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French model and reality TV star Marine El Himer has converted to Islam, saying these moments mark the "happiest day" of her life. Himer on Saturday, November 5, shared her photos in hijab near the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in Makkah, two days after she announced she had accepted Islam. "There are no words strong enough to express the intensity of happiness and emotions experienced at this very

Ahead of the midterm elections, disinformation watchdogs say they are concerned that what has been described as an aggressive effort by YouTube to confront misinformation on the Google-owned platform has developed blind spots. In particular, they are worried about YouTube’s TikTok-like service that offers very short videos, and about the platform’s Spanish-language videos. But the situation is

Pope Francis said Mass for thousands of Catholics in Bahrain on Saturday, thrilling members of the small foreign Catholic community from around the Gulf and urging them to show kindness to their hosts, even if they feel sometimes badly treated. The crowd of about 30,000 people that filled Bahrain's National Stadium was the second-largest gathering for a papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula

Mysuru, Nov 5: National Investigation Agency (NIA) team arrested the former Mysuru district secretary of Popular Front of India from his residence in Mysuru on Friday morning. Sulaiman, a cloth merchant and a resident of Mandi Mohalla, here is the one arrested. It should be recalled that another PFI leader, 57-year-old Mohammed Khaleem Ulla Khan, a resident of Shanthinagar in Mysuru was arrested

San Francisco, Nov 5: Twitter sacked half of its 7,500-strong staff on Friday as new owner Elon Musk launched his major overhaul of the troubled company just a week after his blockbuster takeover. An internal document said "roughly 50 percent" of employees were impacted and would be denied access to company computers and email on an immediate basis. Workers around the world were shown the door and

Mangaluru, Nov 5: The sleuths of the National Investigation Agency today raided the houses of a few leaders of Social Democratic Party of India and now-banned Popular Front of India in Dakshina Kannada and took at least three people into custody. According to reports, SDPI state secretary Shafi Bellare, Bellare gram panchayat president Iqbal Bellare and Ibrahim from Sullia were taken into custody

Bengaluru, Nov 5: A Class 4 student of a private school has died under mysterious circumstances in Gangammanagudi police station limits in Karnataka’s capital. Her parents alleged that the girl died after her schoolteachers punished her. The victim is Nishitha (9) a student at RD International School in Coconut Garden in Ramachandrapura near Jalahalli East. A case of unnatural death under

New Delhi: All primary schools in Delhi will be closed from tomorrow (November 5), Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday as air pollution in the city worsened. Delhi's Air Quality Index continued to remain in the 'severe' category for a second consecutive day on Friday, as per data released by SAFAR or System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research. Addressing a press

Mangaluru, Nov 4: A 7-year-old boy died of a heart attack at his school in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The deceased student has been identified as Mokshit K.C, a resident of Kukkujadka of Amarmutnur village. He was a Class 2 student of the Kukkujadka Government Higher Primary School in Amaramuthnooru village. As usual, Mokshit had gone to school on Wednesday, November 2, but soon

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin on Thursday, November 3, when his anti-government protest convoy came under attack in the east of the country in what his aides said was a clear assassination attempt. Pakistan has a history of political coups and unrest. Here are some details. 2007 - Two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a gun and bomb attack after