WARSAW: Senior Saudi religious scholar and former justice minister, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Karim bin Abdulaziz al-Issa, has visited the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland along with a Jewish group, days before the Tel Aviv regime is going to commemorate the Holocaust in the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds. On …

JERUSALEM: Israeli forces have injured a number of Palestinians in an attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds aimed at preventing worshipers from performing Friday prayers. Palestinian media say the Israelis stormed the mosque in order to keep Palestinian worshipers from performing Friday prayers. The Israeli troops …

BAGHDAD: Iraqis have rallied in Baghdad in massive numbers to call for an end to US military presence in the country following high-profile assassinations and airstrikes targeting anti-terror forces. Sayed Sadiq al-Hashemi, the director of the Iraqi Center for Studies, said more than 2.5 million took part in the demonstrations …

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has reportedly paid $500 million to begin to cover the cost of US military operating in the Arab country, a US official says. The payment was made in December 2019, according to the report. “Consistent with the President’s guidance to increase partner burden-sharing, the Department of Defense …

ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has digitalized its existing system, in order to facilitate the people applying for online admission, particularly at the post-graduate level. According to the Director Admissions on Friday, the updated system helps handling the admissions’ forms in a quick and efficient manner and reduces any …

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani on Friday blasted Shikarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muhammad Rizwan Ahmed Khan for levelling accusations against him and his brother. During a press conference in Karachi, Ghani termed Khan as a “third-class, third-rate man” and accused the SSP of protecting drug dealers. The …

WASHINGTON: The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump opened Thursday in the US Senate, as lawmakers took a solemn oath to be “impartial” in deciding whether to force the 45th US president from office. In a hushed chamber, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, clad in a traditional black robe, …

DOHA: The Taliban will implement a 10-day ceasefire with US troops, a reduction in violence with Afghan forces and discussions with Afghan government officials if it reaches an agreement with US negotiators in talks in Doha, two sources have said. If an agreement is reached, the move could revive hopes …

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi slapped 86 workers and supporters of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) with a prison sentence of 55 years each in a case pertaining to rioting and resisting against the police. Those convicted include TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s brother Ameer Hussain Rizvi and nephew …

TEHRAN: Several Iranian cities have held funeral processions and burial ceremonies for as many as 21 of the 176 people, who died last week after a Ukrainian airliner, which was taking them from Tehran to Kiev, was shot down by Iran’s air defense forces due to a human error. Footage …