11-08-2022 BEIJING: Dozens of people in China have fallen ill with a new virus that is also found in shrews, a report has said, but there is so far no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The infections were found in China’s eastern Shandong and central Henan provinces, affecting 35 people, according …

11-08-2022 BEIRUT: A man armed with a shotgun is holding staff hostage at a bank in crisis-hit Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, threatening to set himself ablaze unless he receives his trapped savings, according to a security official. The man entered a branch of the Federal Bank in Beirut’s bustling Hamra district …

Hyderabad’ 11 Aug 2022: The diamond jubilee celebrations of the country’s Independence, ‘Swatantra Bharata Vajrotsavalu’ closing ceremony will be held at LB stadium on August 22. TRS MP and chairman of the Independence diamond Jubilee celebrations committee K Keshavara Rao held a meeting with the members of the panel on Thursday. …

10-08-2022 BEIJING: China has withdrawn a promise not to send troops or administrators to Taiwan if it should take control of the island, an official document shows, apparently signalling a decision by President Xi Jinping to grant less autonomy than previously offered. The release on Wednesday of China’s latest white …

10-08-2022 ATHENS/ KARPATHOS ISLAND: Greek authorities say a big search and rescue operation has been launched east of the island of Karpathos after a boat reportedly carrying dozens of migrants and refugees sank overnight. The coast guard said on Wednesday that 29 people, all men, had been rescued from the …

10-08-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BIHAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Tuesday lost power in Bihar, the third most populous state in India, after its regional ally broke ranks to join an opposition alliance that now has the majority to form the next government. Bihar sends the …

10-08-2022 SAN FRANCISCO/ RIYADH: A former Twitter worker was found guilty on Tuesday of spying for Saudi officials keen to unmask critics on the platform. Ahmad Abouammo was pronounced guilty on criminal counts including money laundering, fraud, and being an illegal agent of a foreign government, according to a copy …

Srinagar/Jammu, Aug 9: Ashura, marking the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s (SAW) grandson, Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS), and his faithful companions in the battle of Karbala 1383 years ago, was observed with reverence and religious fervour across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday. Processions to mark the martyrdom were held …

Hyderabad’9 aug 2022:Mourning and solemnity marked ‘Youm-e-Ashoora’, the 10th day of Moharram on Tuesday. Several religious programmes were organized across the city to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the battle of Karbala centuries ago. Feeding camps were organized while many distributed milk sherbet …

09-08-2022 By SJA Jafri NEW MEXICO/ WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: A phrase ‘as you sow…sow shall you reap!’ describes simply, what is “target killing”, who does it, how it happens and who becomes the victim as it has been started in America and other countries of the world like continues in Pakistan, …