Kochi: The US has deployed over 4,100 National Guards to counter protests held against immigration raids in Los Angeles, even as California Governor Gavin Newsom has moved the court against it, BBC reported.Earlier, President Donald Trump had given nod to deploy 2,000 National Guard members to respond to the protests.Seven hundred Marines were also put …
Kochi: US President Donald Trump and his former adviser Elon Musk are at loggerheads with the tech billionaire Musk seeking Trump’s resignation claiming credit for his victory, BBC reported.Flaying Trump for one of his key domestic policies, Musk accused Trump of showing “ingratitude”, adding: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election”.Musk went on to …
Kochi: Israel recovered bodies of two Israeli Americans taken as hostages during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, media reports said.Judi Weinstein Haggai, 70, and her husband Gadi Haggai, 72, were murdered by the Mujahideen Brigades group attacking Kibbutz Nir Oz, the reports said.Haggai was also a Canadian citizen.The bodies, recovered from …
Kochi: The US President Donald Trump has signed a ban on travel to the US from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Haiti and Iran from June 9, BBC reported.Partial travel restrictions have been imposedon seven countries including Cuba and Venezuela, Burundi, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo and Turkmenistan.The US said these “common sense restrictions” will “protect Americans …
Kochi: Six people were injured after a man attacked a weekly peaceful demonstration organised in seeking release of Israeli hostages by Hamas in an outdoor mall in Boulder in Colorado, BBC reported.The suspect, identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, of Egypt, shouted “free Palestine” while throwing Molotov cocktails on demonstrators, the reports said.Soliman, whose visa …
Kochi: India has condemned Pakistan for raising irrelevant topics of Indus water issue before the first UN conference on glaciers in Tajikistan’s Dushanbe.Addressing the plenary session of the first conference on Friday, Union Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said Pakistan is misusing the forum to bring in unwarranted references which do not …
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 …
