Kochi: Hamas’ Gaza chief Muhammad Sinwar was killed by the army, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday, media reports said.Muhammad Sinwar was elevated to the post after his slain brother and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel.There were reports of Muhammad getting grievously injured in an airstrike on May 14.Yahya Sinwar, …
Kochi: Hamas’ Gaza chief Muhammad Sinwar was killed by the army, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday, media reports said.Muhammad Sinwar was elevated to the post after his slain brother and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel.There were reports of Muhammad getting grievously injured in an airstrike on May 14.Yahya Sinwar, …
Kochi: Conservative Saudi Arabia has lifted a 73-year-old alcohol ban ahead of Expo 2030 and the FIFA World Cup 2034, media reports said.After imposing ban since 1952,the kingdom will allow controlled sale and consumption of alcohol in 2026.Alcohol sales will be limited to 600 places like luxury hotels, resorts and areas developed for tourists across …
Kochi: A former French surgeon, Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was sentenced to a maximum term of 20 years in jail for sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly children, between 1989 and 2014, BBC reported.The victims include two of his nieces.The court had taken into account the fact that the former surgeon targeted unwell, vulnerable and …
Kochi: An Israel national and his fiancee, working at the Israeli Embassy, were killed outside a Jewish museum in downtown Washington DC, BBC reported.The deceased were shot down while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, the reports said.According to Israel’s ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, the two were going to get engaged …
Kochi: Israel announced its resolution to ‘take control of all’ of Gaza even as a group of 22 countries including UK, France, Canada warned joint action like sanction against Tel Aviv, media reports said.Britain, France and Canada condemned Israel’s “egregious actions” in Gaza.Slamming those opposing Tel Aviv’s action, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu justified his …
Kochi: A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Saifullah Khalid, alias “Vinode Kumar,” was killed by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Sindh province, media reports said.Khalid was a key conspirator in the 2005 Indian Science Congress (ISC) attack in Bangalore, the 2006 attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur and the 2008 CRPF camp assault …
New Pope takes chargeKochi: The new Pope Leo XIV became the first American-born of the Global Catholic Church to take charge as Pope with a Mass in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday.Thousands of people, including dozens of world leaders and European royalty were present on the occasion.Speaking in Italian, the Pope Leo XIV …
Kochi: The Balochistan Liberation Army, (BLA), fighting to free Balochistan from Islamabad’s control, has urged the international community to declare Pakistan a terrorist state, media reports said.The BLA, which had claimed responsibility for seven attacks across Pakistan under ‘Operation Herof’, described Pakistan a “breeding ground” for global terrorists, the Hindustan Times reported.The BLA targeted security …
“BLA seeks to declare Pak a terrorist state”Kochi: The Balochistan Liberation Army, (BLA), fighting to free Balochistan from Islamabad’s control, has urged the international community to declare Pakistan a terrorist state, media reports said.The BLA, which had claimed responsibility for seven attacks across Pakistan under ‘Operation Herof’, described Pakistan a “breeding ground” for global terrorists, …
Kochi: The US has claimed that India and Pakistan “have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site”.The Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that India and Pakistan “have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set …
Kochi: There are reports of Pakistan detaining its Army Chief Asim Munir and nominating Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, in his place.The reports are not confirmed. This signals unprecedented internal discord at the highest levels of the Pakistan army.There are also reports of Baloch Liberation Army capturing …
Kochi: Robert Prevost, 69, is the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, BBC reported. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV Prevost..Thousands gathered in St Peter’s Square to cheer Pope Leo XIV who appeared at Vatican balcony He said “May peace be with all of you,” from …
Kochi: India captured two Pakistani pilots of F-16 fighters which were shot down at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan and Akhnoor in Jammu even as India fired missiles in main cities including areas close to Pakistan Prime Minister’s Arbaz Sharif’s house.Lahore, Sialkot, Islamabad were targeted by India by missiles and drones even as most of the cities …
Kochi: A Pakistani senator wept while addressing the country’s National Assembly on Thursday.Pleading with the Pakistani Army to save the country from Indian strikes, Tahir Iqbal said.”God, please keep this country safe.”Iqbal was talking about India’s ongoing military operation against Pakistan, stating.He urged the lawmakers to unite and pray before God to save the country.After …
Kochi: A Pakistani senator wept while addressing the country’s National Assembly on Thursday.Pleading with the Pakistani Army to save the country from Indian strikes, Tahir Iqbal said.”God, please keep this country safe.”Iqbal was talking about India’s ongoing military operation against Pakistan, stating.He urged the lawmakers to unite and pray before God to save the country.After …
Kochi: The 1999 Kandahar hijack mastermind, Abdul Rauf Azhar, 57, who was also responsible for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, was reportedly killed in the airstrikes carried out by India on Wednesday, media reports said.A central figure iinternational jihadist networks, Azhar plotted the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane IC 814 to …
Kandahar hijack mastermind killedKochi: The 1999 Kandahar hijack mastermind, Abdul Rauf Azhar, 57, who was also responsible for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, was reportedly killed in the airstrikes carried out by India on Wednesday, media reports said.A central figure in international jihadist networks, Azhar plotted the hijacking of an Indian Airlines …
Kochi: Multiple explosions were heard in Pakistan’s Lahore city following which sirens went off as people ran out of their homes on Thursday, media reports said.The incident comes a day after India struck terror camps in Pakistan, in an operation named ‘Sindoor’, in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives.Blasts were heard …
Kochi: A noted Pakistani cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi has flayed Islamabad for its anti India activities saying that any war with India is un islamic, media reports said.In a video widely circulated in the social media, Abdul Aziz Ghazi, a controversial cleric of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, criticised the Pakistani government, calling it a “cruel, …
