The Baloch Liberation Army’s media wing, Hakkal, has released a chilling 35-minute video of the hijacking of the Jaffar Express, with 450 passengers on board, in March, where the group bombed a remote railway track. The Baloch outfit dubbed the hijacking “Operation Darra-e-Bolan 2.0″ and revealed the first detailed account of events, challenging Pakistan’s official […]
Hamas releases Israeli-American hostage ahead of Donald Trump’s Middle-East visit Hamas released Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli-American soldier on Monday, as a goodwill gesture towards the Trump administration. He is the first hostage freed since Israel ended an eight-week ceasefire with Hamas back in March and had been held captive in Gaza for over 19 […]
Picture courtesy: Israeli media A new video released by Hamas’s armed wing on Saturday shows two Israeli hostages, Elkana Bohbot and Yosef Haim Ohana, alive in Gaza. The undated footage is the latest in a series of videos released since the collapse of a temporary ceasefire in March. Bohbot, a 36-year-old Colombian-Israeli, appears weak and […]
The National Archives released on Wednesday a second tranche of documents related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, though the documents are unlikely to change scholars’ views of his murder. The release of 60,000 additional documents was announced by Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence. “After the initial release […]
US President Donald Trump (Image: AP) US President Donald Trump‘s administration on Thursday released what it described as a comprehensive review of gender interventions for children and adolescents, raising alarms about “significant risks” with puberty blockers and surgeries.The 400-page report was published without named authors — a decision that departs from standard scientific practice but […]
OTTAWA: Police in Vancouver have released images of a vehicle and two persons suspected of vandalising the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara on Ross Street last week.The suspects were reportedly outside the gurdwara when it was spray-painted with graffiti in both English and Punjabi and included the word “murdabad” (death to), on Saturday morning.Anyone who recognises […]
Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay their respects, and long before cardinals cloister themselves to consider the future, the Vatican holds a small ceremony when a pope dies. It did so again around 8 p.m. Monday when, just over 12 […]
Vatican releases first images of Pope Francis in open coffin (Picture credit: AP) The Vatican on Tuesday published the first photo and video of Pope Francis lying in repose, showing the late pontiff in an open coffin dressed in red liturgical vestments, a mitre on his head and a rosary placed in his hands. The […]
JERUSALEM – Israel on Thursday released a Palestinian who took part in an attack when he was 13 and developed schizophrenia in prison as requests for early release were denied. Israel says Ahmad Manasra is a terrorist who tried to kill Jews his own age. Palestinians accuse Israel of subjecting a child to harsh incarceration […]
