America

US is pursuing a hypocritical policy towards its fight against Daesh: Analyst

[/caption]WASHINGTON: (Web Desk)- The United States is pursuing a hypocritical policy towards its fight against Daesh in the Middle East, says political analyst Keith Preston. Washington is letting Daesh Takfiris to spread in countries which are US enemies, like Syria, but is worried about the terrorists’ expansion in countries whose …

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200 arrests in US protests as racial tensions heat up

DALLAS – More than 200 people were arrested in chaotic scenes during a new night of protests over US police violence towards blacks as authorities revealed Sunday that the Dallas shooter had apparently been plotting a major bomb attack. Anger around America over the deaths of two black men at …

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US frees Guantanamo inmate after 14 years without trial

The United States says it has transferred a Yemeni inmate from the American military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Italy, after holding the inmate for over 14 years without trial. The transfer on Sunday of Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman brings the number of detainees at the US detention camp …

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Thousands take to streets across U.S. to protest police violence

SAN FRANCISCO: Thousands of people took to the streets in U.S. cities on Friday to denounce the fatal police shootings of two black men this week, marching the day after a gunman killed five police officers watching over a similar demonstration in Dallas. Protesters clogged roadways in New York City, …

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US media pays tributes to Edhi as the ‘greatest Pakistani’

NEW YORK: (Web Desk)- American print and electronic gave prominent coverage to the passing away in Karachi of Abdul Sattar Edhi, the Pakistani philanthropist, calling him a revered figure and the “greatest Pakistani”, while underlining the fact that he lived modestly despite the vast sums of money that passed through his …

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Eleven officers shot, four dead in Dallas ‘sniper’ attack

Four officers have been killed after at least eleven officers were shot in “sniper” shooting during protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, police say. The shootings, believed to have been carried out by two snipers, occurred at around 9 p.m. Thursday as a protest rally was drawing to an end, media …

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Protests and US probe after Louisiana police shoot black man

ATON ROUGE, LA: The US Justice Department said on Wednesday it would investigate the killing of a black man pinned to the ground and shot in the chest by two white police officers outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Graphic video images of Tuesday’s shooting of Alton Sterling, …

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