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07-08-2025 TOKYO: When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on August 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suicide attack missions. Owing to inadequate medical care, …

07-08-2025 By SJA Jafri LAHORE: Thousands of supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan are rallying across the country to demand his release on the second anniversary of his imprisonment. Security officials on Tuesday said dozens of activists belonging to Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have been arrested, with …

07-08-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DHANALI, UTTARAKHAND: Dozens of people are feared trapped after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Videos from the site of the accident show a giant stream of water gushing through the area and engulfing Dhanali, a small …

07-08-2025 DHAKA: Sinthia Mehrin Sokal remembers the blow to her head on July 15 last year when she, along with thousands of fellow students, marched during a protest against a controversial quota system in government jobs in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. The attack by an activist belonging to the student wing …

07-08-2025 TOKYO: Japan has logged two new heat records in a day with the mercury hitting 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.8 degrees Fahrenheit) and then 41.8C (107.2F), according to the country’s Meteorological Agency, warning that temperatures may rise further. The scorching temperatures in the city of Isesaki, located in southern Gunma …

06-08-2025 NEW YORK/ GAZA STRIP: Approximately 28 children are being killed daily in Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli bombardment and its restrictions on the delivery of direly needed humanitarian assistance, according to the United Nations. “Death by bombardments. Death by malnutrition and starvation. Death by lack of aid and …

06-08-2025 OTTAWA: Canada said on Monday it delivered humanitarian assistance through airdrops to Gaza, which has been under a devastating Israeli military assault for almost 22 months, with Ottawa again accusing Israel of violating international law. “The (Canadian Armed Forces) employed a CC-130J Hercules aircraft to conduct an airdrop of …

06-08-2025 KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that his country’s troops in the northeast are battling foreign “mercenaries” recruited by Russia from various countries, vowing to “respond”. The Ukrainian president visited front-line troops in the Kharkiv region on Monday, hearing reports from his “warriors” that fighters from China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, …

06-08-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States could require up to $15,000 bonds for some tourist and business visas under a pilot program launching in two weeks. The Department of State notice released on Monday said the effort aims to deter those who overstay their visas. The 12-month pilot program, which will …

06-08-2025 LONDON: Police in the United Kingdom have arrested the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant activist Tommy Robinson on suspicion of assault, following an attack last month at London’s St Pancras station. The far-right campaigner, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was arrested at about 6.30pm (17:30 GMT) on Monday evening at …