The image shows different social media applications icons including WhatsApp. — Unsplash/File In a worrisome development, scammers are targeting pensioners on WhatsApp in India as the deadline for government pensioners to submit the Jeevan Pramaan certificate comes closer. The certificate has to be submitted to the authorised pension disbursing agencies like banks every year in … Read more
People gather at the Umm Suqeim beach in Dubai during the night of October 5, 2024. — AFP DUBAI: Too hot by the day, Dubai’s floodlit beaches are packed at night as the residents turn to the seaside to kill summer heat as the authorities find an innovative solution for the sweltering temperatures. The arrangements … Read more
Jennifer Lopez made her first notable public appearance since filing for divorce from Ben Affleck in a pre-recorded segment for the 50th Anniversary Special of the American Music Awards on Sunday. The 55-year-old singer and actress reflected on her childhood memories of the show, recalling how watching it as a young girl inspired her path … Read more
People wait in line outside a polling station to vote during the state assembly elections, in Karnal in the northern state of Haryana, India, October 5, 2024. — Reuters Polls indicate end to decade of rule of BJP in Haryana by Congress. BJP had to form coalition govt despite polls predicted its majority. Haryana, IIOJK … Read more
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz gives a virtual speech during an opening session of the 15th annual G20 Leaders’ Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 21, 2020. — Reuters After being diagnosed with a lung infection, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman underwent medical tests on Sunday night, the Royal Court said in the latest update on … Read more
Astronaut Mike Hopkins as he participates in the second of two spacewalks which took place on December 24, 2013. — Reuters National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) have the chance to cast their votes in general elections with the help of absentee ballots or early voting in coordination … Read more
“We are tired of this life and wish for death,” Ahmad Alnajjar from Gaza’s Khan Yunis tells Geo.tv, describing his year-long ordeal as Israel’s relentless onslaught on the besieged enclave continues with full force. Around 114 deaths and more than 260 people are injured daily in Gaza, the enclave which no wonder is called “hell … Read more
People move a cart with a woman and a child through a flooded street, amid severe flooding in the Fazilpur area of Feni, Bangladesh on August 26, 2024. — Reuters At least five people have died and over 100,000 remain stranded as devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains and upstream torrents, continue to ravage northern … Read more
A wave of shocking violence and bloodshed has erupted since Oct. 7: Antonio Guterres NEW YORK CITY: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued an appeal Saturday for peace ahead of the one-year mark of the war in Gaza next week. “The 7th of October is naturally a day to focus on the events of that awful … Read more
JAMMU: Protests erupted in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir against the blasphemous remarks made by a Hindu priest, Yati Narsinghanand. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protests, comprising various Islamic organizations, demanded immediate arrest and execution of Narsinghanand. In Rajouri, protesters took to the streets, raising slogans against Narsinghanand and demanding his arrest. The … Read more