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Washington: The US House of Representatives has passed a gun control legislation approved earlier by the Senate, breaking a congressional logjam that prevented reforms for 30 years. The bill is now headed for President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature and enactment, which is anticipated as his aides have said he is waiting to sign it. […]

New Delhi: Years after denying his presence and even claiming he was dead, Pakistan has reportedly arrested Sajid Mir, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative and the main handler of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Mir, involved in the November 2008 siege — when a team of 10 men carried out coordinated attacks on multiple targets in […]

Washington: Millions of women in the US are expected to lose the legal right to abortion as the country’s Supreme Court overturned a 50-year-old ruling that legalised it nationwide. The court struck down the landmark Roe vs Wade decision, weeks after an unprecedented leaked document suggested it favoured doing so, the BBC reported on Friday. […]

Hyderabad: Abadan in Iran has recorded the highest temperature at 52.2 degree Celsius on June 21. The US StormWatch has shared the news on Twitter saying that it is the hottest temperature recorded on Earth this year. Media reports state that it is the highest temperature officially recorded in that city in the 70 years. […]

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs for all of their products currently marketed in the country. The products include the JUUL device and four types of JUULpods: Virginia tobacco flavoured pods at nicotine concentrations of 5.0 per cent and 3.0 per cent and menthol […]

Washington: The most iconic landmark of the US state of Utah, the Great Salt Lake is rapidly disappearing and on the verge of becoming an environmental disaster zone, according to experts. “Utah residents threatened by toxic dust from Great Salt Lake,” and “windy conditions have led to dust advisories”, Xinhua news agency quoted a Fox […]

Washington: Nearly one out of five adults in the US who previously had Covid-19 now report having symptoms of long COVID, according to new data revealed by the government. The data published was sourced through the “Household Pulse Survey” conducted by the US Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), reports Xinhua […]

KievL: Ukraine has submitted a new lawsuit against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over Moscow’s ongoing illegal invasion of Kiev, says Justice Minister Denys Malyuska. In a statement, the Justice Ministry said the lawsuit addresses “Russia’s egregious human rights violations during the initial phase of the war, from the onset of […]

Karachi: Karachi has been named among the worlds worst cities to live in due to poor stability, healthcare, culture, environment and infrastructure. This was determined by the Economist Intelligence Unit in its annual Global Liveability Index 2022, Samaa TV reported. According to the Index, Karachi ranked 168 amongst 173 cities with an index score of […]

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed the European Union’s (EU) decision to grant his country candidate status for accession to the 27-member bloc, saying it was “historic moment” in bilateral ties. During a two-day summit in Brussels, the European Council on Thursday accepted Ukraine and Moldova as candidates for membership of the bloc. Just […]

Rome: The temperature of the Mediterranean Sea in May was 4 degrees Celsius higher than average over the 20-year period ending in 2005, as a marine heatwave hit the waters, a new report has revealed. The CAREHeat Project report on Thursday said that the surface water temperature of the Mediterranean Sea in May hit a […]

Washington: Amid raging incidents of gun violence in the US, the Senate has passed a gun control bill for the first time in 28 years, the media reported on Friday. Late Thursday night, 15 Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33, the BBC reported. […]

United Nations: India has warned of Afghanistan becoming a haven for terrorist organisations that threaten the region and called for unified action against the Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba getting entrenched there. India’s Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti told the UN Security Council on Thursday, “We need to see concrete progress in ensuring that such […]

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has announced that the death toll in the devastating 6.1-magnitude quake that hit Paktika province earlier this week has increased to 1,100, while the number of injured persons has also climbed to 1,600. In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of State for Disaster Management said that more than […]

New Delhi: A coalition of scientists formed against the Covid-19 threat has declared the Monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Global Concern. This comes days after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee has been convened due to the spread of the Monkeypox virus to […]

Washington: The state of Florida in the US has seen one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in the history of the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 24 cases and six deaths among gay and bisexual men have been reported, the CDC […]

London: Health officials in the UK have found poliovirus in sewage samples in London, 19 years after it was eliminated by 2003. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the poliovirus in sewage samples collected from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, was probably imported to London by someone who was recently vaccinated overseas […]

New York: US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-American scientist, Arati Prabhakar to his cabinet as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), according to the White House. Her nomination, which would make her the current second Indian-American cabinet member alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, was sent to the Senate for […]

Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has confirmed that 400 people have died in the recent floods triggered by incessant rain across the country. The floods hit the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Laghman, Panjshir, Parwan, Kabul, Kapisa, Maidan Wardak, Bamiyan, Ghazni, Logar, Samangan, Sar-e-Pul, Takhar, Paktia, Khost and Daikundi, as well as the Salang […]

Washington: A pro-Pakistan US lawmaker has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for the State Department to declare India an egregious violator of religious freedom. Ilhan Omar, the Democratic member of the House of Representatives known to be a sympathizer of Pakistan, is the lead on the resolution that has been co-sponsored […]

Ankara, June 23 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has arrived in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, to start his first visit to Turkey since the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted the crown prince on Wednesday with a grand welcoming ceremony, which was followed by […]

Seoul: The number of babies born in South Korea fell to a record low in April amid the chronically low birthrate, while that of deaths hit an all-time high due to rapid aging and the Covid-19 pandemic, data showed on Wednesday. A total of 21,124 babies were born in April, down 7 per cent from […]

Washington: Leading Indian-American scientist Dr Arti Prabhakar has been nominated by Joe Biden as a top science advisor to the US President, a decision hailed by the White House and the Indian-American community as “historic.” If confirmed by the Senate, Dr Prabhakar would make history as the first woman, immigrant, or person of colour to […]

Kabul: At least 280 people were killed and 595 injured after an earthquake struck Afghansitan’s Paktika province early on Wednesday, the state-run media reported. Some 255 people lost their lives in Barmal, Ziruk, Naka and Gayan districts of Paktika province, the most-hit eastern province, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported, citing the latest local sources. Helicopters […]