Bets on for royal baby name: Baby Diana or little Arthur? on March 21, 2019LONDON: What will Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan name their child? With the former actress in the last stage of her pregnancy, punters are having a flutter on the baby’s gender, weight, date and birthplace. One of the most popular wagers is for the name. For a boy, Arthur is leading the pack at bookmakers William Hill but if it’s a girl, many expect the Duke and Duchess of Sussex … [Read more...] about Bets on for royal baby name: Baby Diana or little Arthur?
Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis in rehab following stroke on March 19, 2019LOS ANGELES - Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has been discharged from a hospital to a rehabilitation center in Memphis, Tennessee, two weeks after suffering a stroke, his publicist said on Monday, quoting his doctor as saying Lewis is expected to fully recover. However, the health setback has forced Lewis, 83, to cancel some upcoming appearances, including an April 28 date at the New … [Read more...] about Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis in rehab following stroke
Gunman kills three in Dutch tram, police hunt for the man on March 18, 2019UTRECHT, Netherlands - A gunman shot dead three people and wounded nine on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday and police said they were hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man after an apparent terrorist attack. Dutch authorities raised the terrorism threat in Utrecht province to its highest level, schools were told to shut their doors and paramilitary police increased security at … [Read more...] about Gunman kills three in Dutch tram, police hunt for the man
Satellite images show madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing on March 6, 2019NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the Islamist group’s training camp on the site and killed a large number of militants. The images produced by Planet Labs Inc, a San Francisco-based private … [Read more...] about Satellite images show madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing
Pakistan says it shot down Indian jets, carried out airstrikes in Kashmir on February 27, 2019ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Pakistan carried out airstrikes and shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday, Pakistani officials said, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a war in 1971, prompting leading powers to urge both sides to show restraint. Both countries have ordered airstrikes over the last two days, the first time in history that two nuclear armed powers … [Read more...] about Pakistan says it shot down Indian jets, carried out airstrikes in Kashmir
Indian PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response for Kashmir attack on February 15, 2019NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday promised a strong response to a car bombing in Kashmir that killed 44 paramilitary that his government blamed on Pakistan, ratcheting up tensions with the nuclear-rival. The attack on a military convoy in Jammu and Kashmir where India has been battling an insurgency was the worst in decades and comes just months before … [Read more...] about Indian PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response for Kashmir attack
I did it for my daughter, says woman arrested for headscarf protest in Iran on February 14, 2019Azam Jangravi’s heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran’s busy Revolution Street a year ago. She raised her headscarf in the air and waved it above her head. A crowd formed. People shouted at her to come down. She knew all along she was going to be arrested. But she did it anyway, she says, to change the country for her eight-year-old daughter. “I … [Read more...] about I did it for my daughter, says woman arrested for headscarf protest in Iran
Dubai property prices sink 7.4 percent as UAE jobs growth slows on December 4, 2018DUBAI: Prices for Dubai's residential real estate sank 7.4 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from a year earlier, with the drop accelerating from a 5.8 percent fall in the second quarter, the United Arab Emirates central bank said in a report on Tuesday. Prices have been falling quarter-on-quarter almost continually since the start of 2017 because of a worsening supply/demand balance. The … [Read more...] about Dubai property prices sink 7.4 percent as UAE jobs growth slows
Trump berates Oprah over 60 Minutes episode on CBS on February 21, 2018US President Donald Trump blasted media mogul Oprah Winfrey on Twitter on Sunday night over a segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes programme and again said he hoped she would face him as an opponent in the 2020 presidential race. Actress and television host Winfrey, now a contributor to the CBS programme, led a panel of 14 Republican, Democrat and Independent voters from Grand Rapids, Michigan in a … [Read more...] about Trump berates Oprah over 60 Minutes episode on CBS
US motion to put Pakistan on terror financing watchlist fails amid division on February 21, 2018PARIS: A US-sponsored resolution to consider placing Pakistan on a watchlist of countries that financially aid terrorism remained inconclusive after a meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concluded on "no consensus", Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif informed late Tuesday. The minister confirmed on Twitter that "no consensus [could be reached] for nominating Pakistan" to be added to the … [Read more...] about US motion to put Pakistan on terror financing watchlist fails amid division
