UK PM Boris Johnson braced for Tory no-confidence vote

London, June 6 (AFP/APP):British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced down a no-confidence vote among Conservative MPs on Monday, after dozens rebelled over a string of alleged scandals that have left the party’s public standing in tatters. The British PM has spent months battling to maintain […]

Bangladesh port depot fire kills 34, injures 300

Chittagong, Bangladesh, June 5 (AFP/APP): At least 34 people have died after a fire that sparked a huge chemical explosion and was still blazing on Sunday at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh, officials said. The toll was expected to rise with over 300 people […]

5.6-magnitude quake hits 142 km WNW of Naha, Japan — USGS

HONG KONG, June 3 (Xinhua/APP):An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 142 km WNW of Naha, Japan at 07:03:35 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 26.7993 degrees north […]

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in two days as tensions flare

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, June 2 (AFP/APP):Israeli troops shot dead a teen in the West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the fourth Palestinian killed in the occupied territory in two days. The ministry identified the slain Palestinian as 17-year-old Odeh Odeh, who was […]

Palestinian killed in Israeli raid in West Bank: Palestinian ministry

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, June 1 (AFP/APP): A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli raid in the north of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry said the Palestinian died after arriving at a hospital in Jenin in a […]

Supreme Court accepts bail plea of accused in blasphemy case

ISLAMABAD, June 01 (Online): Supreme Court (SC) has accepted bail plea of one Muhammad Ashraf accused in blasphemy case. A two members bench of SC presided over by Justice Qazi Faez Isa took up for hearing the petition filed by Muhammad Ashraf accused in blasphemy […]

Saudi Arabia plans to build world’s largest building ever

RIYADH – June 1 (ONLINE) Saudi Arabia is planning the world’s largest buildings in a mostly unpopulated part of the country as part of an entirely new $500 billion development called NEOM, according to people familiar with the matter, foreign news agency reported. NEOM, the […]

First funerals after Texas school shooting

Uvalde, United States, May 31 (AFP/APP):The traumatized Texan town of Uvalde began on Tuesday laying to rest the 19 young children killed in an elementary school shooting that left the small, tight-knit community united in grief and anger. The body of Amerie Jo Garza, 10, […]