International

14-11-2021 GUAYAQUIL: At least 68 inmates died in ghastly clashes between rival gangs at a prison in Ecuador, officials said Saturday, the latest bloodbath in the same jail that was the scene of a September riot which left 119 prisoners dead. Inmates at the prison in Guayaquil attacked members of …

14-11-2021 CAIRO/ ASWAN: Scorpions in Egypt have stung three people to death in the southern city of Aswan after heavy storms brought them into the streets and homes. Some 450 more people were injured by scorpion stings, a health ministry official said. The hail and thunder storm in the area …

13-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: At least five Indian soldiers and two civilians have been killed in an attack carried out by an armed group in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, officials said. The suspected rebels ambushed a convoy of India’s paramilitary soldiers on Saturday those were on their …

13-11-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Large crowds of people packed Melbourne CBD in a protest against the Victorian government’s pending pandemic legislation. Thousands of mostly mask-less people carried Australian and Eureka flags as they marched through Melbourne CBD. Among the crowd was somebody carrying a fake gallows with three nooses strung from …

13-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: At least one person has been killed and four others wounded in an explosion that hit a vehicle in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials said. The incident on Saturday took place in Dasht-e Barchi, a Kabul suburb dominated by members of the …

13-11-2021 GLASGOW: Negotiators at this year’s United Nations climate talks are poring over fresh proposals aimed at sealing a deal that could credibly be said to boost the world’s efforts to tackle global warming. British officials chairing the COP26 talks in Glasgow, Scotland, released new draft agreements on Saturday after …

13-11-2021 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a hotly awaited virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday, US media reported, as tensions mount over Taiwan, human rights and trade. Both CNN and Politico, citing unnamed sources, said the meeting was tentatively scheduled for …

12-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ NANGARHAR/ ISLAMABAD: An explosion has hit another Shia mosque in the Spin Ghar area of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing at least three people and wounding 15 others, according to residents and Taliban officials. A doctor …

12-11-2021 STOCKHOLM/ DHAKA/ LONDON: Bangladeshi-Swedish writer and feminist Taslima Nasreen is “shocked” over the news of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai marrying a Pakistani man. Shortly after Malala announced that she has tied the nuptial knot with PCB official, Asser Malik, and shared photogrpahs of her big day, felicitations started pouring …

12-11-2021 LONDON/ DUBAI/ KARACHI: A London High Court has ruled that the decision to extradite Pakistani businessman Arif Naqvi to the United States should be delayed until a legal test on the capacity to resist the impulse of suicide is made in the case of Indian diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, …