Top News

28-04-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AGRA: The harrowing image of a woman desperately giving Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to her dying husband in an auto rickshaw has gone viral on social media, and broken millions of hearts around the globe. India has been reporting more than 300,000 coronavirus infections over the …

28-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has struck a conciliatory tone towards the kingdom’s arch-nemesis, Iran, saying he sought “good” relations after reports the rivals held secret talks recently in Baghdad. The two countries, locked in a fierce struggle for regional …

28-04-2021 OUAGADOUGOU: Three European journalists, two from Spain and one from Ireland have been killed in an attack on an anti-poaching patrol in Burkina Faso, officials revealed Tuesday. “It is very unfortunate, but the three Westerners were executed by terrorists,” said a senior security source in the West African nation. …

27-04-2021 NEW YORK: A Reuters/Ipsos polling on Tuesday revealed more than half of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s performance after nearly 100 days on the job, a level of support that his Republican predecessor Donald Trump never achieved and one that should help Democrats push for infrastructure spending and …

27-04-2021 GENEVA: The situation in India, where COVID-19 cases have surged, is “beyond heartbreaking”, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is sending extra staff and supplies there to help fight the pandemic, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. “WHO is doing everything we can, providing critical equipment and …

27-04-2021 JERUSALEM: Palestinians gathered in celebration outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Sunday night after barriers put up by Israeli police were removed, allowing them access to a square that became the focus of nightly Ramadan clashes between the two sides. Thousands filled the East Jerusalem plaza late on Sunday, some …

27-04-2021 LONDON: Black women face a significantly higher risk of having a miscarriage than white, research suggests. The Lancet analysis of data on 4.6 million pregnancies in seven countries suggests being black increases miscarriage risk by 43%. It calls for people in the UK to be given support after their …

27-04-2021 Bureau Report BENGALURU/ NEW DELHI: Vital medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday (April 27) as hospitals starved of oxygen supplies and beds turned away coronavirus patients, while a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000. Supplies from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi, …

26-04-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson have joined fellow Australian Andrew Tye in ending their Indian Premier League (IPL) season early to return home. India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, 34, also said he is taking a break from the IPL to support his family. The news comes …

26-04-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: : The commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General Scott Miller, on Sunday said an orderly withdrawal of foreign forces and the handing over of military bases and equipment to the Afghan forces had begun. Miller said he was acting on orders …