07-02-2023 LONDON: The head of private school Epsom College has been found dead along with her husband and seven-year-old daughter in a property on school grounds. Emma Pattison, 45, her husband George, 39, and their daughter Lettie were found dead at 01:10 GMT on Sunday. Officers from Surrey Police said …

07-02-2023 WELLINGTON: Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have asked FIVA to “urgently clarify” reports that Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority is to be named as an official sponsor of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. A deal with Visit Saudi is set to be announced and has already been criticized by human …

07-02-2023 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: King Charles III will not feature on Australia’s new five dollar note, the country’s central bank has announced. The new design will pay tribute to “the culture and history” of Indigenous Australians, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says. A portrait of the late Queen …

07-02-2023 RAMALLAH/ JERICHO: Israeli forces have shot dead at least five Palestinian men during a raid on Jericho in the eastern occupied West Bank. The large-scale raid took place in the early hours of Monday in the Aqabet Jabr refugee camp which has been under an Israeli siege, as described …

07-02-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI/ CHHATTISGARH: India is home to thousands of religious gurus, but a controversial new “godman” has been making headlines for the past fortnight. Supporters of Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Dham Sarkar, claim that he has divine powers and that he can …

07-02-2023 CITY OF VICTORIA: The trial for the largest national security case in Hong Kong has begun, with some 47 people accused of “subversion” for holding an unofficial primary election. They include some of the city’s most prominent pro-democracy figures, such as activists Joshua Wong and Benny Tai. Most of …

07-02-2023 BEIJING: The Chinese government has admitted a balloon spotted over Latin America on Friday is from China but claimed it is intended for civilian use. Foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the aircraft had deviated from its route, having been blown off course. A similar balloon was shot down …

06-02-2023 ISTANBUL/ DAMASCUS: A major earthquake of struck southeastern Turkey and northwest Syria, killing more than 1,400 people and injuring hundreds in both countries as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble. The earthquake hit near the Turkish city of Gaziantep at 4:17am local time …

06-02-2023 BAGHDAD: Iraqis are protesting to demand a law against domestic violence, days after a YouTuber was strangled by her father in a killing that sparked outrage. Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniyah, Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan said, …

06-02-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI/ DUBAI: In 2001, Pervez Musharraf believed the time had come to “turn over a new leaf” in rebuilding the broken relationship between India and Pakistan. The nuclear-armed rivals had fought two wars and a limited conflict over the disputed region …