11-06-2023 CAIRO/ KHARTOUM: Egypt has announced a new policy requiring all citizens of neighbouring Sudan to obtain visas before crossing the border as a United States and Saudi Arabia-brokered ceasefire took effect in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The Egyptian foreign ministry imposed the new regulations on Saturday, justifying the move …
Read More »Hundreds hurt as heavy cyclonic rains hit Pakistan
11-06-2023 Bureau Report PESHAWAR: Heavy rains pounded Pakistan’s northwest regions collapsing houses and killing at least 25 people. Rains and hail hit the Bannu, Lakki Marwat, and Karak districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, senior rescue officer Khateer Ahmed said. Another 145 people were injured as uprooted trees knocked …
Read More »Israelis rally against Palestinian crime deaths
11-06-2023 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in cities and towns across Israel for the 23rd week, protesting controversial plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judiciary as well as deadly violence hitting Palestinian communities in the country. The mass demonstrations, which drew some 100,000 …
Read More »Anti-Shia Pakistani terrorist killed in Kabul
11-06-2023 By SJA Jafri LAMABAD/ KABUL: An Anti-Shia, Shahab al-Muhajir, Daesh Khorasani’s leader and one of the most-wanted terrorists in the world, was executed in the Kunar province of Afghanistan Also known as Sanaullah Ghafari, the terrorist belonged to Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul. He was not only on the most-wanted …
Read More »‘Delhi becomes dangerous to breathe’
10-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Images of the Statue of Liberty in New York obscured by a thick haze of smoke caused by wildfires in neighboring Canada have shocked the United States but in the Indian capital Delhi, the iconic India Gate hidden behind a thick haze is a reality …
Read More »Deadly blast rocks explosives factory in Turkey’s capital
10-06-2023 ISTANBUL: At least five workers have been killed in a blast that rocked an explosives factory in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The blast occurred at the MKE Rocket and Explosives Factory some 40km (25 miles) outside Ankara. “There was an …
Read More »French President meets victims of Annecy Park stabbing
10-06-2023 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron met the stabbing victims at a Grenoble hospital that injured four children, including two adults, Thursday in a lakeside park in Annecy. The president also met with the person Friday backpack hero who intervened when the attack occurred. Macron noted that the two children …
Read More »Boris Johnson vows to stage a comeback soon as UK MP
10-06-2023 LONDON: Boris Johnson, who unceremoniously quit as a lawmaker on the night between Friday and Saturday, is facing accusations of exhibiting “Trumpian” behaviour following his suggestion that he might stage a comeback as a Member of Parliament (MP) and launch a fresh bid for leadership down the line, Independent …
Read More »San Francisco shooting leaves 9 hospitalized
10-06-2023 SAN FRANCISCO: A manhunt is underway after a shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District neighborhood left nine people injured on Friday night, ABC7 reported Saturday. According to San Francisco police, none of the victims was critical and expected to survive as it was a “targeted and isolated” shooting. The …
Read More »‘Over 100 million people in India are diabetic patients’
09-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A new study published in Lancet has found that 101 million people in India – 11.4% of the country’s population are living with diabetes. The study commissioned by the health ministry also found that 136 million people or 15.3% of the people were living with …
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