A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

WASHINGTON: @realDonaldTrump, the Twitter feed that grew from the random musings of a reality TV star into the cudgel of an American...

10 babies killed in India hospital fire

NEW DELHI: Ten newborns were killed on Saturday in a massive fire at a hospital in Maharashtra, India’s richest state, a doctor...

N. Korea threatens to build more nukes, cites US hostility

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to expand his nuclear arsenal as he disclosed a list of high-tech weapons systems...

Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement

WASHINGTON: Twitter banned President Donald Trump’s account Friday, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence” following the deadly insurrection at the...

Canadian families of Iran plane crash victims hold first anniversary vigil

KYIV/TORONTO: Canadian relatives of those killed when a Ukrainian airliner was shot down by Iranian Revolutionary Guards one year ago on Friday...

Democrats inch toward second Trump impeachment after Capitol siege

WASHINGTON: Congressional Democrats on Friday weighed impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, two days after his false claims of election fraud...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile base in Gulf: report

DUBAI: Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Friday, Iranian state media reported, at a...

Indonesian clerics declare Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine halal

JAKARTA: A Covid-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech is deemed halal, or permissible under Islam, the Indonesian Ulema Council said on Friday, days...

Nine killed in armed attack on wake in central Mexico

MEXICO CITY: Unidentified gunmen burst into a wake in the central Mexican city of Celaya late on Thursday and shot dead nine people,...

Attacks in southern Afghanistan kill at least 11

KABUL: Separate attacks in southern Afghanistan left at least 11 civilians and security forces dead, officials said on Thursday, even as Afghan...

Moderna CEO says vaccine likely to protect for ‘couple of years’

Moderna’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine is likely to offer protection of up to a couple of years, its chief executive said on Thursday,...

Trump finally acknowledges defeat, says transition will be orderly after Congress certifies Biden’s victory

President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov 3 election and announced there would be an “orderly...

Analysis: Trump’s rage ignites mob assault on democracy

NEW YORK: The riotous mob that laid siege to the US Capitol on Wednesday was the product of the destructive forces that...

In occupied Kashmir, empty grave for teenager killed by Indian forces

On a recent chilly winter day in Indian-occupied Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmed shoveled the earth, laboriously digging a grave for his teenage son....

With eye on US ties, Saudi Arabia leads pack on Gulf detente

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia will move faster than its allies to reconcile with Qatar, sources familiar with the matter said, aiming to impress...