29-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: An Australian man armed with a budget metal detector has hit the jackpot, finding a 4.6kg rock containing gold worth AU$240,000 (£130,000; $160,000). The man, who doesn’t want to be named, made the discovery in Victoria’s goldfields which were the heart of Australia’s gold …

29-03-2023 LISBON: Portuguese police have shot a man suspected of stabbing two people to death at an Ismaili Muslim centre in Lisbon. Police were called to the centre on Tuesday morning where they encountered a suspect “armed with a large knife”, a police statement said. Officers ordered him to surrender …

29-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: A prominent Afghan campaigner for female education has been arrested by the Taliban, even as teenage girls and women remain barred from classrooms. Matiullah Wesa, 30, had often received threats, he has spent years travelling across Afghanistan trying to improve access …

29-03-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korea has revealed small nuclear warheads, which it says can be fitted on to short-range missiles. The North has long claimed it has tactical nuclear weapons, capable of hitting targets in South Korea but the photos published in its state newspaper on Tuesday are the first time …

29-03-2023 JERUSALEM: As Israelis wake up after a tumultuous night of protests and an evening speech by the prime minister, many of them are adamant that the protests will continue until they achieve their demands. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday night a pause on his controversial judicial reforms …

29-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: LONDON: Scottish nationalists picked Pakistani origin Humza Yousaf to be the country’s next leader on Monday after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign. The 37-year-old practicing Muslim succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as …

29-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: A US congressman has called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “to reverse this decision” regarding Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as a member of parliament terming the act as a “deep betrayal” of democracy. Gandhi’s recent disqualification cost him his …

29-03-2023 BERLIN: Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on Monday, causing disruption for millions at the start of the working week during one of the largest walkouts in decades as Europe’s biggest economy reels from inflation. The 24-hour “warning” strikes called by the Verdi …

29-03-2023 WASHINGTON: As the speculations of his arrests took hold, former US president Donald Trump’s lawyer Joseph Tacopina has said that Trump issued threatening remarks and incendiary statements on mere speculations. Trump started a countrywide hysteria last week as he announced on his own Social media platform Truth Social that …

29-03-2023 PARIS: The European Union approved on Monday a deal that will lead to the phaseout of sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035, with a final green light by energy ministers due on Tuesday. The 27-nation bloc joins more than a dozen other nations which have set deadlines …