International

19-04-2022 VINNYTSIA/ KYIV: Nana Grinstein fled Russia because the Kremlin’s new laws punishing criticism of its so-called “special operation in Ukraine” may land her in jail. Grinstein, a playwright, her husband Viktor, a video editor, and their 14-year-old daughter, Tonya, left behind the hysteria in Russia caused by the war …

18-04-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: At least ten churches have been targeted in an Easter crime spree, with cameras capturing a brazen thief stealing from parishioners’ midway through a service in Melbourne. It’s understood that one of the crimes was committed during a Saturday service at Saint Haralambous Greek Orthodox Church …

18-04-2022 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: President Ebrahim Raisi has warned Israel against making even “the smallest movement” against Iran. The remark came on Monday as the Iranian military displayed homegrown weapons and defence systems marking National Army Day. A large televised parade was organized on the occasion in the capital, Tehran, which …

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 …