Houston’s own professional boxer, O’Shaquie Foster, is gearing up to defend his WBC super featherweight title against challenger Abraham Nova at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday, February 16th. The 30-year-old champion, hailing from Orange, Texas, and training in Houston, is readying himself for his second defense of the WBC strap, headlining a major …

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a fatal road rage shooting that occurred on Saturday night in northeast Harris County, as per officials. The shooting took place at the underpass located at the 5200 block of Aldine Mail Route at Eastex Freeway. However, the specific details leading up to the incident remain undisclosed. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez shared on …

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera footage a week after deputies shot a woman they allegedly mistook for a burglar. Responding to a reported burglary at the Pines of Woodforest Apartments in the Cloverleaf area around 2 a.m. on Feb. 3, deputies encountered a situation that escalated quickly. The caller, Mitchell, expressed regret over reporting the suspected …

KYIV: Seven people, including three children, were killed Saturday in a Russian drone attack on a petrol station in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor said. “Unfortunately, the death toll from the occupiers’ attacks on Kharkiv has risen to seven,” Oleg Synegubov said on the Telegram social network. “Among them are three children: 7, 4 years …

Hamas on Saturday warned that there could be “tens of thousands” of dead and injured if the Israeli military attacked Rafah, in the far south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu this week said he had ordered troops to prepare to go into the city, crowded with displaced Palestinians, as it hunts down those responsible for the deadly …

In a statement issued today, Matthew Miller, Department Spokesperson, addressed the recent elections in Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of upholding democratic principles while expressing concerns over reported irregularities. Millions of Pakistanis made their voices heard by voting in Pakistan’s elections on February 8, with record numbers of Pakistani women, members of religious and ethnic minority groups, and youth registered,” said …

ISLAMABAD: Exports to nine regional countries grew 17.71 per cent during the first half of the current fiscal year mainly driven by an increase in shipments to China. The country’s exports to Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives rose to $2.233 billion in July-December FY24 from $1.897bn in the corresponding period last year, showed …

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), aided by its in-house Adjudication Division, aims to promote compliance and transparency in the corporate sector. This quasi-judicial arm maintains independence and minimises arbitrariness in decision-making while adhering to laws and international best practices. The commission effectively enforced its laws in the first half of 2023-24, deciding 1,849 cases of violations …

BERLIN: NATO’s secretary general called on Europe to increase its arms production to support Ukraine and prevent “potentially decades of confrontation” with Moscow, in an interview published by German media Saturday. Ahead of a key meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels and the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, Jens Stoltenberg insisted that “we need to reconstitute and expand …