International

28-02-2022 JAKARTA/ NEW DELHI: Thousands gathered in front of the Indian embassy in Jakarta on Friday to protest Indian state’s hijab ban in schools. The protesters were seen chanting and holding signs. “We want the Indian Embassy to go home to their country and not stay in Indonesia because India …

27-02-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s main universities reopened Saturday six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women went back to now-segregated classes. Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered following the Taliban’s August 15 takeover, …

27-02-2022 LONDON: Scientists have discovered some new phenomena related to the human brain right before death. According to the study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, in an unexpected recording, a team of neuroscientists found out that the human brain sets out on the mode of dreaming and recalling when …

27-02-2022 MORONI: Rescuers in Comoros on Saturday scrambled to find survivors and the wreckage of a plane carrying 14 people that crashed in the Indian Ocean archipelago on Saturday. Airline AB Aviation said its small Cessna plane disappeared from the radar about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) from its destination during …

27-02-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States has approached the Indian government overt its stance towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine and abstention in UNSC voting against Moscow. New Delhi has yet to clearly condemn Russia’s assault that has disturbed Washington. “We continue to engage with …

26-02-2022 KYIV/ WARSAW/ MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON: Nearly 200 Ukrainians, including three children, have been killed as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Health Ministry was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Saturday. He said 1,115 people were wounded, including 33 children. …

26-02-2022 BEUSSELS/ MOSCOW/ KYIV: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that the alliance was deploying thousands of combat-ready troops to Ukraine’s neighbors, as well as continuing to send weapons to Ukraine including air defences after Russia’s attack.a Stoltenberg said NATO was deploying elements of its rapid response force, made …

26-02-2022 Bureau Report + BBC CACHAR/ NEW DELHI: A seven-year-long fight by a woman in India’s north-eastern state of Assam to regain her citizenship has left her with debt and fear, BBC reports. Sefali Rani Das, 42, was used to feeling scared when she saw the police. For years, they …

25-02-2022 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced “severe” economic sanctions that will make President Vladimir Putin a “pariah” for invading Ukraine, but conceded a lack of Western unity for enacting an even tougher measure. In a speech from the White House, Biden said four major banks would be …

25-02-2022 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Loud blasts were heard in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Friday, a witness told Reuters, as missile strikes and air raid alerts were reported in a number of cities in Ukraine. An estimated 100,000 people fled as explosions and gunfire rocked major cities. Dozens have …