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The Ministry said the two were executed for founding a terrorist organization and producing explosives intended to kill security personnel/ Representative Image The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday that it had carried out the death penalty as a discretionary punishment against two Saudi citizens, following their conviction on charges of committing terrorist crimes….

Emirates NBD ends OTP codes, makes app approval mandatory for transactions Emirates NBD will replace one-time passwords (OTPs) sent by SMS or email with app-based verification through its ENBD X mobile app, starting a phased rollout on 1 November 2025 and extending to debit/credit card alerts soon after. The move follows a wider Central Bank…

Demonstrators and riot police face off during a protest (Image credits: AP) MEXICO CITY: The annual march to commemorate the 1968 massacre of protesting students in Mexico’s capital was eclipsed Thursday by demands to end a humanitarian crisis halfway around the world in Gaza. The October 2 march that has regularly been used not only…

Howard Lutnick makes bombshell claims on Jeffrey Epstein US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has alleged that high-profile associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were actively involved in Epstein’s illicit activities and may have been blackmailed with compromising videos. Speaking on the New York Post’s Miranda Divine Pod Force One podcast on Wednesday whether high-profile…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that supplying US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could trigger a “whole new level of escalation”, including in relations between Moscow and Washington. Speaking at a forum in Sochi, Putin said that it would not alter the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian army is making slow but steady…

Donald Trump has always taken pride in taking credit for making deals between two conflicting countries — but when it comes to geography, the US president keeps closing the wrong map. At a high-level summit in Copenhagen, world leaders laughed at Trump’s expense after his repeated blunders, confusing Armenia with Albania while boasting about brokering…

Munich Airport in Germany was forced to temporarily close early Friday local time following multiple drone sightings, officials confirmed. The disruption grounded 17 flights, affecting nearly 3,000 passengers, the airport said in an official statement.In addition, 15 inbound flights were redirected to other German cities, including Stuttgart, Nuremberg, and Frankfurt, as well as Vienna in…

Kareem Khubchandani, a drag queen who goes by the name LaWhore Vagistan, is now a visiting professor at Harvard. Harvard University became the butt of all social media banter as it welcomed Kareem Khubchandani as the visiting professor to teach the Studies of Gender and Sexuality program in Harvard. Kareem’s stage name, ‘LaWhore Vagistan’, threw…

Putin hails cultural ties between Moscow and New Delhi (Pic credit: AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin has underlined the longstanding nature of Moscow’s ties with India, describing the relationship as “special” and rooted in the Soviet era. Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Group in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Putin noted that “the…

Manchester synagogue stabbing (Pic credit: AP) British police on Thursday identified the man behind the deadly attack outside a Manchester synagogue which left two dead and three injured in a “terrorist attack“. Greater Manchester Police has confirmed the identity of the attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a UK citizen of Syrian origin. He was shot…