Saudi Arabia’s price for normalising relations with Israel is the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, a senior member of the Saudi royal family reaffirmed on Friday. Prince Turki Al-Faisal was apparently responding to US President Donald Trump who said on Wednesday he expected Saudi Arabia to join a deal announced […]
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey had made a historic discovery of gas in the Black Sea, but would still speed up contentious exploration in the Mediterranean that has pitted it against Greece and the EU. Turkey hopes the discovery can help wean it off imported energy, including from Russia, which comes […]
GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes bombed the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday, as Palestinians fired rockets and launched fire bombs into southern Israel, the army said. Israeli planes launched raids against Gaza shortly after midnight on Thursday and then again later on Friday morning. Israel said the bombs were in response to seven rockets launched from […]
SOUTHAMPTON: Teenaged pace sensation Naseem Shah and young batsman Haider Ali were named in the shortlisted 17-man Pakistan squad named on Friday for the upcoming three-match Twenty20 International series against England. The 17-year-old Naseem has been a regular feature in Test cricket since making his debut against Australia last November, while 19-year-old Haider has been […]
Banihal/Jammu: The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened on Saturday after remaining closed for the past two days owing to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. The highway got blocked at over a dozen places between Udhampur and Banihal on Thursday, leaving thousands of vehicles stranded. “The highway was cleared for one-way traffic around 10 […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported nine more covid-19 related deaths since overnight, taking the fatality count to 612 in J-K. Among those who succumbed to the virus include five from Kashmir Valley including a 56-year-old pharmacist and four others from Jammu division. Reports said that a 60-year-old woman from Kishtwar, a 70-year-old man Marh in […]
While calling the abrogation of Article 370 as an unconstitutional move, the signatories of Gupkar declaration, which include, among others, Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, G A Mir, Yousuf Tarigami, Muzaffar Shah and Sajad Lone, on Saturday issued a joint statement, said they will strive for the restoration of Articles 370 and 35A, the Constitution of […]
People feel that administration in Jammu and Kashmir after being directly controlled by Union Home Ministry is not listening to common voices and have tried to insulate themselves from common masses. Recently KCCI in a long statement while blaming the government for muzzling the economy under its feet said that the officers of the administration […]
A suspected ISIS operative was arrested, and two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were seized by the Special Cell of Delhi Police after a brief encounter in Ridge Road area late on Friday. Police said the accused was a lone wolf and was planning an attack in the national capital. Briefing reporters on Saturday morning, Deputy […]
One militant has been killed in ongoing gunfight between militants and the government forces in Saloosa area of Kreeri of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that, one militant has been killed in the ongoing operation, however his identity couldn’t be ascertained yet. […]