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25-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The devastating heatwave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a glimpse of the region’s future, says a study by international scientists. The World Weather Attribution group analysed historical weather data that suggested …

25-05-2022 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara is planning to launch a new military operation in Syria in an effort to link up two areas already under Turkish control, raising fears of renewed fighting on the Turkey-Syria border. Speaking following a cabinet meeting on Monday, Erdogan …

25-05-2022 WASHINGTON: There were 61 “active shooter” incidents in the United States in 2021, according to newly released FBI data, a 52 percent (%) increase from the previous year and the highest on record. Last year’s attack spread across 30 states, leaving 103 people dead and 140 wounded, the report …

24-05-2022 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that Tehran will avenge the death of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle in the capital. “I have agreed for our security forces to seriously follow up on this matter and I …

24-05-2022 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian authorities have arrested more than 4,000 people in the northern Amhara region, local state media said on Monday, as part of a wider crackdown against militia fighters, journalists, judges, critics and judges. Gizachew Muluneh, spokesperson for the Amhara regional administration and federal government spokesperson Legesse Tulu …

24-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Making allegations against judges has become a fashion in India these days, the Supreme Court said today while expressing concern over increasing cases of targeting of judges. This is most prevalent in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, it said while refusing to interfere with an …

24-05-202 TAIPEI/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said he would use force to defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China, appearing to signal a shift away from Washington’s decades-long policy of so-called strategic ambiguity towards the East Asian democracy. Biden made the remarks on Monday while visiting Japan, …

24-05-2022 GENEVA/ UNITED NATIONS: More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, citing new data about those escaping violence, conflict, persecution and human rights violations. The war in Ukraine has been one of the factors propelling millions of …

23-05-2022 TEHRAN: Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says one of its officers has been assassinated in the capital Tehran by gunmen riding on two motorcycles, according to the state news agency IRNA. Journalist Ali Hashem said that the IRGC issued a statement on Sunday saying Hassan Sayyad Khodayari …

23-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Once again, in different cities of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the police have registered dozens of First Information Reports (FIRs) against three main journalists/ anchor persons and other reporters through some known and unknown ‘Space Creatures’ and ‘State Characters’ as the …