealing a New York jury’s verdict awarding $5m to a magazine columnist after the jurors concluded Trump had sexually abused her in the 1990s and defamed her last October. A notice of appeal was filed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, the …