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17-02-2021 NEW YORK: Dozens people have died and massive power outages have disrupted life in the US amid killer tornadoes in the Southeast and historic sub-zero temperatures as far south as Texas. The severe weather also led to the cancellation of COVID-19 inoculations, and continues to pose a threat to …

17-02-2021 UNITED NATIONS/ WASHINGTON/ SANA’A: The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has said he is “very alarmed” by a Houthi rebel advance on the Yemeni government’s last northern stronghold. Mark Lowcock, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, tweeted on Tuesday that an assault on Marib would endanger two million civilians and …

16-02-2021 BAGHDAD: A volley of rockets targeting an US airbase in Iraq’s Kurdistan region killed a foreign civilian contractor and wounded nine others including Americans in the worst attack in a year on the US-led military coalition. The rockets were launched late on Monday from an area south of the …

16-02-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies LUCKNOW/ NEW DELHI: Police in India’s largest state have launched a new crackdown against late-night parties but with a catch: their operation is inspired by Pakistani social media influencer Dananeer Mobeen of #PawriHoriHai fame. Dananeer, a young Pakistani blogger, shot to fame through a viral …

16-02-2021 WASHINGTON: The United States Congress will establish an independent commission to investigate and report on the January 6 siege of the US Capitol, a top Democratic Party lawmaker said on Monday. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a note to House members that the commission would …

15-02-2021 VANCOUVER/ OTTAWA: Hundreds of people marched through downtown Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday afternoon as part of an annual event to honour and remember Indigenous women and girls who have been murdered and gone missing across the country. Banging drums and singing, the demonstrators walked through the city’s downtown east …

15-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MANAMA: Small and sporadic demonstrations took place in Bahrain on Sunday amid a hefty police presence, marking 10 years since the Gulf nation’s Arab Spring-inspired uprising. On February 14, 2011, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to demand an elected government …

14-02-2021 DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ Hope mission has returned its first picture of Mars. The spacecraft entered into an orbit around the Red Planet on Tuesday, making the UAE the first Arab nation in history to have a scientific presence at Earth’s near neighbor. This first image will be …

14-02-2021 KABUL/ TEHRAN/ ISLAMABAD: A massive fire has engulfed a customs post in Afghanistan after fuel trucks caught alight, injuring many people and prompting authorities across the nearby Iranian border to send fire engines and ambulances, officials said. Several local people battled to control Saturday’s blaze in the border town …

14-02-2021 WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump has been acquitted on a charge of “incitement of insurrection” in relation to the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. After a five-day impeachment trial in the US Senate, the vote was largely split along party lines with 57 lawmakers voting to …