13-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: A fire that started at an electric scooter showroom in India killed at least eight people and injured 11, police said on Tuesday, in what is the deadliest such incident involving electric vehicles in the country. A spate of electric scooter fires this year …

13-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies GENEVA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Shia Afghan women made an impassioned plea at the UN Monday for solid international action to address the “gender apartheid” in their country since the Taliban swept to power last year. “Today, human rights in Afghanistan do not …

13-09-2022 WASHINGTON: Armenia said on Tuesday that at least 49 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes along the border with Azerbaijan after a sharp escalation in hostilities which prompted Russia and the United States to call for restraint. The escalation of decades-old hostilities between the south Caucasus countries …

13-09-2022 TORONTO: Ahead of the September 18th voting for Khalistan Referendum in Toronto, over 50,000 Sikhs performed Ardas (Sikhs prayer) to support Khalistan Referendum in a show of massive local support for the Khalistan movement. Ardas is a Sanskrit word, from the root, ‘ard’ to ask, to beg, to pray, …

13-09-2022 BEIJING: China is willing to shape the international order together with Russia in a “more just and rational direction”, a senior Chinese diplomat said as the two countries’ leaders prepare to meet this week. Former Cold War allies with a tempestuous relationship, China and Russia have drawn closer in …

12-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India said Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in a regional summit in Uzbekistan that according to Russia will see face-to-face talks between Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) comprising China, Russia, four …

12-09-2022 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: The head of Israel’s spy agency Mossad said the revival of a nuclear deal with world powers will not give Iran “immunity” from Israeli operations. Israel has long opposed the 2015 nuclear deal, saying it did not go far enough to halt Iran’s nuclear programme and does …

12-09-2022 Bureau Report DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of volunteers gathered at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Dubai Expo City, and Expo Centre in Sharjah to collect donations and pack thousands of urgent relief kits and food supplies for flood-affected Pakistanis, reported The National. The nationwide volunteering initiative “We Stand Together” brought …

12-09-2022 JAKARTA: About 200 people were evacuated to higher ground after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck islands in western Indonesia on Sunday, causing some property damage, the country’s disaster mitigation agency BNPB said. The quake in the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra struck at a depth of 27 km …

12-09-2022 GENEVA: Fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labour or forced marriage, the UN said Monday, warning that their ranks had swelled dramatically in recent years. The United Nations had set a goal to eradicate all forms of modern slavery by 2030, but instead, the number …