MIDDLE EAST

5.4-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Turkey; 5 injured

8:58 pm June 25, 2020

Ankara: A moderately strong earthquake hit southeast Turkey on Thursday, causing damage to some homes and slightly injuring five people. The 5.4-magnitude quake struck the town of Ozalp, in Van province, near Turkey’s border with Iran, at a depth of 6.9 kilometers, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said. It was felt in neighboring provinces, HaberTurk news […]

Journalists accused of revealing secrets on trial in Turkey

11:24 pm June 24, 2020

Istanbul : Seven journalists went on trial on Wednesday, accused of revealing state secrets for their reports on the funeral of an intelligence officer who was killed in Libya. The journalists from Odatv news website, the pro-Kurdish newspaper Yeni Yasam and the nationalist daily Yenicag have been charged with violating national intelligence laws and revealing secret information. If convicted, […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

India condemns abduction of Sikh community leader in Paktia province in Afghanistan

8:49 pm June 22, 2020

New Delhi: A Sikh community leader in Paktia province of Afghanistan has been abducted by terrorists, and the government said it was in touch with Afghan authorities to ensure the security of the minority community in the country. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the “targeting and persecution” of the minority community by terrorists […]

580 Indians stranded in Kuwait return home

3:46 pm June 13, 2020

Chennai: Nearly 600 Indian nationals stuck in Kuwait returned home on Saturday by two special flights operated by the gulf nation, airport officials here said. As many as 580 passengers who arrived here hailed from different parts of Andhra Pradesh including Nellore and were later taken in special buses arranged by the AP government after […]

Cables: US falsely said British queen backed 1953 Iran coup

8:33 pm June 12, 2020

Dubai: The US ambassador to Iran mistakenly told the shah in 1953 that Britain’s newly enthroned Queen Elizabeth II backed a plan to overthrow the country’s elected prime minister and America maintained the fiction even after realizing the error, historians now say. The revelation, based on US diplomatic cables cited by the historians, shows how […]