Raffia Arshad has become UK’s first hijab-wearing Muslim judge
Raffia Arshad has become the UK’s first hijab-wearing Muslim deputy district judge. The British-Pakistani female judge received her appointment letter as a judge for...
River Evros at the centre of latest Turkey-Greece tension
The change in course of River Evros has caused a dispute on territory between Turkey and Greece, a foreign ministry source said Friday. The ministry...
Open Skies Treaty: NATO, US, China, Russia in war of words
NATO allies urged Russia on Friday to comply with the 1992 Open Skies treaty in the hope that Washington might reverse its a decision...
Coronavirus in USA: Trump wants reopening
President Donald Trump pressed for a further reopening as job losses mount from coronavirus in the USA, while China's premier warned of "immense" economic...
Sirine Jehangir, granddaughter of PTI’s founding member, rocked UK’s BGT
Sirine Jehangir-a 14-year-old British-Pakistani girl has rocked Britain’s Got Talent (BGT). Sirine Jehangir is the granddaughter of the Sahibzada Jehangir- who is the spokesperson...
Global CO2 emissions to drop 4-7% in 2020: will it matter?
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are set to drop by up to seven percent in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but even...
Khashoggi fiancee hopes UK doesn’t let MbS put himself above British law
Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has urged the British government to block a planned Saudi Arabia-funded takeover of Premier...
Inadequate virus testing the reason behind coronavirus travails: UK MPs
British lawmakers on Tuesday heaped fresh pressure on the government for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, calling its testing regime "inadequate" in the...
Belgian Prime Minister snubbed by hospital staff amid lockdown easing
Belgium’s PM Sophie Wilmes has visited one of the nation’s hospitals battling the pandemic – but the medical staff literally turned their backs on...
UK to use dogs to sniff COVID-19
Trials have begun in the UK to find out if dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19. If successful, the bio-detection canines could be...
Unending lockdown raises doubts about New York’s future
New York City shows no sign of easing a two-month lockdown, even as a statewide stay-at-home order ends Friday, leaving America's cultural and commercial...
EU leaves border controls upto its members
France has threatened to quarantine incoming Spanish nationals, after the government in Madrid announced it would quarantine all incoming travelers. Across Europe, the reopening...