24-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: A 28-year-old police officer has been charged with murdering missing Australian TV personality Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies. Detectives launched a frantic search on Wednesday after the couple’s bloodied items were found in a bin near Sydney. Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, Baird’s ex-boyfriend, was …
Read More »Canada’s white supremacist gets life sentence for killing Muslim family
24-02-2024 LONDON, ONTARIO: A Canadian white supremacist who deliberately ran over four members of a Muslim family has been sentenced to life in prison for the murders. Nathaniel Veltman, 23, was convicted in November of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for the attack that …
Read More »Fossil reveals 240 million year-old ‘dragon’
24-02-2024 EDINBURGH: Scientists have revealed a new, remarkably complete fossil, a 16ft (5m)-long aquatic reptile from the Triassic period. The creature dates back 240 million years and has been dubbed a “dragon” because of its extremely long neck. It is called Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, a species that was originally identified back …
Read More »‘Internet become Pakistan’s new political battleground’
24-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: In Pakistan, the internet has become a battleground. Not one fought with tanks and missiles but with throttled bandwidth and targeted shutdowns. Less than two months into 2024, Pakistan’s 128 million internet users have repeatedly been plunged into …
Read More »UNSC sanctions rebels in Congo as violence escalates
24-02-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has sanctioned the leaders of six armed groups fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid escalating violence in the country’s restive northeastern region. “We are pleased that as of today, six additional armed group leaders will be designated by …
Read More »Dozens more martyred in ‘heinous massacre’ in Gaza
24-02-2024 GAZA CITY: Israeli army shelling of residential homes in central Gaza killed at least 40 Palestinians, local authorities say, adding that they hold the US administration in addition to Israel responsible for the “ongoing crimes”. “We call on the free world to immediately put an end to this war …
Read More »American company makes historic Moon landing
23-02-2024 HOUSTON: An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar South Pole. It took some minutes for controllers to confirm the craft was down, but eventually a signal was …
Read More »Historical sites in Afghanistan ‘bulldozed for looting’
23-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SHICAGO/ KABUL: Dozens of archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been bulldozed to allow systematic looting, according to researchers at Chicago University. They say their analysis of satellite photos provides the first definitive photographic evidence that looting patterns that began under the previous government have continued …
Read More »Pakistan in for ‘roller coaster’ ride after parties strike deal
23-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: The deal between two Pakistani parties to form a coalition government will be based on conditional support from one of them, the Pakistan People’s Party, that will review decisions on a case-by-case basis, a top PPP official said …
Read More »Red Sea ballistic missile attacks trigger Asian interest
23-02-2024 SINGAPORE: The use of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) in the Red Sea has spurred interest in Asia about the systems used to shoot them down, experts and industry officials say – although China, with its huge ASBM arsenal, presents a tougher challenge. US Central Command (CENTCOM) media releases from …
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