Counting of votes begin in US; Biden takes early lead
Washington:Democratic candidate Joe Biden has taken an early lead against Republican incumbent Donald Trump as the counting of votes in the crucial US presidential election began on Tuesday night. Polling was yet to conclude in various states in the West Coast as states in the other parts of the country started counting of votes at […]
Donald Trump Or Joe Biden, Times They Are a-Changin’
People are crazy and times are strange I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range I used to care, but things have changed American poet, singer and Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan wasn’t referring to the US elections when he sang those lines, but he just as easily could have. Ever since Donald Trump, riding on […]
Tens of thousands take part in BD rally, call for action against France
DHAKA: Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis took to the streets of the capital on Monday to call for action against France, the latest protest by Muslims opposed to French President Emmanuel Macron’s defence of the right to publish cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). France has been on edge since September when Charlie […]
Stage set for Umra by foreign pilgrims
MAKKAH: After a seven-month hiatus, some 10,000 pilgrims were scheduled to arrive in Saudi Arabia from abroad to perform Umra and visit Masjid-i-Nabawi in Madina on Sunday, the first day of the third stage of the resumption of Umra. The 10,000 international pilgrims will first have to obtain a permit and upon their arrival in […]
Germany sets new virus curbs as global cases rise
PARIS: Germany on Wednesday imposed drastic curbs on people’s daily lives to contain a surge in coronavirus cases and France was set to follow suit as more than 500,000 infections were reported worldwide in a new daily record. The deepening gloom across the continent and other parts of the world contrasted with the jubilation in […]
Five Afghan policemen killed as militants attack base
KHOST: An hours-long attack on a base of Afghan police special force involving car bombs and an intense firefight killed five policemen and wounded dozens of people, officials said on Tuesday, as violence continued to surge in the war-weary country. Three suicide bombers detonated their explosives-laden vehicles targeting the base in Khost near the Pakistan […]
US air strike kills five Taliban in Wardak
KABUL: A US air strike launched to support Afghan security forces killed five Taliban fighters in central Afghanistan on Sunday evening, a spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan said. Violence has escalated in recent weeks with clashes taking place between the insurgents and government troops across the country, while negotiators from both sides have held […]
7 killed, 70 injured in bomb blast at seminary in Pakistan
Peshawar: A powerful bomb blast ripped through a seminary in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar city on Tuesday, killing at least seven children and wounding 70 others, senior police officials said. The blast occurred at the seminary in Dir Colony in interior Peshawar city after Fajr (morning) prayers. A bag filled with explosive materials was kept close […]
Pak PM Imran hits out at Macron; asks Facebook to ban Islamophobic content
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Facebook to ban Islamophobic content on its platform, warning of a spike in radicalisation amongst Muslims, hours after he hit out at the French president for “attacking Islam”. Khan, in an open letter posted on Twitter on Sunday, said “growing Islamophobia” was encouraging extremism and violence worldwide, especially […]
Iran deploys troops on Azerbaijan border
TEHRAN/BAKU: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday they have deployed troops along the border with Azerbaijan and Armenia, following stray fire from the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. “Units of (the Guards) ground forces have been dispatched to and stationed in the region,” their commander Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said, quoted by state news agency IRNA. Their mission […]
