Thomas Markle is coming forth to blast his daughter Meghan Markle for leaving him out in the cold once again. According to him, he sent a bouquet of roses for the Duchess of Sussex on her 40th birthday but was snubbed by his daughter in response. While speaking to TMZ, Thomas said that he sent a dozen red roses with …

TOKYO: Japanese police said on Saturday they arrested a man who stabbed 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo hours earlier, in what Japanese media reported to be a random burst of violence unrelated to the ongoing Olympic Games. The 36-year-old man told police he wanted to kill women who appeared happy, and chose his targets at random, public …

TEL AVIV: Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave, Israel’s military said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the strike that targeted what the military said was a rocket launching site and a compound belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group that rules …

Saudi Arabia will gradually begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting August 9 after about a year and a half of not receiving overseas worshippers due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the state news agency, SPA, reported early on Sunday. With a capacity that would rise to 2 million pilgrims from 60,000 pilgrims per month, Mecca and Medina …

Japan will douse its more than year-old Olympic flame on Sunday, closing out a Tokyo Games that were upended by the pandemic and transformed by the drama of politics, dazzling sport and deeply personal turmoil. For the host nation, the Olympics fell short of the global triumph and financial blockbuster it once sought. Still, organisers appear to have prevented the …

The Taliban captured two more provincial capitals on Sunday as they gained ground in their fight to take over Afghanistan’s cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months. The insurgents have snatched up four provincial capitals since Friday in a rapid offensive that appears to have overwhelmed government forces. Kunduz and Sar-e-Pul in the north fell within hours …

LAHORE: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) reportedly arrested on Saturday another suspect, Umar Hayat, from a road near the Punjab University New Campus, in the murder case of Mubashar Khokhar, the brother of ruling PTI MPA Malik Asad Khokhar (now a minister). Mubashar was shot dead on Friday night during the wedding ceremony of Asad’s son that was also attended by Punjab …

ISLAMABAD: An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be presented in the National Assembly before its session begins on Monday (tomorrow). Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz has invited the NA members to share their observations and offer constructive remarks about the EVM. In a statement issued on Saturday, Senator Faraz said after the NA session the EVM would …

PESHAWAR: A soldier was martyred when a security check-post came under fire in North Waziristan district on Saturday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations said that terrorists opened fire on the military check-post in the Ghariom area of North Waziristan district. It said the security forces responded in a befitting manner. However, during the exchange of fire, Sepoy Shahid …

QUETTA: A sessions court on Saturday ordered police to register a case against Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani and a police officer in connection with an incident that occurred in the Balochistan Assembly on June 18. Members of the opposition had filed an application in the Bijli road police station for registration of an FIR against the chief minister …