10-08-2022 ATHENS/ KARPATHOS ISLAND: Greek authorities say a big search and rescue operation has been launched east of the island of Karpathos after a boat reportedly carrying dozens of migrants and refugees sank overnight. The coast guard said on Wednesday that 29 people, all men, had been rescued from the …
Read More »BJP loses crucial Indian state of Bihar after ally switches sides
10-08-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BIHAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Tuesday lost power in Bihar, the third most populous state in India, after its regional ally broke ranks to join an opposition alliance that now has the majority to form the next government. Bihar sends the …
Read More »Jury finds ex-Twitter worker spied for Saudi royals
10-08-2022 SAN FRANCISCO/ RIYADH: A former Twitter worker was found guilty on Tuesday of spying for Saudi officials keen to unmask critics on the platform. Ahmad Abouammo was pronounced guilty on criminal counts including money laundering, fraud, and being an illegal agent of a foreign government, according to a copy …
Read More »Fear spreads in US Muslim community amid target killings
09-08-2022 By SJA Jafri NEW MEXICO/ WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: A phrase ‘as you sow…sow shall you reap!’ describes simply, what is “target killing”, who does it, how it happens and who becomes the victim as it has been started in America and other countries of the world like continues in Pakistan, …
Read More »Brazil’s jiujitsu world champion Leandro fatally shot
09-08-2022 BRASILIA: Brazil’s eight-time jiujitsu world champion Leandro Lo has been fatally shot in a Sao Paulo club, his family’s lawyer said. Lo was out with friends on Sunday for a concert at the Clube Siria, a sport and social club in Brazil’s biggest city, when the attacker approached their …
Read More »Australia’s central bank launches digital currency pilot
09-08-2022 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s central bank has unveiled plans to examine the potential economic benefits of introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said in a statement on Tuesday it would carry out a year-long pilot project to explore “innovative use cases …
Read More »Battered Palestinians recall Israeli ‘massacre’ after ceasefire
09-08-2022 GAZA: Only two hours separated the killing of Hamed Najim, 17, and three of his cousins at the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, and the announcement of a ceasefire with Israel. Israel and the Palestinian armed group Islamic Jihad declared a truce late on Sunday after …
Read More »Trump says FBI raided his Florida home, broke into his safe
09-08-2022 WASHINGTON/ FLORIDA: Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe, possibly connected to a US Justice Department investigation of Trump’s removal of official presidential records to the Florida resort. The unprecedented search of a former president’s home would mark …
Read More »Taiwan is our territory not a part of America: China
08-08-2022 BEIJING: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that Taiwan is not part of the United States but Chinese territory, in the latest diplomatic invective against U.S. policy since a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The United States has been engaging in …
Read More »08-08-2022 MEXICO CITY: Police in New Mexico and federal agencies were probing the murders of four Muslim men to determine if the killings, the latest of which happened on Friday evening, were linked while the state’s governor described them as targeted killings. Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina told reporters on …
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