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Kabul Attack: E-visas Granted To Over 100 Sikhs, Hindus In Afghanistan On Priority
Following the attack on Karte Parwan Gurdwara in Kabul that resulted in the death of two persons, India has decided to grant e-visas to over 100 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan on priority. Following the attack on Karte Parwan Gurdwara
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Israel tells its citizens to avoid Istanbul, warns Iran not to harm them
JERUSALEM: Israel raised its Istanbul travel advisory to the highest level on Monday because of what it said was a threat of Iranian attempts to kill or abduct Israelis vacationing in Turkey. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said a “huge effort”
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Janusha proves Malaysian can become great in global arena: PM
KUALA LUMPUR: The success of Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) senior cadet officer B. Janusha in being Malaysia’s first female officer to graduate from the United States Naval Academy (USNA) proves that Malaysians can become great and excel in their careers
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US wins authority to seize Russian oligarch’s planes
NEW YORK: A U.S. court on Monday issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich under U.S. measures imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, court records showed. But the U.S. government’s likelihood of
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Police: Shooting at Oklahoma hospital kills at least four
TULSA: Four people were killed, including a gunman, and multiple others were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said. Officers were still working to clear the St Francis hospital campus, the Tulsa
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No verdict in Depp, Heard defamation cases as jury ends day’s deliberations
The drawn-out Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial will carry on for at least another day after jurors failed to reach a verdict, only pausing their deliberations Tuesday (May 31) to ask the judge a question about Heard’s Washington Post op-ed.
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Visitor throws cake at the ‘Mona Lisa’ in Paris’ Louvre
PARIS: The Mona Lisa was left shaken but unharmed on Sunday when a visitor to the Louvre tried to smash the glass protecting the world’s most famous painting before smearing cream across its surface in an apparent climate-related publicity stunt.
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Canada introduces law to freeze handgun sales, ban look-alike toys
OTTAWA: Canada’s government introduced legislation Monday to implement a “national freeze” on the sale and purchase of handguns as part of a gun-control package that would also limit magazine capacities and ban some toys that look like guns. The new
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Teenage gunman kills 19 children and teacher at Texas elementary school
The children at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, were two days away from their summer break when Tuesday’s massacre unfolded. They had visited the zoo and participated in a gifted-and-talented showcase, recent posts on the school’s Facebook page showed.
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Monkeypox cases rise to 6 in Netherlands, Morocco reports 3 suspected cases
THE HAGUE: The number of monkeypox cases in humans rose to six in the Netherlands, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) announced on Monday. The first human case of monkeypox in the Netherlands was confirmed last
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