PARIS: A suspect in a knife attack on a policewoman in France died on Friday after a shootout with police during his arrest, sources close to the case said. The man, who had been on the run after the attack in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre near the northwestern city of Nantes, was “radicalized and suffering from a very serious psychiatric illness,” one source said. A source close to
DUBAI: Ramadan is as much a time for shopping and entertainment as it is for charity and togetherness. According to data from online advertising company Criteo, consumers in the Middle East start searching for retail products well before the start of the holy month of fasting. Consumers also spend more time on the internet, especially on social media. Undoubtedly, this makes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s health ministry on Friday reported the detection of the first case of an Indian variant of coronavirus. That’s prompted authorities to trace those who were in contact with the patient who tested positive for the Indian variant. Health officials also reported the presence of South African variant in seven COVID-19 patients in the country. No other
Badr bin Abdul Mohsen bin Abdullah bin Hadab was recently appointed assistant to the Saudi commerce minister by royal decree. Since 2016, he has been the undersecretary of policies and regulations affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and contributed to developing the legislative and commercial environment through supervising the drawing up of regulations and charts related to
Many were shocked to hear about the Ryanair flight between Athens, Greece, and Vilnius, Lithuania, being forced to land in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The details of what happened are astonishing. Belarus discovered that dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, known for his strong condemnation of the regime in Belarus, was on the flight. Reportedly, some Belarusian security