US ex-officer Kim Potter charged over killing of black man
MINNEAPOLIS, USA: A US former police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. Kim Potter was arrested...
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India records yet another single-day spike with over 200,000 new Covid cases
NEW DELHI, India: The health ministry’s data showed that India has reported a record 200,739 Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours as many hospitals...
Biden gives nod to controversial $23bn arms sales to UAE
WASHINGTON DC, USA: Advancing the controversial Trump-era plans of selling $23.4 billion sophisticated weapons to the United Arab Emirates, President Biden has decided to proceed...
US to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11
WASHINGTON DC, USA: United States President Joe Biden has said all US troops in Afghanistan would leave the country by September 11, likely to miss...
Protests continue as police resignations fail to ease unrest over Minneapolis shooting
MINNEAPOLIS, USA: Despite the resignation of a police chief and of an officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota, unrest and protests continue...
US, South Africa, EU halt Johnson & Johnson vaccine over cases of blood clots
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The US, South Africa and European Union have stopped the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid jab, after reports of...
India witnesses yet another highest single-day spike as Covid infections surpass 184,000
NEW DELHI India: Health ministry’s data revealed that India’s new coronavirus infections have reached a record of 184,372 in the last 24 hours as most...
Israeli PM slams Iran as ‘fanatical regime’
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, Palestine: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has termed Iranian authorities a “fanatical regime” at a joint news conference with US Secretary of Defense...
EU imposes sanctions on elite Iran commander over 2019 protests
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union has imposed sanctions on eight Iranian militia commanders and police chiefs, including the head of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
Canada suspends sale of military drone technology to Turkey
OTTAWA, Canada: The Canadian foreign affairs department announced that the country has cancelled export permits to Turkey for drone technology after a government review found...