‘Zombie apocalypse’: Fear grips Afghans under Taliban rule
KABUL: Streets that were once bustling with life have fallen silent. Few women dare to leave their homes. Fighters patrol the neighborhoods. Welcome to the new Kabul, a city ruled…
Attacker kills three police and security guard near the French embassy in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM: An attacker wielding an assault rifle was shot dead after killing three police and an employee of a private security company near the French embassy in the…
Dubai Police arrest ‘Raffaele Imperiale’, kingpin of Italian organized crime syndicate
Dubai Police have recently arrested one of Italy’s most wanted criminals, Raffaele Imperiale, an alleged kingpin of the organized crime syndicate ‘Camorra’, which is involved in drug and weapons trafficking…
Jordan will only be a transit point for Afghan evacuees on their way to the US
Afghan citizens coming to Jordan will not be granted “refugee status” and will stay for a short period before their planned resettlement in the US, a senior official said on…
Palestinian wounded in Gaza clash dies ahead of new protest
Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian has died from injuries sustained during weekend clashes with Israeli forces on the Gaza border, the territory’s health ministry said, ahead of fresh protests called for…
Egyptian woman punches man who harassed her in front of her son
A video of an Egyptian woman punching a man after he harassed her in the street in front of her son, has gone viral. The woman can be seen in…
Indian troops kill 2 rebel commanders, 3 others in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India: Indian government forces killed two senior rebel commanders and three other militants in two separate counterinsurgency operations in disputed Kashmir, police said Tuesday. The killings come during an…
Ankara rejects any plans to set up offshore hubs for refugees
The Turkish government reacted angrily to claims made in the UK media about the prospective establishment of an offshore asylum processing center in Turkey, as a third country, for Afghan…
Iran’s COVID-19 deaths hit record daily high of 709
Iran on Tuesday reported a record daily 709 deaths from COVID-19 as the worst-hit country in the Middle East faced a fifth surge in infections led by the highly contagious…
UAE’s daily COVID-19 cases fall below 1,000 for the first time this year
The UAE’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 1,000 for the first time this year after reaching as high as almost 4,400 infections in previous months. The Ministry of Health and…