George Floyd death: Ex-officer charged with murder in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS: The white Minneapolis policeman who pinned an unarmed black man with a knee to the neck before the man later died was arrested and charged with murder, a prosecutor said on Friday, after three nights of violent protests rocked the Midwestern city. Derek Chauvin, the officer seen on a bystander’s cellphone video kneeling on […]
Trump cutting U.S. ties with World Health Organization over virus
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has announced that the United States was cutting all ties with the World Health Organisation over the organisation’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The move to quit the Geneva-based body, which the United States formally joined in 1948, comes amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing over the coronavirus outbreak. The […]
George Floyd Live Updates: Many Cities Under Curfew as Protests Sweep U.S.
The death of African American citizen George Floyd has sparked nationwide protests across the United States with many taking to the streets to demonstrate against police brutality. Floyd, 46, who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, has become a fresh symbol of police brutality against blacks and sparked […]
Masjid-e-Nabawi, Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque reopen to public after COVID-19 closure
Saudi Arabia reopened the doors of Masjid-e-Nabawi in Madinah on Sunday as the Kingdom continued with its phased plan to ease coronavirus restrictions, reported Arab News. Worshippers entered Masjid-e-Nabawi or the Prophet’s Mosque, as it is also known, for group prayers, with a limit of 40% capacity, starting from Fajr prayers on Sunday. The government has […]
Protests turn violent in Chicago as George Floyd demonstrations erupt across the nation
Mostly peaceful daytime protests over the death of George Floyd continued across the country on Saturday and turned violent in Chicago as the nation braced for another night of violence. Crowds of thousands gathered in the Harlem section of Manhattan, Philadelphia, Chicago and at least 35 other cities on Saturday afternoon, chanting slogans and listening […]
President Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged
Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades. Trump spent nearly an hour in the bunker, which was designed for use in emergencies like terrorist attacks, according to a […]
Coronavirus Updates: India now seventh worst-hit country in world
Amid the surging coronavirus cases and deaths, India became the 7th most-affected country out of the 10 worst-hit nations from COVID-19 with an increase of 8,392 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the nation-wide tally to 1,90,535 to date. The country saw the spike in cases after the government eased lockdown conditions to allow […]
Tear gas, rubber bullets, flash bangs fired at peaceful protesters as Trump threatens to deploy military to US states
WASHINGTON/MINNEAPOLIS: Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse peaceful demonstrators near the White House as massive protests continue in United States over the death of an unarmed African American man in police custody. But as darkness fell hours after the president’s remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House, violence erupted for a […]
America protests: Celebs take to streets for historic demonstrations AP
Jamie Foxx stood shoulder-to-shoulder with activists in Minneapolis, proclaiming that “we’re not afraid of the moment.” In Los Angeles, pop star Halsey and Insecure actor Kendrick Sampson were hit with rubber bullets during a tense stand-off. And in Chicago, John Cusack was filming a burning car when officers rushed up to him and began screaming at him […]
Widespread looting overshadows peaceful protests in Chicago and beyond, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker battles President Donald Trump
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he is deploying Illinois National Guard troops to the suburbs as two people died during disturbances in Cicero and armored sheriff’s vehicles rolled down the main street of Naperville. The activation of about 250 additional troops comes after governor ordered 375 service members, all of whom have training as military police […]
