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Imran alias Saiful Islam aka Khilafati when he was produced before the court on Tuesday. KARACHI: A suspected Daesh terrorist, who was running the social media network for the militant network has made startling revelations during investigations. Imran alias Saiful Islam aka Khilafati was taken into custody by the FIA during a raid in which […]

Abdoul Abdi, who came to Canada as a child refugee with his sister and aunts, grew up in foster care in Nova Scotia, but officials never applied for him to become a citizen. (Evan Mitsui/CBCNews) A former child refugee from Somalia will face a deportation hearing on Wednesday that will determine his future in Canada […]

Since February 18, Russian-backed government warplanes intensifiedtheir bombardment of Eastern Ghouta,killing at least 770 people,according to SOHR [Bassam Khabieh/Reuters] As fighting and shelling continues near front lines, residents make their way to Douma in centre of the besieged suburb. Rebels in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta “refuse to leave” and have reiterated they will defend the area, […]

A Mi-8 helicopter, belonging to Russia’s protection unit, crashed in Russia’s region of Chechnya, leaving three people dead. Their bodies were found at the crash site. “One injured was evacuated from the crash site. According to preliminary data, there were seven people on board of the helicopter, three of them died, the search for other three is underway,” a source in the […]

Pictured is the Ponte Vespucci, where the shooting and subsequent proteststook place. Photo: I, Sailko/CC BY 2.5/Wikimedia Commons The man, named by media as 54-year-old Idy Diene, died after being shot six times by a 65-year-old who is now in police custody. Around 300 people took part in a sit-in protest close to where the […]

He will also meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and discuss how Saudi Arabiacan be a reliable partner. (Photos courtesy: AlRiyadh) Britain’s grand welcome for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has begun on Wednesday as he arrived in London. He will be attending a lunch with Queen Elizabeth, as the two countries seek to […]

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova © Kirill Kalinnikov / Sputnik The statements made by the UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over what happened to the former Russian double agent are baseless and “absurd,” the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. “This is just some sort of insufferable absurdity,” Zakharova told the Russia’s Govorit Moskva radio […]

Image captionGary Cohn was director of the National Economic Council under President Trump-AFP US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said. It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump’s team. There has been speculation that Mr Cohn, a supporter of free trade, […]

The IT professional runs a reasonably successful business in Kerala. An Indian who has never left his country has struck a million dollars in Dubai. The 40-year-old from the south Indian state of Kerala decided to try his luck and bought a Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire promotion online. Prabin Thomas struck the million dollars […]

One of Toni Iwobi’s campaign protraits. Photo: Tony Iwobi/Facebook Italy has elected the first black senator in its history, it was announced on Tuesday, and he belongs to the anti-immigration League. Toni Iwobi, of Spirano in Lombardy, announced “with great emotion” on his Facebook page that he had been elected to the senate in Italy’s […]