17-04-2023 TOKYO: Five bodies were found Sunday following a deep-sea dive in search of a Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing earlier this month with 10 personnel aboard off the southern prefecture of Okinawa, the Ground Self-Defense Force said. The SDF have been working to recover the bodies as …
Read More »Tunisia footballer dies after setting himself on fire
17-04-2023 TUNIS: Tunisian footballer Nizar Issaoui has died from burns sustained in a protest against “police injustice”, his family said, in which he set himself on fire. He had appeared in a video posted online showing him shouting that he had been accused of terrorism by officers after a dispute …
Read More »Australian IT specialist charged with espionage
17-04-2023 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: An Australian man who recently returned to the country after living overseas has been charged with supplying sensitive information to foreign intelligence agents. Fifty-five-year-old IT specialist Alexander Csergo was arrested by Australian Federal Police (AFP) shortly after he landed back in Sydney. The authorities say …
Read More »Christians celebrate Holy Fire amid Jerusalem police limits
17-04-2023 JERUSALEM: Thousands of Christians filled Jerusalem’s Old City yesterday for an important Orthodox Easter ritual, despite restrictions by Israeli police. The Holy Fire ceremony drew huge crowds to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in occupied East Jerusalem, where Israeli Police control security. It sits on the site where …
Read More »Zhang eyes heavyweight title fight after shock win over Joyce
17-04-2023 LAS VEGAS: China’s Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang has set his sights on Ukraine’s heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk after dealing Britain’s Joe Joyce his first professional defeat. Referee Howard Foster stopped the fight in the sixth of 12 scheduled rounds at London’s Copper Box Arena on Saturday night after …
Read More »‘Democracy for Black Americans is under attack’
17-04-2023 WASHINGTON: Extreme views adopted by some local, state and federal political leaders who try to limit what history can be taught in schools and seek to undermine how Black officials perform their jobs are among the top threats to democracy for Black Americans, the National Urban League says. Marc …
Read More »Sudan death toll climbs to 56 as clashes continue
17-04-2023 KHARTOUM: Doctors say hundreds of people have also been injured as fighting between the army and paramilitary forces continues for a second day. The sounds of gunfire and heavy artillery reverberated through Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, for a second day as medics said at least 56 civilians were killed in …
Read More »3 Pakistanis among 16 die in Dubai building blaze
17-04-2023 Bureau Report DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD: Sixteen (16) people including three (3) Pakistanis were dead while nine (9) others sustained injuries after a massive fire broke out in Dubai’s residential building on Saturday, Gulf News reported. An Indian social worker Naseer Vatanappally said that they have managed to identify four Indians, …
Read More »Former Indian politician, brother shot dead live on TV
16-04-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ALLAHABAD: A former Indian politician convicted of kidnapping has been shot dead live on TV along with his brother. Atiq Ahmed, who was under police escort, was talking to reporters when a gun was pulled close to his head in Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad. …
Read More »Australians warned to avoid crocodile-infested waters after floods
16-04-2023 Bureau Report QUEENSLAND/ MELBOURNE: Australia, has seen record-breaking flooding, with residents of some areas warned against traveling because of large crocodiles sighted in the floodwaters. The flooding, caused by heavy rain, has been particularly severe in Burketown, a small community in the north of the state about 1,300 miles …
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