11-04-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ QUETTA: Four people have been killed after a bomb attack targeted a police vehicle in the western Pakistani city of Quetta. “A police vehicle was targeted in the Qandhari Bazar area of the city. Among the dead, two are police officials whereas …

11-04-2023 NEW JERSEY/ TORONTO: An imam was stabbed on Sunday while he was leading Fajr prayers at a mosque in Paterson, New Jersey by a man who was caught by the worshippers, a spokesperson for the mosque said. According to the local officials, the imam is now in stable condition …

10-04-2023 AMMAN: Amid brutality carried out by the Israeli forces during the holy month of Ramadan, Jordan has warned Israel of catastrophic consequences if its forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque again, CNN reported on Saturday. Videos emerged on social media showing Israeli police firing and ransacking the mosque alongside beating …

10-04-2023 RIYADH: Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run media said on Sunday, to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi officials and end Riyadh’s military involvement in the country’s long-running war. The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which run in …

10-04-2023 WASHINGTON/ DUBAI: The US Navy has said on Saturday that it has deployed a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine in the Middle East in the wake of heightening tensions with Iran, reported Bloomberg on Saturday. Commander Timothy Hawkins said in a statement that The USS Florida entered the region on Thursday …

10-04-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: Indian trains ran over more than 13,000 cattle in 2022 according to data released by the government. This is up 24% from 2019, when 10,609 cattle were hit by trains, according to numbers shared by nine of 17 railway zones in India with …

10-04-2023 Bureau Report SYDNEY: An Australian mayor said he may take legal action over false information shared by advanced chatbot ChatGPT. Brian Hood, Mayor of Hepburn Shire Council, says the OpenAI-owned tool falsely claimed he was imprisoned for bribery while working for a subsidiary of Australia’s national bank. In fact, …

10-04-2023 BANGKOK: Thousands of people have fled across the border to Thailand amid fierce fighting between Myanmar’s armed rebel groups and the military, according to Thai officials. Myanmar was plunged into turmoil when the military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, leading …

10-04-2023 JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: The Israeli military says it has launched artillery attacks on Syria after several rockets were fired from Syrian territory towards northern Israel, none of which caused damage or casualties. The cross-border exchanges early on Sunday came as Israel escalates violence on multiple fronts, including in Gaza, Lebanon, …

10-04-2023 KYIV/ MOSCOW: More than 30 children have been reunited with their families in Ukraine this week after a long operation to bring them back from Russia, where they had been taken from occupied areas during the war, a humanitarian group has said. Kyiv has estimated nearly 19,500 children have …