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09-04-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY: A Sydney-based cosmetic surgeon who raped a woman at a Melbourne karaoke bar had zero remorse for what he did to her, a court has heard. Ahnsup Kim, 52, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years’ jail before the County Court of Victoria this morning, having previously been …

09-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Islamic Emirate (Taliban) denied the reports of a US airstrike on a weapons cache in the southern province of Helmand and said that Islamic Emirate’s forces gathered mines and detonated them near the Shorab area of the province. Earlier, Modern Diplomacy reported …

09-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ISLAMABAD: Masses across the world have appreciated the decision of British Court in which another White Terrorist sentenced long-imprisonment that shows not only the supremacy of law but also discourage terrorism as well as Islamophobia worldwide, experts told PMI A 36-year-old delivery driver …

08-04-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan faces a likely exit but has, once again, pledged to “fight” after his plan to keep the opposition at bay against a no-confidence vote failed. On Thursday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that the president’s move to dissolve …

08-04-2022 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” in Ukraine, prompting Moscow to announce it was quitting the body. The US-led push garnered 93 votes in favour, while …

08-04-2022 LONDON: Transgender women should not be competing in female sporting events, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told broadcasters on Wednesday. Johnson was speaking as the country looked set to abandon plans to hold a flagship conference designed to promote LGBT+ rights around the world. Charities and organizations are boycotting …

07-04-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States has warned India of “significant and long-term” consequences if the latter aligns itself with Russia, as US officials expressed “disappointment” with some of New Delhi’s reactions to the Ukraine invasion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing President Joe Biden’s top economic …

07-04-2022 SANA’A: The Saudi-led coalition has dropped more than 3 million cluster bombs on Yemen since the start of the devastating war in March 2015, according to the director general of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC). Speaking at a ceremony in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa on …

07-04-2022 MANAMA: An opposition group condemned the presence of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, stressing the need for the massive American naval base in the Persian Gulf country to be disbanded. “One of the most important functions and missions of the American military base is to preserve the …

07-04-2022 PORTLAND: Author of ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ Nancy Crampton-Brophy has gone on trial for murdering her husband, chef Daniel Brophy in June 2018, The Independent reported on Monday. Crampton-Brophy, 71, has remained in custody since her arrest in September 2018, facing a murder charge for the death of …