Washington: Tahawwur Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has filed a request with the US Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Roberts, to halt his extradition to India. This request follows the rejection of his review petition earlier this month by US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. The application has been scheduled.
Washington: The U.S. government has declassified approximately 80,000 pages of previously classified documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, following an executive order by President Donald J. Trump. The records, which were made available on March 19 without redactions, were released in line with a directive from the Office of the Director of National.
Washington: United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday agreed to a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war with a pause on attacks on energy and infrastructure and to begin negotiations for a full ceasefire and permanent peace starting immediately, reports said. The two leaders also discussed bilateral relations and the.
Canberra: A new study has revealed that extreme heat is a significant contributor to heart disease in Australia, responsible for 7.3% of the country’s total cardiovascular disease burden. Between 2003 and 2018, hot weather resulted in nearly 50,000 years of healthy life lost annually, with South Australia suffering the most and the Northern Territory the.
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Major General Andrii Hnatov as the new Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces, replacing Lieutenant General Anatolii Barhylevych. The presidential decree, which was published on the official website, did not provide any specific reasons for the leadership change. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov explained the.
Washington: US Central Command (CENTCOM) continues its focused military actions against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen, as evidenced by a video shared on social media, showing military aircraft launching strikes. The caption read, “CENTCOM forces continue operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists.” According to reports from the Houthi-run Health Ministry, US airstrikes in Yemen have.
Washington: SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, as announced by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. NASA confirmed that the spacecraft docked at 12:04 a.m. EDT, when the ISS.
Islamabad [Pakistan]: Ongoing violent incidents in Pakistan’s northwest, at least two Pakistani soldiers and nine militants were killed during raids by security forces targeting hideouts of an armed group. The raids took place on Saturday in the Mohmand and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which border Afghanistan. The fighters involved were from Tehreek-e-Taliban.
Gaza: Israeli drone strikes in northern Gaza on Saturday killed nine people and injured several others. The attack targeted a group of civilians in Beit Lahia, hitting a vehicle and resulting in the deaths of nine individuals, including two journalists. The Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza received the victims’ bodies, with some injuries reported as.
Sanaa: At least 13 people were killed in US airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and the northern Saada province, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. The death toll is expected to rise, with at least nine others reported injured. The airstrikes hit multiple locations, including the Al-Jarraf residential neighborhood in northern Sanaa and.
Balochistan [Pakistan]: Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement, has reported a troubling rise in human rights abuses in Balochistan during February 2025, with widespread state repression, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings by Pakistani forces. According to Paank’s official report, the cases documented in February reveal alarming patterns of arbitrary arrests and.
