Mecca is home to some of the holiest sites in Islam and the focal point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, and its security was a “red line”, the coalition spokesperson al-Malki said in the statement. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Saudi Arabia’s air defences destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered prohibited…
Two tankers laden with Saudi oil crossed the Bab el-Mandeb strait over the weekend, while traffic in the Strait of Hormuz slowed following reports of vessel attacks, shipping data showed on Monday (August 3). The number of commodity vessels that passed through the Bab el-Mandeb strait fell to 18 on Sunday, from 27 on Saturday…
KOLKATA: For Shannon Rowbury, the 2012 London Olympics never really ended.The US middle-distance runner finished sixth in the women’s 1500m final that night, believing she had missed out on an Olympic medal. But what followed over the next 13 years was the unravelling of one of the most tainted races in Olympic history.Turkey’s Asli Cakir…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at The Istana, in Singapore on Thursday. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal also present. | Photo Credit: X/@FinMinIndia via ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, and MoS for…
Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir (PTI Photo) The toss for the fifth and final T20I between India and England at the Rose Bowl in Southampton was delayed after the Indian team got caught in traffic while travelling to the stadium.Originally scheduled to take place before the 7:00 PM IST start, the pre-match proceedings had…
The U.S. imposed sanctions on eight persons and entities, including an Indian national associated with an explosives manufacturing firm, for allegedly fuelling the civil war in Sudan. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday (June 26, 2026) said the targeted networks enabled both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the…
(Representative) Sushil Kumar Garg, serving as a deputy director at the DGCA, along with Sachin Keshav Bhane, the director of Ekvi Air Training Organisation, has been taken into custody CHENNAI: The CBI has arrested Sushil Kumar Garg, deputy director (airworthiness) of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Chennai, and Sachin Keshav Bhane, director of…
SALEM: Fifty Bangladeshi nationals, who were lodged at a special detention camp at the Attur taluk office complex in Salem district, were on Saturday sent to West Bengal for their deportation to their country. They were sent to West Bengal on a train from Trichy under police protection.“The Attur camp has been functioning since July…
K Ponmudi had filed a petition seeking exemption from personal appearance on medical grounds. CHENNAI: A city magistrate has recalled a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against DMK leader and former minister K Ponmudi in a hate speech case after he appeared before the court.Ponmudi appeared before the III Metropolitan Magistrate Court, George Town, on Friday…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam Pakistan dropped to the bottom of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 standings after an 90-run defeat to the West Indies in the opening Test at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. It was Pakistan’s eighth straight away Test loss, leaving them with just one win from five matches and a…