The Lahore police have registered an FIR against the younger son of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi from her previous marriage on charges of possession of liquor, Dawn reported. ....

At least 16 people were injured in a drone attack carried out by Yemen's Houthi militia targeting Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Airport in the border city of Jazan, the Riyadh-led coalition said. ....

At least three persons were injured after massive fire gutted 39 apartments at a residential complex in the western German city of Essen, local authorities said. ....

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the end of all domestic Covid-19 restrictions in England in a process starting later this week. ....

After signing a decree to recognise Ukraine's rebel regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered more troops to perform "peacekeeping functions" in the conflict-hit eastern region, raising fears that they could soon cross the border into Kiev ....

The US continues to see Russia making moves in the field that are consistent with preparations to invade Ukraine, CNN reported. ....

Banned from all top social media platforms including Twitter, former US President Donald Trump on Monday launched his own social media app called Truth Social on President's Day that is currently available for Apple users. ....

Russian battleplans have called for an "overwhelming intensity of fire" on Ukraine that could kill "tens of thousands" within the opening days of a conflict, as President Vladimir Putin moved his troops within three miles of the two countries' border, the US has warned. ....

The Russian strategy in the ongoing Ukrainian crisis is aimed at not allowing NATO to accept Ukraine as its member. In reality the war clouds have thickened due to the American and British stance and verbosity. ....

Ukraine's Russian-backed breakaway eastern territories have ordered military mobilisations amid escalation in fighting, BBC reported. ....