British billionaire Joe Lewis fined $5 million for insider trading
NEW YORK: A US judge ordered British billionaire Joe Lewis to pay a $5 million fine and serve three years of probation for sharing illegal stock tips, allowing an…
Israel approves reopening of Erez crossing into Gaza, Ashdod port for aid
JERUSALEM: Israel said it approved the reopening of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza and the temporary use of Ashdod port in southern Israel, following US demands to increase…
McDonald’s buys back all franchises in Israel after boycotts
McDonald’s has said it will buy its 30-year-old Israel franchise from Alonyal, taking back ownership of 225 outlets that employ more than 5,000 people.
The US fast-food chain has been…
Biden to Netanyahu: Protect civilians in Gaza or US policy will change
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden threatened to condition support for Israel's offensive in Gaza on it taking concrete steps to protect aid workers and civilians, seeking for the first time to…
PM Shehbaz hails Bhutto’s role in promoting democracy in Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paying tribute to Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on his 45th death anniversary said he played a very important role in promoting democracy and democratic…
Bilawal plays tribute on Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s 45th martyrdom anniversary
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has offered glowing homage to the founding chairman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on the occasion of his 45th martyrdom anniversary.…
Taylor Swift is now officially a billionaire
Taylor Swift was officially named a member of the billionaire club as Forbes confirmed rumours estimating her wealth exceeds a billion dollars.
The financial news outlet said she is the…
Israel targeted aid workers ‘systematically, car by car’, says Chef Jose…
Celebrity chef Jose Andres said that an Israeli attack that killed seven of his food aid workers in Gaza had targeted them "systematically, car by car."
In an emotional interview to…
White House hosts muted Iftar dinner as Muslims decline invite
WASHINGTON: The White House held a scaled-down iftar dinner on Tuesday to celebrate Islam's holy month of Ramadan, after some invitees turned the president down over frustrations in the…
White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon
WASHINGTON: The White House has directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set international norms in space…
J.K. Rowling will not face action under Scottish hate crime laws
J.K. Rowling will not face any action under Scotland's new hate crime law after she challenged it by asserting on social media that a number of transgender women were men, police said.…
Biden ‘outraged’ by Israeli airstrike that killed aid workers in Gaza
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said he was "outraged and heartbroken" by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed seven people working for World Central Kitchen (WCK) and he called on…
Israel admits airstrike ‘unintentionally’ killed aid workers in Gaza
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israel mistakenly killed seven people working for the aid charity World Central Kitchen in a Gaza airstrike, and the US and other…
7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan, triggers tsunami in Japan
TAIPEI: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, killing four people, injuring dozens and sparking a tsunami…
Salwan Momika, who burned Holy Quran in Sweden, found dead
Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who committed the blasphemous act of burning the Holy Quran several times, has been found dead in Norway.
According to reports, Momika had recently left…