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02-02-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police in India have arrested 12 people, including eight women and three minor boys, over alleged sexual assault and parading of a young woman in the streets of capital New Delhi. Police on Tuesday told media, the three minors are accused of sexually assaulting the …

02-02-2022 DUBAI/ SANA’A/ WASHINGTON: The United States military launched interceptor missiles in response to an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that targeted the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials have said. The UAE said on Monday it had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen as the Gulf state …

02-02-2022 GENEVA: Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report said on Tuesday. The material, a portion of which could be …

02-02-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WELLINGTON/ KABUL: A pregnant New Zealand journalist who claimed to have nowhere to go but Afghanistan will be allowed to return home, after officials granted her an exemption from strict COVID-19 entry restrictions amid public outcry. Reporter Charlotte Bellis on Tuesday said she would return …

01-02-2022 UNITED NATIONS: There have been angry clashes between Russian and US envoys at the UN Security Council, after the US called a meeting to discuss Moscow’s troop build-up on its borders with Ukraine. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the mobilization was the biggest Europe had seen in decades. Her …

01-02-2022 HOUSTON: A lightning bolt that stretched for 768 kilometres (477.2 miles) across the southern United States in 2020 is the new world record holder for the longest single flash, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The mega flash extended across the states of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on …

01-02-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: A year-long trial of e-scooters rolled out today in Melbourne streets and they are already proving popular among commuters. The bright-colored scooters have sparked a buzz in the council areas of Port Phillip, Melbourne and Yarra, where the pilot program is being championed. They run at …

01-02-2022 BEIRUT: Lebanon said Monday it had busted at least 17 suspected Israeli spy networks in one of the largest nationwide crackdowns in recent years, with a judicial source reporting 21 arrests. Interior minister Bassam Mawlawi told cabinet that security forces had “clamped down on 17 spy networks working for …

01-02-2022 WASHINGTON: A senior US official said Monday that time was running out for nuclear negotiations with Iran and urged Tehran to agree to direct talks to help forge a deal. Speaking on background, the official said that Iran’s nuclear program was nearing “breakout” toward nuclear weapons capability, leaving just …

31-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ NEW YORK/ KARACHI: More than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over the country in August, according to a report by the United Nations. …