02-10-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday reminded top female Democrats of their duty to fight for reproductive rights and how electing two more Democratic senators in the upcoming midterm elections is critical to that fight. “If there were ever any reason …
Read More »Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; US frees 2 prisoners
02-10-2022 CARACAS: Venezuela freed seven Americans in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro’s wife jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions. The swap of the Americans on Saturday, including five oil executives held for nearly five years, is the largest trade …
Read More »Search for survivors continues as death toll rises in America
02-10-2022 FLORIDA: Rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of Florida’s flooded homes from Hurricane Ian while authorities in South Carolina began assessing damage from its strike. Now weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, Ian was expected to move across central North Carolina on Saturday then move into Virginia and New …
Read More »100s killed in stampede at Indonesia football match
02-10-2022 JAKARTA: Indonesian police say at least 129 people have been killed and dozens injured after a stampede at a football match in the province of East Java. In a statement on Sunday, police said supporters of Arema FC stormed the pitch at the Kanjuruhan stadium in the eastern city …
Read More »Daesh kills 19 including 4 elite Guards in Iran
01-10-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report TEHRAN/ ZAHEDAN/ QUETTA: An attack by armed separatists belong with Daesh (ISIS/ ISIL also known as hostile Taliban) on a police station in a southeastern city killed 19 people, including four members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps. The assailants in Friday’s attack …
Read More »African Union condemns Burkina Faso coup
01-10-2022 ADDIS ABABA/ OUAGADOUGOU: The African Union Chief Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned the “unconstitutional change of government” in Burkina Faso after the second coup in less than a year in which a group of junior army officers removed military ruler Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. “The chairperson calls upon the military …
Read More »Martyrdom toll rises to 44, dozens critical, mostly girls
01-10-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD UNITED NATIONS: The martyrdom toll from a suicide bombing at an education centre in the Afghan capital has risen to 44, according to the United Nations mission to the country, as women reportedly took to the streets to protest …
Read More »Putin signs treaties to annex Ukrainian lands
01-10-2022 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties on Friday to annex four Ukrainian regions partly occupied by his forces, escalating his seven-month war and taking it into an unpredictable new phase. “This is the will of millions of people,” he said in a speech before hundreds of dignitaries in …
Read More »India abstains on UN draft condemning Russia’s annexation
01-10-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has abstained on a draft resolution tabled in the UN Security Council which condemned Russia’s “illegal referenda” and annexation of four Ukrainian territories and called for an immediate cessation of violence while underlining the need to find pathways for a return to the negotiating …
Read More »Five things to know about the Nobel prizes
01-10-2022 STOCKHOLM: Since 1901, the Nobel prizes have been awarded to men, women and organizations for work that has led to great advances for mankind, in line with the wishes of inventor Alfred Nobel. The winners of this year’s prizes will be announced daily from Monday, October 3 through October …
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