LONDON:The son of a 38-year-old British Sikh woman, sentenced to death in India for poisoning and slitting her husband’s throat in 2016, has said that his mother “deserves to be hanged” for doing an “evil thing”. Ramandeep Kaur Mann from Derby was found guilty of murdering her husband Sukhjit Singh, 34, by a court in […]
DUBAI:Salam Pappinissery, CEO of Yab Legal Services, released the logo of ‘Kuttikaloodothoronam’ program being organised by the Child Protect Team (CPT) UAE. The celebrations will be held on November 26 at Malik Restaurant near DANATA, Dubai. The special feature of this program is that a stage is prepared only for children. Children’s Thiruvathirakali, ganamela, dance, […]
TEL AVIV:More than 35 Jewish and Arab organisations on Monday issued a call for reaching a ceasefire, releasing the kidnapped hostages and promoting a political agreement that will guarantee safety, justice and freedom for the people in Gaza amid the raging Israel-Hamas war. In a joint statement, the organisations said: ”In memory of the murdered […]
DEIR AL-BALAH (GAZA STRIP):Gaza lost communications Sunday in its third total outage of the Israel-Hamas war, while Israel’s military said it encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two. “Today there is north Gaza and south Gaza,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told reporters, calling it a “significant stage” in Israel’s war against […]
PHNOM PENH:Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archeological Park received 602,570 foreign visitors during the first 10 months of 2023, a year-on-year increase of 256 per cent, an official statement said on Wednesday. The ancient site made $27.88 million in revenue from ticket sales during the January-October period this year, a year-on-year rise of 312 per cent, Xinhua […]
JERUSALEM:The Israel military on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the airstrike on the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza, the largest in the besieged enclave, and said that one of the top Hamas leaders who was responsible for the October 7 assault was killed in the attack. In a post on X, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) […]
GAZA:Some foreign passport holders from the Gaza Strip crossed into Egypt on Wednesday via the Rafah crossing, the only linking point between the African nation and the Hamas-controlled enclave. Early Wednesday morning, Egypt had sent 40 ambulances to cross the Rafah checkpoint to transfer injured Palestinians from Gaza, an official security source told Xinhua news […]
SYDNEY:The bushfire danger period has now been in place across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), after the remaining nine local government areas on the southern border entered the statutory phase on Wednesday. According to the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), the period normally runs from Oct. 1 to March 31, during which […]
LONDON:Brokers in some parts of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh are charging up to GBP 800 for UK visa biometric appointments in an illicit trade targeting overseas workers and students, an investigation has found. The appointments are widely advertised on social media platforms like Facebook and the Telegram messaging service, promising next-day appointments at “reasonable […]
DELAWARE:United States Vice President Kamala Harris stressed that Washington has “absolutely no intention” of sending troops to Israel or Gaza amid the ongoing conflict, CNN reported on Sunday. “We have absolutely no intention, nor do we have any plans, to send combat troops into Israel or Gaza, period,” Harris said in an interview with CBS’ […]