International

18-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The death toll from Pakistan’s military air raids on targets in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar on Saturday has risen to at least 47, officials said. “Forty-one civilians, mainly women and children, were killed and 22 others were …

18-04-2022 Bureau Report MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: Indians have the freedom to practice their faith and there is no growing intolerance between religious communities, the country’s minority affairs minister said in an interview published on Sunday amid spurts of religious riots in various parts of the country. Religious clashes broke out …

18-04-2022 ABUJA: The Nigerian air force says it has killed more than 70 ISIL (ISIS) terrorists in the north of the country, at the border with Niger, in air raid. Saturday’s statement said aircraft from Nigeria and Niger took part in the operation. The Lake Chad area, where Nigeria said …

18-04-2022 LONDON: The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned a British plan to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, saying the policy did not stand “the judgment of God”. Delivering a sermon on Easter Sunday at Canterbury Cathedral, Justin Welby said the strategy …

17-04-2022 TORONTO: Five men were injured early Saturday morning when ‘White Terrorists’ opened fire on a group of men who had just finished midnight prayers in Scarborough, Toronto police say. The victims range in age from 28 to 35 years. Acting staff supt. David Rydzik says that around 1 a.m., …

17-04-2022 CAROLINA/ COLUMBIA: As many as 14 people have been injured in a shooting at a busy shopping centre in Columbia, capital of the US state of South Carolina, and police say they have arrested a suspect. Victims of Saturday’s shooting at Columbiana Centre, ranged from 15 to 73, according …

17-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban authorities warned Pakistan on Saturday after five children and a woman were killed in Afghanistan in alleged rocket attacks by the Pakistani forces in a pre-dawn assault along the border. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan condemns in the strongest possible …

17-04-2022 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia’s defence ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 a.m. Moscow time (0300 GMT) on Sunday to save their lives. Russia’s earlier claim that its troops had cleared the urban area of …

17-04-2022 SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country’s nuclear capabilities, the North’s KCNA state news agency reported on Sunday. The report comes amid signs North Korea could soon resume nuclear testing according …

17-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Clashes broke out during a Hindu religious procession in the Indian capital New Delhi on Saturday, injuring several people, including policemen, law enforcement authorities said, days after similar religious violence in three states. Eyewitnesses told Reuters that violence erupted between Muslims and Hindus …