07-03-2023 ISTANBUL: Songul Yucesoy carefully washes her dishes, soaping the plates and cutlery before rinsing off the bubbles and laying them out to dry. An unremarkable scene, except she’s outdoors, sitting in the shadow of her ruined house. It tilts at an alarming angle, the window frames are hanging out …
Read More »07-03-2023 KUALA LUMPUR: A cleanup is under way in parts of Malaysia after days of rain-triggered flooding forced thousands from their homes and killed at least four people. Nearly 50,000 people had been affected by the floods as of Monday morning at 8am (00:00 GMT), state news agency Bernama reported. …
Read More »Sorrow gives way to anger in Greece’s train crash
07-03-2023 LARISSA: Relatives of those killed in Greece’s worst-ever train accident stood in silence at the Larissa General Hospital amphitheater, normally used for doctors’ seminars. As they listened to the deputy health minister tell them how they were to give DNA samples that would be used to match the DNA …
Read More »‘Lathmar Holi’ celebrations in India’s twin towns
07-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Hundreds of women in two north Indian towns have celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, by playfully hitting men with wooden sticks in response to their “teasing” as part of a ritual. After two years of subdued revelry due to COVID-19, the Holi celebrations …
Read More »Taiwan warns China’s military may make ‘sudden entry’
07-03-2023 TAIPEI CITY: Taiwan must be on alert this year for a “sudden entry” by the Chinese military into areas close to its territory as tensions rise across the Taiwan Strait, its defence minister warned. China has stepped up its military activities around Taiwan in recent years, including almost daily …
Read More »Dozens soldiers martyred, hurt in Pakistan suicide attack
06-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report QUETTA/ KARACHI: A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle has rammed into a police truck in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, martyring at least nine soldiers and wounding another 13. Agha Samiullah, the deputy commissioner of Balochistan’s Kachhi district, told media the attack took …
Read More »Poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran an ‘unforgivable’: Khamenei
06-03-2023 TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called for the perpetrators of schoolgirl poisonings to be punished as attacks spread across the country. Speaking on the sidelines of an annual tree-planting ceremony on Monday, Khamenei said the poisonings are a “major and an unforgiveable crime” and the perpetrators …
Read More »Pakistan suspends ARY News channel
06-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s media regulator has banned television channels from broadcasting speeches and news conferences by Imran Khan, accusing the former prime minister of attacking the state’s institutions and promoting hatred. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) imposed the ban late on Sunday …
Read More »Afghan universities reopen but women still barred
06-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break but women remain barred by Taliban authorities. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August …
Read More »Pakistan police attempt to arrest ex-PM Imran Khan
06-03-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: Officers have arrived at the residence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a bid to arrest him in a case related to the purchase and sale of gifts. In a series of tweets on Sunday, the police said Khan was …
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