Olivia Chow became the first Chinese-Canadian to be elected as mayor of Toronto, Canada’s biggest city, pledging to support renters, champion social causes, and reduce the sweeping powers of her office. According to international media reports, Chow secured 37.2% vote, preliminary results, ahead of her nearest rival Ana Bailao, former deputy mayor. “I would dedicate مزید پڑھیں

Chanting Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik, nearly three million faithful are in Maidan-e- Arafat to perform the Rukn-e-Azam of Hajj, Waqoof-e-Arafat – performed from Zuhar to sunset on the 9th of Zil-Hajj. Delivering Hajj sermon at Masjid-e-Nimra at Maidan-e-Arafat, Sheikh Dr. Yusuf bin Muhammad bin Saeed called for unity among the Muslim Ummah. He said respecting and مزید پڑھیں

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims crowded Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a potentially record-breaking Hajj pilgrimage. As dawn broke, groups of worshippers recited Quran verses on the rocky rise, where the Prophet Mohammed (Pece Be Upon Him) is believed to have given his final sermon. فيديو | استمرار تفويج ضيوف مزید پڑھیں

Sweden must stop protests by supporters of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Stockholm to get a green light on its Nato membership bid, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Nato’s Secretary-General in a phone call. According to international media reports, Erdogan told Stoltenberg that Turkiye had a constructive attitude, but Sweden’s change of terrorism laws مزید پڑھیں

Easing the country’s most serious security crisis in decades, Wagner mercenary chief force Yevgeny Prigozhin will go to Belarus and will not face charges after calling off his troops’ advance on Moscow, the Russian government has said. The feud between Prigozhin and Russia’s military brass came to a violent head when Wagner’s forces captured a مزید پڑھیں

Russian President Vladimir Putin says an “armed mutiny” by the Wagner Group is treason, adding that “decisive action” will be taken against them. According to Russian media, addressing the nation on Saturday, Putin said the Russian Armed Forces have been given orders to “neutralise those who organised the armed rebellion.” Vladimir Putin has addressed the مزید پڑھیں

More than 40 people are missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa. The shipwreck took place on Thursday and at least one newborn baby is among those missing, said UNHCR representative to Italy Chiara Cardoletti. The vessel left from Sfax in Tunisia and was carrying 46 migrants from Cameroon, Burkina مزید پڑھیں

China has issued a red alert for heat – the highest in its colour-coded alert system – for northern parts of the country after Beijing recorded its hottest-ever June day. According to international media reports, some 185 red alerts were issued for northern and eastern China, including Beijing, the nearby city of Tianjin and the مزید پڑھیں

At least 31 people have been killed and seven injured when gas used for cooking exploded at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China. According to Chinese state media, the blast tore through the restaurant about 8:40pm (12:40 GMT) on Wednesday on a busy street in a residential area of Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui مزید پڑھیں

French President Emmanuel Macron would be an inappropriate guest at the BRICS summit, an internatioanl news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday, criticizing countries whose policies Russia considers hostile. The BRICS group of emerging economies, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is due to hold a summit in Johannesburg مزید پڑھیں