28-02-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies KYIV/ NEW DELHI/ PAKISTAN: India and Pakistan have both emphasized the importance of de-escalation in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, while carefully avoiding ascribing responsibility for the violence, with the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors attempting to walk differing diplomatic high-wires, analysts say. On Sunday, Pakistani foreign …
Read More »Mass protest against invasion of Ukraine worldwide
28-02-2022 TOKYO/ NEW YORK/ PARIS/ LONDON: Protesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York on Thursday to denounce the invasion of Ukraine, while more than a thousand who tried to do the same in Russia were arrested. The …
Read More »Yemeni forces bring down American drone
28-02-2022 SANA’A: In separate operations, the Yemeni military forces have intercepted and shot down a US-made drone belonging to the United Arab Emirates as well as a Saudi aircraft over the northern province of al-Jawf and the central province of Ma’rib. The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya …
Read More »Boat capsizes off Malaysia, killing 11, dozens missing
28-02-2022 KUALA LUMPUR: A search and rescue mission was underway for 25 Indonesians missing after a boat capsized off Malaysia yesterday killing 11 people, among them suspected undocumented migrants, maritime authorities said. There were 14 people reported safe among the estimated 50 aboard the boat, which turned over in adverse …
Read More »Thousands protest against “India’s Hijab Ban” in Jakarta
28-02-2022 JAKARTA/ NEW DELHI: Thousands gathered in front of the Indian embassy in Jakarta on Friday to protest Indian state’s hijab ban in schools. The protesters were seen chanting and holding signs. “We want the Indian Embassy to go home to their country and not stay in Indonesia because India …
Read More »Few women return after Afghan universities reopen
27-02-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s main universities reopened Saturday six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women went back to now-segregated classes. Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered following the Taliban’s August 15 takeover, …
Read More »‘Human brain experiences right before death’
27-02-2022 LONDON: Scientists have discovered some new phenomena related to the human brain right before death. According to the study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, in an unexpected recording, a team of neuroscientists found out that the human brain sets out on the mode of dreaming and recalling when …
Read More »Plane with 14 people on board crashes in Comoros
27-02-2022 MORONI: Rescuers in Comoros on Saturday scrambled to find survivors and the wreckage of a plane carrying 14 people that crashed in the Indian Ocean archipelago on Saturday. Airline AB Aviation said its small Cessna plane disappeared from the radar about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) from its destination during …
Read More »India’s Russia stance perturbs US
27-02-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States has approached the Indian government overt its stance towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine and abstention in UNSC voting against Moscow. New Delhi has yet to clearly condemn Russia’s assault that has disturbed Washington. “We continue to engage with …
Read More »‘200 Ukrainians killed, 1000s hurt in Russian invasion’
26-02-2022 KYIV/ WARSAW/ MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON: Nearly 200 Ukrainians, including three children, have been killed as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the head of the Ukrainian Health Ministry was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Saturday. He said 1,115 people were wounded, including 33 children. …
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