World news
- World
Flotilla headed to Gaza sets sail from Barcelona after storm delay
Barcelona: A flotilla carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Gaza left Barcelona‘s port on Monday for a second time after the vessels were forced to return a day earlier because of bad…
- World
Australia sees surge of anti-immigration protests; govt slams rallies for spreading hate
Thousands of people attended massive anti-immigration rallies in Australia on on Sunday, August 31. The rallies, called “March for Australia”, are essentially anti-immigrant and also saw the participation of neo-Nazis, many of…
- Offbeat
23-yr-old Japanese man falls for classmate’s 83-year-old grandmother
They say love is blind, and a couple in Japan has taken it quite literally. A 23-year-old man is dating his classmate’s 83-year-old grandmother, stunning the internet with their 60-year age gap.…
- World
US proposes to limit duration of visas for students, media
New York/Washington: The Trump administration is proposing to limit the duration of visas for foreign students and media personnel in the US, a move aimed at crackdown on illegal immigration and visa…
- World
US church mass shooter had ‘Nuke India’, ‘Kill Trump’ message scribbled on gun
New York: The transgender mass shooter who attacked a Catholic church in Minneapolis also had a chilling hate message for India. In one of the weapons, the shooter had written, “Nuke India”,…
- Pakistan
Rains in Pakistan: 11 Killed, power disrupted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: At least 11 people, including three children, died and 47 were injured on Sunday as torrential rains and windstorms battered parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, officials said. Heavy…
- Offbeat
Groom arrives at wedding in Batmobile; internet reacts
An Indian groom in Thailand arrived at the wedding venue in a Batmobile, a car belonging to DC comic super hero Batman. A video of the groom’s arrival has gone viral on…
- Pakistan
Pakistan SC grants bail to Imran Khan in May 9 riots case
The Supreme Court of Pakistan, on Wednesday, August 21, granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in eight cases related to the May 9 riots in 2023. The bail was granted…
- World
Nikki Haley urges Trump to get India-US ties on track amid tarrif row
Washington: As tensions increase between Washington and New Delhi over US tariffs related to India’s purchase of Russian oil, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has issued a firm…
- World
Cambridge Dictionary adds ‘skibidi’, ‘tradwife’ among 6,000 new words
London: What the skibidi is happening to the English language? “Skibidi” is one of the slang terms popularised by social media that are among more than 6,000 additions this year to the…
- World
China FM Wang Yi on 2-Day state visit to India
Hyderabad: China on Monday said Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to India was aimed at working with New Delhi to deliver on important understandings reached between the leaders of the two sides…
- Hyderabad
KTR slams Telangana government over poor sanitation in state
Hyderabad: Bharat Rahstra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Ram Rao (KTR) on Monday, August 18 criticised the Telangana government for poor sanitation in the state. KTR said that the poor sanitation is…
- World
European leaders to join Ukraine prez for White House meeting with Trump
Kyiv: European and NATO leaders will join Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his crucial meeting with President Donald Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday. The move in…
- Offbeat
Overdue book returned to library in US after 82 years: ‘Hope there is no late fee’
A person returned a book to the San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) almost 82 years after it was borrowed in July 1943. The incident occurred in June this year. The book titled…
- World
US: Shooter kills 3 in Target parking lot in Texas, held
Austin: A gunman opened fire on Monday in the parking lot of a Target store in Texas’ capital, killing two adults and a child before stealing two cars during a getaway that…
