International

05-06-2023 WARSAW, POLAND: Thousands of people came out on the streets to protest against their government in the capital Warsaw Sunday which the Poles believe is on the path to autocratic rule, eroding the democratic norms of the country. The Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski was leading the march underlined …

Bureau Report + Agencies 04-06-2023 NEW DELHI/ BAHANGA: Rescuers and families searched through mangled train carriages on Sunday for more victims of India’s worst rail crash in more than two decades with signal failure emerging as the likely cause. At least 288 people were killed on Friday when a passenger …

04-06-2023 MICHIGAN: A deadly wildfire in Northern Michigan burned at least 3,600 acres, triggering evacuation by the authorities and forcing a highway closure nearby as the blaze threatens multiple buildings in the west and southwest, officials said Saturday. The fire is centered in Grayling Township about 50 miles from Traverse …

04-06-2023 By SJA Jafri + News Desk/ Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The local, national and international hackers, terror groups, organizations even state agencies have been hacking, blocking and disturbing the Press Media of India (PMI), the telephone and mobile numbers of its reporters and staffers as well as threatening, …

30-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur. The state has been on edge since the explosion of inter-ethnic violence on May 3 between tribal groups and the ethnic majority Meitei …

30-05-2023 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has finalised an agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the debt ceiling over two years until January 1, 2025, saying the deal is ready to move to Congress for a vote. The Democratic president and Republican speaker spoke on Sunday evening …

30-05-2023 KATHMANDU: When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa first climbed Mount Everest 70 years ago, they paved the way for thousands of foreign climbers to try to follow in their footsteps. The eight-day trek to the Everest base camp is among the most popular multiday hikes in Nepal with …

30-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Senior International Cricket Council (ICC) officials are set to travel to Pakistan to secure the country’s participation in this year’s 50-over World Cup in India which has been in doubt for political reasons. Bilateral cricket has been a casualty of the soured relations between …

30-05-2023 BRUSSELS: NATO peacekeeping soldiers have formed security cordons around four town halls in Kosovo to keep back Serbs protesting against ethnic Albanian mayors taking office in a Serb-majority area after elections they boycotted. In Zvecan, one of the towns in north Kosovo, state police staffed entirely by ethnic Albanians …

30-05-2023 BEIJING/ SHANGHAI: For the first time in 100 years, China’s financial capital Shanghai has recorded Monday as its hottest day, according to the city’s meteorological service, breaking the earlier records of high temperature by a full degree, reported AFP. According to a post on the weather service’s official Weibo …