Kochi: Atleaat 69 people were killed and several injured in a suicide bomb blast in a Shia mosque in Islamabad in Pakistan.The explosion occurred at Khadija Tul Kubra mosque, in southeastern Islamabad’s Tarlai Kalan area, on Friday.The victims included adults and children. Photo: X
Kochi: US government-backed small business loans will nolonger be available for Green card holders from March 1, 2026, the Economic Times reported.This is due to the US Small Business Administration (SBA) tightening its citizenship and residency rules.The change applies to key SBA loan programmes and affects businesses with any ownership by lawful permanent residents, an …
Kochi: Desperation seems to be gripping Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for lack of support from other boards to boycott the India match even as a massive ICC fine of $38 million is looming large over Pakistan, NDTV reported.The ICC action included the forfeiture of crucial World Cup points, and potential suspension.PCB is yet to formally …
Kochi: India and the European Union sealed a vital Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Tuesday, media reports said.The EU Commission President and the President of the European Council joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the India-EU Summit.The agreement is a culmination of two decades of negotiations and partnership-building between two largest democratic markets.In 1962 India …
Kochi: China and India are “good neighbours, friends and partners”, Chinese President Xi Jinping said while greeting President Droupadi Murmu on the 77th Republic Day celebrations, the Hindu said quoting the official Xinhua news agency.Xi said that over the past year, China-India relations have continued to improve and develop and are of “great significance for …
Kochi: The war ravaged Gaza is in for a major makeover as the Chief architect US has unveiled plans to rebuild the devastated Palestinian territory from scratch, BBC reported.Skyscrapers, housing estates, agricultural and industrial areas will pop up for the 2.1 million population.The slides of the proposed makeover were presented during a signing ceremony at …
Kochi: Despite the Chinese government offering sops to parents to have more children, Beijing’s birth rates sank to a record low falling by 3.39 million to reach 1.4 billion by the end of 2025, BBC reported.This marks a quicker decline than the previous year, government data showed on Monday.China’s birth rate fell to 5.63 per …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump’s move to impose new taxes on eight US allies for Opposing US’ plan to takeover the autonomous Danish territory has intensified unity among those opposing US proposals, BBC reported.Trump warned tariffs on Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK in February if they opposed his takeover …
Kochi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK Premier Sir Tony Blair have been named as two of the founding members of its “Board of Peace” for Gaza, BBC reported.The Trump administration has named Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on the “founding executive board”, the White …
Kochi: Telling anti-government protesters in Iran that “help is on its way”, President Donald Trump has urged protesters to “keep protesting”, BBC reported.Trump has recently expressed his plans to intervene in matters where Iranian security was crushing people protesting against the poor economic situation.Thousands of people are feared dead after a crackdown on weeks of …
Kochi: Iran has killed hundreds of anti government protesters even as the Islamic Republic has warned tit for tat to US if it used force against Tehran, media reports said.There were reports of security forces“firing live rounds. It’s like a war zone, the streets are full of blood. They’re taking away bodies in trucks,” reports …
Kochi: Even as public protests against Islamic government continue in Iran, hospitals are struggling to deal with the flow of injured protesters and others, BBC reported.Iran blamed the US for turning the protests into what it called “violent subversive acts and widespread vandalism”.Meanwhile, international leaders called for protection of the right to peaceful protest.Anti-government protests …
Kochi: Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife have been captured by the US, Donald Trump said, according to BBC.Trump confirmed “large scale” strikes against the country. Maduro has been flown out of the country, Trump announced on his Social media platform.Venezuela announced a state of national emergency.
Kochi: A massive blaze is feared to have claimed many lives and injured several at a bar in Switzerland’s Crans Montana, NDTV reported.The blaze struck the bar Le Constellation in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans Montana during New Year’s celebrations at around 1.30 am local time (0030 GMT).Over 100 People were at …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump warned Hamas would have “hell to pay” if it did not disarm soon as part of implanting phase two of the Gaza peace plan “very quickly”, BBC reported.The US president’s 20-point peace plan requires the militant group to disarm, he said.Israel had “lived up to the plan 100%”, despite continuing …
Kochi: Former Prime Minister ofBangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia, 80, died due to health issues at a hospital in Dhaka, media reports said.Zia, who was the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), on Tuesday morning.She was hospitalized on November 23 with pneumonia and infections in her heart and lungs.She was facing complications liver cirrhosis, arthritis, …
Kochi: Police in Italy have arrested nine people accused of raising around €7m for Hamas over two years, BBC reported.The money, collected as humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians, was instead sent to the militant group.Police have seized more than €8m in assets as part of the investigation.A joint initiative between counter-terror police and financial police …
Kochi: Kochi: US launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria for targeting “innocent Christians”, President Donald Trump said, BBC reported.Describing IS as ” terrorist scum”, Trump said the US military “executed numerous perfect strikes”.The US Africa Command (Africom) later reported that Thursday’s attack was carried out in …
Kochi: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced by a court to 17 years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) in the Toshakhana 2 corruption case on Saturday, media reports said.Special court judge Shahrukh Arjumand announced the judgment in the case in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.Khan and Bushra were awarded …
Kochi: Saudi Arabia topped the list of countries which deported thousands of Pakistanis in a bid to put a brake on organised begging and criminal activity abroad, NDTV reported.Saudi Arabia has deported 24,000 Pakistanis over allegations of begging this year, while the UAE has imposed visa restrictions on most Pakistani citizens.Dubai sent back about 6,000 …
