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08-05-2022 SANA’A/ RIYADH/ TEHRAN: The Saudi-led coalition forces and their allied militant groups have breached a UN-brokered nationwide truce more than 5,000 times, a Yemeni official said. The truce went into effect more than a month ago with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The official, who …

08-05-2022 BAGHDAD: A mosque pulled down by tractors, angry protesters setting buildings on fire, and police arrests; despite their relatively small-scale, recent events across a few cities in Iraq were enough to startle the country over the last month, and all were linked to a controversial Muslim scholar, Mahmoud al-Sarkhi. …

07-05-2022 SEOUL/ PYONGYANG: North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into waters off its east coast Saturday, the South Korean military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The latest launch comes just three days after Pyongyang last fired a missile, as warnings grow that it may conduct a nuclear test. “North Korea …

07-05-2022 NEW YORK: The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in previous studies that it was more transmissible but less severe, a large study in the United States has found. “We found that the risks of hospitalization and mortality were …

07-05-2022 LONDON: Amnesty International says it has documented war crimes in Ukraine, including the “wilful killings of civilians” by Russian forces when they occupied an area northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, in February and March. Civilians have also suffered abuse such as “reckless shootings and torture” at the hands of …

07-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Dozens of Anti-Shia Terrorists Organizations (ASTO) have not only complete hold in Afghanistan but also trying to re-establish themselves (again) countrywide like they are well groomed, trained and have entire controlled in Pakistan (independently as well as with the …

07-05-2022 COLOMBO: Thousands of shops, schools and businesses closed on Friday as public and private sector workers in Sri Lanka went on strike, demanding the president and his government step down for their mishandling of the island’s worst financial crisis in decades. Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and rising …

06-05-2022 LONDON: Voters in Britain went to the polls in local government elections on Thursday where they are expected to punish Prime Minister Boris Johnson over a cost-of-living crisis and fines for breaking his own COVID-19 lockdown rules. The elections are seen as a test of support for Johnson, who …

06-05-2022 UNITED NATIONS/ TEHRAN: The ambassador of Iran to the United Nations called on the international community to take the necessary measures to combat Islamophobia and violation of basic human rights of Muslims. In a statement at the 43rd session of the UN General Assembly’s Committee on Information, held in …

06-05-2022 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Donations have flooded into abortion clinics and abortion-rights advocacy groups since the leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft ruling that showed the justices apparently poised to overturn the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The draft ruling, which was published by Politico on Monday evening, …