Ariana Grande came forth urging her fans to vote in the upcoming US election 2020. A number of eminent celebrities and notable personalities have been taking to their social media to appeal to Americans to be a part of the November 3 polls. Ariana did the same, while asking her fans about their favourite look from her new presidential song Positions. …

Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle has opened up about delay in privacy trial after his daughter won her bid to have a privacy action against a tabloid newspaper postponed until next Autumn. According to Daily Star Online, Thomas Markle says the privacy case was causing him ‘anxiety’ and he fears he could ‘die tomorrow’ after Meghan’s request for …

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pakistan had made an offer for a third time of consular access to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is currently on death row in the country. Answering a question during the weekly press briefing, FO spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said Pakistan would not amend its laws to allow an Indian counsel before …

British model Brooklyn Beckham has said that he cannot wait to start a family with wife-to-be Nicola Peltz as the lovebirds celebrated their one-year anniversary. Taking to Instagram, Brooklyn shared intimate bath photos as the couple marked their one-year anniversary three months after their engagement. He wrote, “Happy 1 year anniversary baby. I’m the luckiest person to have you by …

Malaysia’s former premier Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that “Muslims have a right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past”, prompting a swift response from Twitter, which quickly took down the tweet, and drawing wide condemnation from netizens. The comment was part of a larger blog post, which was also posted on Twitter. …

HONG KONG: A teenage Hong Kong democracy activist was charged on Thursday with secession, the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city. Tony Chung, 19, appeared in court two days after he was arrested by plainclothes police in a Hong Kong coffee shop opposite the US consulate, also …

WASHINGTON: The United States has agreed to sell top-of-the-line F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates following its recognition of Israel, a lawmaker said on Thursday. President Donald Trump’s administration informally gave a required notification to Congress on the sale, which could “significantly change the military balance in the Gulf and affect Israel’s military edge”, said Representative Eliot Engel, …

SRINAGAR: Three politicians from India’s ruling party were shot dead in occupied Kashmir late on Thursday. Militants fired at the three members of Bharatiya Janata Party in Kulgam district, police said in a statement. The three were taken to a hospital, where they died, it said. The party says they were members of the BJP’s youth wing and one was …

YEREVAN: The leader of Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday Azerbaijani forces were closing in on the town of Shusha, whose capture would mark a turning point after a month of fighting. In a video recorded outside the town’s famed cathedral, separatist president Arayik Harutyunyan warned that advancing enemy forces were “five kilometres at the most” from the town. …

LONDON: The British Broadcasting Corporation unveiled new impartiality guidelines on Thursday after accusations that journalists and other staff have undermined its credibility via their social media accounts or by accepting lucrative offers to give outside speeches. Staff, contractors and freelancers could face dismissal for “serious” breaches of the guidelines, according to the broadcaster, which has been coming under pressure from the ruling …