Assata Shakur, an activist with the Black Liberation Army exiled in Cuba for four decades, has died in Havana, aged 78. Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, died Thursday of unspecified health conditions and “advanced age”, Cuba’s foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on Friday. She had been on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists…
The Department of Homeland Security has placed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on leave after he was filmed shoving a woman to the ground at a New York immigration court. He has been relieved of his current duties while DHS conducts a full investigation into the incident, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said…
Jaroslav Lukiv, Chi Chi IzunduInvestigations correspondent and Olivia Davies Getty Images Elon Musk has not publicly commented on the latest development Billionaire Elon Musk and Prince Andrew are named in new files released by Congressional Democrats that relate to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. The files turned over to the House…
The gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan office building had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease often linked to high-contact sports like American football, according to the New York City medical examiner’s office. In July, Shane Tamura, 27, drove from Las Vegas to New York City with an assault-style rifle, shooting…
Reporter Farzana Chaudhry LAHORE: An important meeting was held at the Head Office of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) under the chairmanship of Dr. Sajid Mahmood Chohan to review arrangements for the 556th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji. During the meeting, Additional Secretary Shrines, Nasir Mushtaq, briefed that final arrangements were…
Getty Images One of the former staffers was an aide to Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te (pictured) A Taiwan court has convicted a former presidential aide of spying for China and three others who were also employed by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). One of the men worked in the office of then Foreign Minister…
Former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair has been involved in discussions about leading a post-war transitional authority in Gaza, the BBC understands. The proposal, which is said to have backing from the White House, would see Blair lead a governing authority supported by the UN and Gulf nations – before handing control back to…
Ali Abbas Ahmadi and Max Matza Watch: “I’m not afraid”, says James Comey after indictment A federal grand jury in the US state of Virginia has formally charged former FBI Director James Comey with two offences related to his testimony to Congress. Mr Comey, who has long drawn US President Donald Trump’s criticism, is accused…
Makkah: Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Humaid, Imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, has been appointed as the new Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, following the death of Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh. According to a royal decree, Sheikh bin Humaid — born in 1949 in Buraidah — graduated in Islamic jurisprudence from the Islamic…
Washington: US President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that it would be “better” for Türkiye not to purchase oil and gas from Russia, warning that Ankara’s energy ties with Moscow could complicate defense negotiations. The two leaders met at the White House during Erdoğan’s visit to Washington — his first since 2019…
