27-02-2024 GAZA CITY: In certain places at certain times, just staying alive is something for a boy to be proud of – let alone going out every day to find the food that keeps your family from starving. Every morning, Mohammed Zo’rab, 11, goes out into the southern Gaza city …
Read More »Julian Assange put lives at risk by publishing secrets: US
27-02-2024 WASHINGTON/ CANBERRA: Julian Assange “put lives at risk” by releasing classified US documents and should be extradited to face justice, a High Court hearing has been told. Lawyers for the US said Assange revealed the names of sources when he used Wikileaks to release unredacted files on the Afghanistan …
Read More »Dozens killed in attack on Catholic Church in Burkina Faso
27-02-2024 OUAGANDOUGOU: Dozens of Catholic worshippers have been killed in a Burkina Faso village when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for mass at a church in the country’s conflict-hit northern region, church officials said. Sunday’s violence in the village of Essakane was a “terrorist attack” that left 12 …
Read More »Taliban releases Austrian far-right activist held in Kabul
27-02-2024 KABUL: The Taliban has released Herbert Fritz, an 84-year-old Austrian far-right nationalist, who was arrested in Afghanistan last May. The Austrian government said in a statement on Sunday that Fritz arrived in Doha, Qatar earlier in the day after mediation by the Qatari government helped to secure his release. …
Read More »Bangladesh bans adopting elephants from wild
27-02-2024 DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Sunday barred the adoption of elephants from the wild, a move hailed by animal rights activists as a “landmark” order to help stop cruelty. Rights groups said the high court order suspending licences will stop the torture of captive Asian elephants in the name …
Read More »Man sets himself on fire outside US Israeli embassy
27-02-2024 WASHINGTON: A man set himself on fire on Sunday afternoon outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. A US Air Force spokeswoman, Ann Stefanek, confirmed on Sunday night that the man was an active-duty airman. Officers with the US Secret Service extinguished the fire …
Read More »31,000 troops killed since Russia’s invasion: Zelensky
27-02-2024 KYIV: Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during Russia’s full-scale invasion. The Ukrainian president said he would not give the number of wounded as that would help Russian military planning. Typically, Ukrainian officials do not make casualty figures public, and other estimates are much higher. It …
Read More »Photo that broke millions of hearts
26-02-2024 RAFAH, GAZA CITY: Shehab, 19, stands looking uncertainly at the camera, as if unsure if it will hurt him or whether he wants to share his pain. “My name is Shehab Omar Abu al-Hanud,” he begins. “My mother died. Her name is Ghada Youssef Ahmed Abu al-Hanud.” He is …
Read More »Trump wins 2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary
26-02-2024 COLUMBIA, SC: Former President Donald Trump rolled to victory in the South Carolina Republican primary, easily defeating former Gov. Nikki Haley in her home state and moving ever close to the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. The Associated Press and television networks called the race for Trump shortly after the …
Read More »Pakistan’s stocks gain 5% after coalition deal
26-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARACHI: Pakistan’s equity market responded positively to a power-sharing agreement between two major political parties this week, as the uncertainty surrounding the formation of a new government dissipated, making the stocks close the weekend trading session with a five percent gain …
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