SAUDI AUTHORITIES BAN POLITICAL, SECTARIAN EXPRESSIONS AT HAJJ SITES
NAN Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has announced a strict ban on taking photographs or videos or raising political and sectarian expressions at main Hajj...
LOVERS FLOGGED PUBLICLY FOR SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE IN INDONESIA
AFP A man and woman were publicly whipped 100 times each in Aceh province, Indonesia, after being convicted of engaging in premarital sex under the...
SAUDI ARABIA WELCOMES OVER 1.3 MILLION PILGRIMS FOR HAJJ AMID SWELTERING HEAT AND HEIGHTENED SECURITY
By Aishat Momoh. O. More than 1.3 million Muslim pilgrims have arrived in Mecca ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, with Saudi authorities ramping up...
UK TO BUILD 12 NEW ATTACK SUBMARINES IN MAJOR DEFENCE SHAKE-UP AMID RISING GLOBAL THREATS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United Kingdom has unveiled an ambitious Strategic Defence Review, pledging to construct 12 new attack submarines as part of sweeping...
ECB POISED FOR INTEREST RATE CUT AMID GROWTH WORRIES AND US TRADE TENSIONS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The European Central Bank (ECB) is widely expected to cut interest rates this week as it grapples with weakening growth in...
WORLD NEWS: SAUDI STOPS FAMILY, TOURIST VISAS FOR INDIAN NATIONALS, OTHERS
Agency Report A year after hundreds of worshippers died in the sweltering heat, Saudi Arabia is intensifying its crackdown on unregistered pilgrims for the Hajj...
THREE DEAD, DOZENS INJURED IN GERMANY HOSPITAL FIRE
By Aishat Momoh. O. An overnight blaze that broke out in a room in a hospital’s geriatric ward in Hamburg, Germany, killed three people and...
WORLD NEWS: ISRAEL DENIES INVOLVEMENT AS GAZA RESCUERS SAY 31 KILLED NEAR AID SITE
Agency Report Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution site on Sunday, with both the...
EX-MARINE CHARGED AFTER CAR PLOUGHS INTO LIVERPOOL TITLE CELEBRATION CROWD, INJURING 79
By Aishat Momoh. O. A former British Royal Marine, Paul Doyle, appeared before Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday to face multiple charges after allegedly driving...
FRANCE TO BAN SMOKING IN CHILD-FRIENDLY OUTDOOR SPACES STARTING JULY 2025
By Aishat Momoh. O. France will implement a sweeping new anti-smoking regulation from July 1, 2025, banning smoking in outdoor areas where children are likely...