LONDON: About 200 British citizens have informed UK authorities that they are in Gaza, and Border Force officials have been dispatched to Egypt to assist them in leaving. Downing Street clarified that the figure is only for those who have registered their whereabouts, and that the actual number of UK nationals in Gaza remains uncertain,…
TEHRAN: Iran’s ground forces on Friday launched two days of exercises to test the flight readiness of more than 200 helicopters, state television reported.The drills, which had been planned earlier, are aimed at “confronting possible threats” facing the Islamic Republic, spokesperson Brig. Gen. Amir Cheshak told the TV. He did not elaborate.He said troops and…
Islamabad : Despite facing pressure from various nations to reconsider its decision regarding the deportation of illegal immigrants living in the country, Pakistan remains resolute and is unwilling to change its stance, according to The Express Tribune. Pakistan has made the decision to expel an estimated 1.7 million foreign nationals, primarily Afghans who had been residing…
Islamabad : Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is on the verge of a shutdown as it cancelled over 500 flights in the past 11 days due to the unavailability of fuel, ARY News reported. ARY News is a Pakistani news channel. PIA is facing its worst crisis in history as Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has cut its…
Luanda: Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Sasmit Patra on Friday called for an inclusive approach by the world to tackle the big challenges faced by humanity and reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to overcome global trust deficiency. The Rajya Sabha MP was speaking at the 147th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly at Luanda, Angola. He said,…
The US launched airstrikes on two sites in eastern Syria linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday. “The precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17,”…
MUSCAT: The innumerable and consistent campaign by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to brand the Palestinian Resistance Movement of Hamas as cruel and illegitimate was exposed to the world on Tuesday when one of the freed hostages spoke of Hamas’ “caring” and “sensitive” approach. The words of the 85-year-old Israeli woman Yocheved Lifshitz, who along with…
Jiuquan: The spacecraft Shenzhou-17, or “Divine Vessel,” lifted off at 11:13 a.m. local time (0313 UTC/GMT) on Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, on the edges of China’s Gobi Desert. “The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centr3 in northwest China,” state news agency Xinhua reported. The…
New York: Former US President Donald Trump was fined $10,000 (€9,500) for violating a gag order during a court appearance in a New York fraud trial Wednesday. Trump allegedly told one of Judge Arthur Engoron clerk’s during a trial break: “This judge is a very partisan judge, with a person who’s very partisan sitting beside him,…
Chennai : If Pakistan envisages reaching the semi-finals at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, then they simply must find their best form and defeat a surging South Africa in Chennai. Pakistan have shown glimpses of their best so far with two wins from five matches, but have yet to have all aspects of their game…
