Ramadan 2026: February 18th or 19th? When will the crescent moon be sighted and the month of fasting begins With just weeks to go before the holy month of Ramadan 2026 in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and much of the Islamic world, Muslims are closely watching the skies and the lunar calendar […]
US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the Kennedy Center will be shutting down for two years starting July 4, America’s 250th anniversary, for extensive renovations amid declining ticket sales and performer boycotts. Trump, who recently became chairman and added his name to the building, claims the closure is necessary to transform it into […]
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was “hopeful” Iran would “make a deal” with Washington, warning that if talks failed it would become clear whether Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was right in saying a conflict would turn into a “regional war.”Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump said […]
Elon Musk (AP file photo) Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday denied any links with Jeffrey Epstein, saying he never visited the financier’s “creepy island”, travelled on his “Lolita Express” plane, or attended his parties. The clarification came after Musk’s name appeared in the latest batch of documents linked to the Epstein case.Musk issued the […]
A Georgia police officer was killed and another seriously injured Sunday while responding to a fraud-related call at a hotel near Stone Mountain, authorities said.The officer who died was 25-year-old Pradeep Tamang, who was born in Nepal and moved to the United States about ten years ago. He had joined the Gwinnett County Police Department […]
Archaeologists uncover tunnels inside 6000-year-old Neolithic site in Germany (Image Source – Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Ulf Petzschmann) Archaeologists in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt have uncovered an unusual underground tunnel inside a much older prehistoric burial site near the village of Reinstedt. The discovery was made during routine excavations carried out before […]
One of the federal agents identified in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis was described by his ex-wife as a long-time gun enthusiast, according to records obtained by ProPublica.Jesus Ochoa, a 43-year-old Border Patrol agent, was named alongside Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez as the two federal officers who fatally shot […]
Police in Canada have charged a 20-year-old man accused of carrying out dozens of vehicle break-ins across Mississauga, Canada as investigators continue searching for other suspects believed to be involved.Peel Regional Police said Basil Ass’ad has no fixed address and was arrested on January 26 following an investigation into a wave of vehicle break-and-enters reported […]
Two federal immigration agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti during a tense encounter in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have been identified as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa (43) and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez (35).37-year-old Pretti was a US citizen and an intensive care nurse who was shot and killed by federal immigration officers on […]
Drunk passenger who jumped 100 feet off cruise ship recounts ‘cement-like’ impact in shark-infested waters/ Imaage: Youtube In 2019, Nick Naydev, then 27, jumped from the 11th deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship while it was docked in Nassau in the Bahamas. The ship was the Symphony of the Seas, one of the largest […]
