07-01-2022 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis risked the ire of the world’s childless dog and cat owners Wednesday, suggesting people who substitute pets for kids exhibit “a certain selfishness” Speaking on parenthood during a general audience at the Vatican, Francis lamented that pets “sometimes take the place of children” in society. …

06-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut off the heads of mannequins, insisting the human figures “violate” Islamic law. A video clip showing men sawing the plastic heads off women figures went viral on social media. Since …

06-01-2022 TEHRAN: A number of rockets hit an Iraqi military base hosting US troops near Baghdad International Airport late on Tuesday, according to Iraqi security and military sources. “Several missiles fell a short time ago near Baghdad International Airport, and the place of their launch is not yet known,” Iraq’s …

06-01-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police in India say they have arrested three suspects in an investigation into an online app that shared pictures of more than a hundred Muslim women for an “auction” in another case of hatred towards the minority community. In recent days, several Indian Muslim women …

06-01-2022 PARIS/ RIYADH: French prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation into a blast in Saudi Arabia that badly wounded a French driver in the Dakar Rally. The explosion damaged a support vehicle for the Sodicars Racing team as it left a hotel in Jeddah last Thursday. The driver, Philippe Boutron, …

06-01-2022 SANA’A/ RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition has launched air attacks in Yemen’s capital Sanaa in response to a United Arab Emirates-flagged vessel in the Red Sea being seized and drone attacks launched by Yemeni Houthi fighters earlier this week. On Wednesday, Saudi state TV reported the coalition as saying it …

05-01-2022 LONDON/ PARIS: Last year, more than 28,000 migrants crossed the Channel from France to the UK in small boats. At least 44 people died or went missing during the attempt. At least 28,395 people reached the UK in small boats in 2021, a record figure which is more than …

05-01-2022 CAPE TOWN: A fire that devastated South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town has been contained after it reignited on Monday, city officials say. The fire first broke out on Sunday and completely destroyed the National Assembly, or lower chamber. Strong winds caused smouldering wood in the roof to catch …

Hyderabad: The Nallakunta police arrested a youngster on charges of chain snatching and recovered a gold chain weighing 13.7 grams from him on Wednesday.Vaddy Shiva (26), a resident of Musheerabad, allegedly snatched a gold chain from a woman at Nallakunta last month. After snatching the chain, he sold it and used …

Hyderabad: The Commissioner’s Task Force (South) team raided a bangle making unit at Uppuguda and rescued six children found working there. Acting on a tip off, the team raided the unit located at Uppuguda under the Chatrinaka police station limits along with revenue officials early on Wednesday. The owner, Rajesh …