30-08-2023 NEW YORK: At least four people have lost their lives including a one-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl in a murder-suicide stabbing in Manhattan’s Upper West Side apartment in New York, local media reported Monday. Among the deceased were also a 41-year-old man and a 40-year-old, with authorities possibly …
Read More »Live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world first
30-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: A live snake roundworm has been pulled out from the brain of a woman, leaving the medical fraternity astonished by the unprecedented discovery. The 64-year-old patient, hailing from south-eastern New South Wales, underwent an intricate surgery at Canberra Hospital that led to the …
Read More »School shut down over slapping row in India
29-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh state have sealed a private school after its teacher asked students to slap their Muslim classmate. Officials said Neha Public School was shut down as it “did not meet the education department’s criteria.” The school’s students would be …
Read More »Libyan FM fired after protests over her Israel meeting
29-08-2023 TRIPOLI: Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh Monday dismissed Najla Mangoush, the country’s foreign minister, to control the protests that erupted countrywide following her meeting with Israel’s foreign minister. Mangoush had said her meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Rome was unplanned and informal, but an Israeli …
Read More »‘France not to allow women to wear abayas in schools’
29-08-2023 PARIS: French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said that the country is to stop women from wearing abayas in schools as they are violating the strict secular laws of the country, regarding the attire worn by some Muslims as a “religious gesture,” as the decision triggered mixed reactions from observers. …
Read More »Taliban Gov’t bans women’s entry to Band-e-Amir Park
29-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned women from visiting Band-e-Amir National Park in Bamiyan province citing concerns regarding practicing hijab within the park. Afghanistan’s acting minister of virtue and vice Mohammad Khaled Hanafi said that the ban is based on claims that …
Read More »4 children drown after migrant boat capsizes off Greek coast
29-08-2023 ATHENS: Five people, including four children, died and dozens were rescued Monday in two separate incidents involving migrant boats heading to Greek islands from nearby Turkish shores, Greek authorities said. The coast guard said four people died and 18 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants apparently sank northeast …
Read More »Indian wrestling federation suspended after harassment scandal
28-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has been suspended by the sport’s world governing body for not holding elections after its chief was charged with sexual misconduct. India’s top wrestlers staged weeks of sit-in protests in New Delhi this year to demand the …
Read More »US Marines killed after aircraft crashes in Australia
28-08-2023 DARWIN: A United States military aircraft crashed on a north Australian island on Sunday, killing three Marines and injuring 20 during a multination training exercise, officials said. Three had been confirmed dead on Melville Island and five of the 23 on board had been flown in serious conditions 80km …
Read More »Putin will not attend G20 summit in India next month
28-08-2023 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in India next month, the Kremlin has announced. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that travel is currently not on Putin’s agenda because he is concentrating on the special military operation, which is what the Kremlin calls …
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