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25-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Clashes have been reported in Pakistan after authorities blocked roads leading to the capital, where a defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party is planning to hold a major rally to demand the removal of the government and immediate general …

25-05-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in the Indian capital New Delhi has sentenced iconic Kashmiri pro-independence leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in “terror” funding case. Malik, one of Indian-administered Kashmir’s prominent rebel leaders, is the chief of now banned …

25-05-2022 HOUSTON: As many as 14 schoolchildren and one teacher have been killed in a shooting at a primary school in the US state of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott said, in the latest mass shooting in the United States. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Abbott said an 18-year-old gunman …

25-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Mahira* has become a familiar face on Afghan television, as viewers tune in every night to watch her present the news. Even during the most turbulent recent events, the 27-year-old journalist remained calm and composed as she reported on the …

25-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The devastating heatwave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a glimpse of the region’s future, says a study by international scientists. The World Weather Attribution group analysed historical weather data that suggested …

25-05-2022 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara is planning to launch a new military operation in Syria in an effort to link up two areas already under Turkish control, raising fears of renewed fighting on the Turkey-Syria border. Speaking following a cabinet meeting on Monday, Erdogan …

25-05-2022 WASHINGTON: There were 61 “active shooter” incidents in the United States in 2021, according to newly released FBI data, a 52 percent (%) increase from the previous year and the highest on record. Last year’s attack spread across 30 states, leaving 103 people dead and 140 wounded, the report …

24-05-2022 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that Tehran will avenge the death of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle in the capital. “I have agreed for our security forces to seriously follow up on this matter and I …

24-05-2022 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian authorities have arrested more than 4,000 people in the northern Amhara region, local state media said on Monday, as part of a wider crackdown against militia fighters, journalists, judges, critics and judges. Gizachew Muluneh, spokesperson for the Amhara regional administration and federal government spokesperson Legesse Tulu …

24-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Making allegations against judges has become a fashion in India these days, the Supreme Court said today while expressing concern over increasing cases of targeting of judges. This is most prevalent in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, it said while refusing to interfere with an …