11-06-2023 Bureau Report PESHAWAR: Heavy rains pounded Pakistan’s northwest regions collapsing houses and killing at least 25 people. Rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat, and Karak districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, senior rescue officer Khateer Ahmed said. Another 145 people were injured as uprooted trees knocked …

11-06-2023 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in cities and towns across Israel for the 23rd week, protesting controversial plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judiciary as well as deadly violence hitting Palestinian communities in the country. The mass demonstrations, which drew some 100,000 …

11-06-2023 By SJA Jafri LAMABAD/ KABUL: An Anti-Shia, Shahab al-Muhajir, Daesh Khorasani’s leader and one of the most-wanted terrorists in the world, was executed in the Kunar province of Afghanistan Also known as Sanaullah Ghafari, the terrorist belonged to Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul. He was not only on the most-wanted …

10-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Images of the Statue of Liberty in New York obscured by a thick haze of smoke caused by wildfires in neighboring Canada have shocked the United States but in the Indian capital Delhi, the iconic India Gate hidden behind a thick haze is a reality …

10-06-2023 ISTANBUL: At least five workers have been killed in a blast that rocked an explosives factory in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The blast occurred at the MKE Rocket and Explosives Factory some 40km (25 miles) outside Ankara. “There was an …

10-06-2023 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron met the stabbing victims at a Grenoble hospital that injured four children, including two adults, Thursday in a lakeside park in Annecy. The president also met with the person Friday backpack hero who intervened when the attack occurred. Macron noted that the two children …

10-06-2023 LONDON: Boris Johnson, who unceremoniously quit as a lawmaker on the night between Friday and Saturday, is facing accusations of exhibiting “Trumpian” behaviour following his suggestion that he might stage a comeback as a Member of Parliament (MP) and launch a fresh bid for leadership down the line, Independent …

10-06-2023 SAN FRANCISCO: A manhunt is underway after a shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District neighborhood left nine people injured on Friday night, ABC7 reported Saturday. According to San Francisco police, none of the victims was critical and expected to survive as it was a “targeted and isolated” shooting. The …

09-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A new study published in Lancet has found that 101 million people in India – 11.4% of the country’s population are living with diabetes. The study commissioned by the health ministry also found that 136 million people or 15.3% of the people were living with …

09-06-2023 By SJA Jafri KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reaffirmed the need for reforms, saying Malaysia must change or it will not survive. “When it comes to governance, I think it is my duty to undertake and effect change because the country is somewhat destroyed. Unless there …