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18-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s latest space mission has completed a key step in the country’s second attempt at a lunar landing, with its moon module separating from its propulsion section. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Thursday confirmed that the lander module of the Chandrayaan-3, …

18-08-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ JARANWALA: Authorities in Pakistan have launched a probe and arrested at least 146 people in the Punjab province a day after a Muslim mob torched five churches and attacked dozens of houses belonging to the local Christian community over claims of blasphemy, the province’s …

18-08-2023 ATLANTA: Spring Street has returned to normal after a bomb threat at the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta forced the busy Midtown roadway to be shut down and several buildings to be evacuated. The call came in shortly before 3 p.m. to the Jewish community center in Midtown Atlanta. …

18-08-2023 DAKAR: More than 60 migrants have possibly lost their lives after a boat carrying them was found capsized at Cape Verde peninsula of Senegal in the West African region, as per the official notice. Thirty-eight people, including children, were rescued, media reported, adding that footage showed survivors being helped …

18-08-2023 DONALDSONVILLE, NEW ORLEANS: A US appeals court maintained a ban on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, ordering a restriction on telemedicine prescriptions and shipments of the drug through mail. The New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals stopped short of ruling that the drug must be pulled …

18-08-2023 MADRID: Tenerife wildfires are burning ‘out of control’ forcing officials to close off a top tourist area and evacuate more villages and holiday homes. The blaze broke out in a mountainous national park on the Spanish island on Wednesday and spread to 4,450 acres in 24 hours as firefighters …

17-08-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Last month, three days after Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal, India imposed a ban on July 20 on the export of non-basmati white rice. The move followed a ban on the export of broken rice, which was announced in …

17-08-2023 NIAMEY: Over 27 Niger soldiers have been killed in an attack by armed groups near the border with Mali, the country’s Ministry of Defence said. According to a statement released late on Tuesday, “a detachment of the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) moving between Boni and Torodi was the victim …

17-08-2023 PHILADELPHIA: A teenager from Philadephia was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the accusation of organizing a terrorist attack with Al-Qaeda affiliated Khatiabt al-Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ) group. The 17-year-old teenager was suspected of allegedly communicating with the Khatiabt al-Tawhid outfit operating under the umbrella of Al-Qaeda. …

17-08-2023 LONDON: Pro-Khalistan secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has announced it has raised £250,000 For Khalistan Referendum voting in Scotland in 2024 in response to the Indian government’s push to crackdown on Sikh Khalistani activists in the United Kingdom. SFJ made the announcement within 3 days of UK Security …