International

11-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Dozens of girls protested in an eastern Afghan city on Saturday after Taliban authorities shut their secondary schools just days after classes resumed, an activist and residents said. Last week, five government secondary schools in the eastern province of Paktia restarted …

10-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Hamdard National Foundation, the Indian manufacturer of Rooh Afza, filed a case saying Pakistan-manufactured Rooh Afza was being sold in India through Amazon after which the Delhi High Court asked the e-commerce site to remove the listings, reported the Indian Express. Rooh Afza is a …

10-09-2022 BRUSSELS: Hundreds of swimmers jumped in a pool in Belgium to form the world’s biggest cannonball splash and creating a Guinness World Record (GWR). At an aquatic park, 345 people lined up along a 164-foot Olympic pool to attempt the dive, reported GWR. A cannonball attempt is when a …

10-09-2022 DUBAI: Travel experts at usebounce.com conducted a study where they analysed the world’s landmarks on multiple factors and ranked them from the best to worst. Judgement factors included entry prices, number of visitors, Instagram posts, and Tripadvisor ratings. Burj Khalifa, which is the world’s tallest building at 830 metres, …

09-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India banned exports of broken rice and imposed a 20% duty on exports of various grades of rice on Thursday as the world’s biggest exporter of the grain tries to augment supplies and calm local prices after below-average monsoon rainfall curtailed planting. The new duty …

09-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ GARDEZ/ ISLAMABAD: Five government secondary schools for girls have resumed classes in eastern Afghanistan after hundreds of students demanded they reopen, a provincial official said Thursday. Officially the Taliban have banned girls’ secondary school education, but the order has been ignored in …

09-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive” global support for Pakistan where unprecedented floods have killed nearly 1,400 people and made more than a million people homeless. Guterres made the appeal as he landed in the Pakistani capital early on …

09-09-2022 LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in the United Kingdom’s history, died on Thursday aged 96, with her son Charles succeeding her as king. Here is an explanation of what happens next, including the protocol surrounding the accession of a new monarch. Who will succeed her? Clarence House …

09-09-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies OTTAWA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Canada will accept some 1,000 Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland and have been held for months in a makeshift refugee centre in the United Arab Emirates awaiting resettlement to the United States and elsewhere, seven sources said. Ottawa …

08-09-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Munni Begum was 10 when her mother made her drop her last name. At that time, she did not understand why. She often accompanied her mother and grandmother as they juggled multiple cleaning, cooking and caregiving jobs in the Indian capital, New Delhi …