Peshawar’s historic Naz Cinema demolished
The historic 90-year-old Naz Cinema built by a Sikh entrepreneur in Pakistan’s Peshawar city has been demolished due to dwindling numbers of cinema-goers, amid a decline in the movie culture. The theatre, originally known as Rose Cinema, was established in 1936 by the Sikh businessman who later migrated to India during...
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Flights resume at London Heathrow
London Heathrow Airport said it was “fully operational” on Saturday, after an almost daylong closure sparked by an electrical substation fire. But airlines warned that severe disruption will last for days as they scramble to relocate planes and crews and get travellers to their destinations. The airport’s boss said he was...
Israel’s top court halts Netanyahu’s dismissal of internal security chief
Israel’s top court on Friday ordered a temporary halt to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of the country’s domestic security chief until his appeal can be heard. The Supreme Court’s decision came hours after Netanyahu’s Cabinet unanimously approved his request to fire the head of the Shin Bet internal security service,...
Jury convicts two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist
A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by Iran’s government. The verdict was returned at a federal court in New York on Thursday, ending a two-week...
White House rescinds executive order targeting prominent law firm
President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order targeting a prominent international law firm after it pledged to review its hiring practices and to provide tens of millions of dollars in free legal services to support certain White House initiatives. The move follows a meeting between Trump and Brad Karp,...
Israeli hostage freed after 491 days questions UN, Red Cross
Freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi, who was beaten, chained and starved while held for 491 days by Hamas, expressed his anger during an appearance at the UN Security Council on Thursday for having to suffer for so long and worry every day about being killed. “Where was the United Nations? Where...
Judge blocks deportation of Indian student at Georgetown University
A US federal judge has blocked the deportation of an Indian student at Georgetown University who was arrested after federal authorities accused him of “actively spreading Hamas propaganda”. Badar Khan Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A Walsh School of...
Army captain, 10 terrorists killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
A Pakistani Army captain and at least 10 terrorists associated with a banned outfit were killed during a gunfight in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has said. The intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted on Thursday following reports of the presence of terrorists in the area,...
