10-12-2024 SEOUL: South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested. Yoon survived an impeachment vote in the opposition-led parliament late …
Read More »A sleepy Indian state becomes anti-Muslim tinderbox
10-12-2024 NEW DELHI/ KADAMTALA: The last thing that Shahin Ahmed, 38, remembers of his brother, Alfeshani Ahmed, was a frantic call with him amid gunshots and screams. At about 9pm on October 6, Alfeshani, a 36-year-old owner of a smartphone and electronic accessories shop, had just hastily shut his shop …
Read More »Bashar al-Assad given asylum in Moscow: Russian media
10-12-2024 MOSCOW: Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum “out of humanitarian considerations”, Russian news agencies are quoting a Kremlin source as saying. Russian state TV also reported the news, which put an end to speculation about the whereabouts of Syria’s former president after …
Read More »Opposition wins Ghana Presidential Election
10-12-2024 ACCRA: Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday’s election and congratulated the opposition candidate, former President John Mahama, on his victory. “The people have voted for change,” said Bawumia. The elections come amid the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation, which saw the cost of basic …
Read More »Footage shows people emerging from Assad’s prisons
10-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Footage has shown prisoners being freed from Syria’s notorious Saydnaya prison including a small child being held with his mother after rebels took control of the country. The child is shown in video showing women being released that was posted by the Turkey-based Association of Detainees and The …
Read More »Raygun musical cancelled in Sydney after legal threat
10-12-2024 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australian breaker Rachael Gunn’s legal team has stopped a musical parody about her journey to the Paris Olympics from taking to the stage. The show titled ‘Raygun: The Musical’ was created by Australian comedian Steph Broadbridge, who was also due to feature in the cast. It …
Read More »Ukrainian war dead reaches 43,000: Zelensky
10-12-2024 KYIV: Some 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a rare admission of the extent of the nation’s casualties. In a post on social media, the Ukrainian president said 370,000 injuries had been reported, though this figure included soldiers who …
Read More »JUH’s Maulana Madani calls for a global blasphemy law
Bihar;9 Dec’2024:Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Mahmood Madani has called for a global law to ban showing disrespect to Prophet Muhammad in any manner. He appealed to the international community to make a law to protect the honour of the Prophet of Islam and declared its violation a crime. He said …
Read More »Dec 9, a landmark day for Telangana’s identity, cultural pride: CM Revanth
Hyderabad, Dec.9 (PMI): Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has described December 9 as a day of immense significance for Telangana. Speaking in the Assembly, he reminded everyone that it was on the day in 2009 that the announcement for the formation of a separate Telangana State was made. He credited …
Read More »Further disruption expected across UK as strong winds continue
09-12-2024 LONDON: Millions of Britons have been warned to brace for further disruption as more strong winds are set to sweep across the UK following Storm Darragh. Northern Ireland was exposed to wind gusts of up to 80mph overnight, while a Met Office yellow wind warning came into force across …
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