Britain’s hardline Muslim preacher sentenced to life for leading terrorist organisation
LONDON: British radical preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday for directing a terrorist organisation. Choudary, 57, was convicted last week of directing Al-MuHajjiroun, which was banned as a terrorist organisation more than a decade ago, and encouraging others to support the […]
Taliban sever ties with Afghan embassies in western countries loyal to former regime
KABUL: The Taliban government has severed consular ties with swathes of Afghan embassies in Western countries, Kabul said on Tuesday, cutting off diplomats loyal to the former foreign-backed administration. The 2021 Taliban takeover left diplomats staffing Afghanistan’s foreign missions in limbo, having pledged to serve a government which collapsed in chaos after the withdrawal of […]
Security forces deployed in Kurram as deadly tribal clashes come to halt: DC – Pakistan
Tribal clashes which have been ongoing for the past seven days in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram District claiming 49 lives and leaving more than 200 people injured have come to a halt, the deputy commissioner (DC) said on Tuesday. According to the police and district administration, armed clashes between Boshehra and Maleekhel tribesmen […]
Death toll surges to 63 in India landslide triggered by monsoon downpour – World
Landslides in southern India killed at least 63 people on Tuesday, the office of Kerala state revenue minister K. Rajan told reporters. Rajan’s office added that another 116 people had been injured in the landslides, which struck Wayanad district early Tuesday morning. Images published by the National Disaster Response Force show rescue crews trudging through […]
Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement in Texas facial recognition data lawsuit
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state’s lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent. The terms of the settlement, disclosed on Tuesday, mark the largest accord ever by any single state, according to the […]
ATC approves seven-day physical remand of TLP leader
An anti-terrorism court in Lahore has approved a seven-day physical remand for Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leader Maulana Muhammad Tahir Saifi. He was presented before the court on Tuesday in a case involving the issuance of a fatwa against the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The hearing was presided over by Judge Khalid Arshad. The prosecution requested […]
Former BBC presenter charged with making indecent images of children
LONDON: Huw Edwards, 62, was arrested last November by Metropolitan Police for allegedly possessing 6 category A indecent images, most serious classification of indecent images on phone Former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with making indecent images of children, police said on Monday. Edwards, one of the UK’s leading television news anchors, […]
Khan Younis in ruins as Israeli forces pull out, heavy casualties reported
KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP: Thousands of Palestinians returned to the devastated city of Khan Younis on Tuesday after Israeli forces ended a week-long incursion aimed at preventing the resistance group Hamas from regrouping. Palestinian rescue workers and civilians retrieved bodies from the streets of the deserted battle zone, transporting the corpses wrapped in rugs to […]
36 dead, hundreds feared trapped in landslides as monsoon rains pound India’s Kerala – World
Landslides in India triggered by pounding monsoon rains have killed at least 36 people with hundreds more feared trapped under mud and debris, officials said on Tuesday. The southern coastal state of Kerala has been battered by torrential downpours, and the collapse of a key bridge at the disaster site in Wayanad district has hampered […]
Zhiying Zeng’s incredible journey to the Paris Olympics 2024 at 58
Listen to article Zhiying Zeng, born in China, has made her Olympics debut at 58 years old, representing Chile after an incredible journey. Zeng was born in 1966 in Guangzhou, China, into a household that lived and breathed table tennis. Her mother was a table tennis coach and coached Zeng until she was 9 years old. She […]