International

20-06-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies ATHENS/ ISLAMABAD: New tracking data has cast doubt on the Greek coastguard’s version of a migrant shipwreck, where hundreds, including scores of Pakistanis, are feared to have lost their lives, m reported. The media reported that an analysis of the movement of other ships in …

20-06-2023 JERUSALEM/ JENIN: Palestinian Health Ministry said at least three people have embraced martyrdom while dozens other people were injured in the latest incident of violence by Israeli forces in Jenin, with the international community expressing concerns over the full escalation of the conflict. According to the Israeli military, the …

20-06-2023 KATHMANDU: All Hindi films, including “Adipurush”, were banned in the Nepal capital Kathmandu and the tourist town of Pokhara on Monday following a controversy over its dialogues, including the mention of Sita as “India’s daughter”. Police personnel were deployed across 17 halls in Kathmandu to ensure that no Hindi …

20-06-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban has rejected a United States watchdog’s report saying foreign armed groups and domestic security threats have increased in Afghanistan since the group took over the country in a blitzkrieg in August 2021. “We strongly reject SIGAR’s propaganda,” the Taliban’s chief …

19-06-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: On 16 June 2013, a cloudburst in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides that destroyed several villages and towns. Thousands of people were swept away, and many bodies were never recovered. Ten years after the disaster, Ram Karan …

19-06-2023 BAGHDAD: A 2,800-year-old stone tablet has gone on display in Iraq after being returned by Italy following nearly four decades. The artefact is inscribed with complete cuneiform text – a system of writing on clay in an ancient Babylonian alphabet. Italian authorities handed it over to Iraq’s President Abdul …

19-06-2023 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held “candid” and “constructive” talks with China’s Foreign Minister in Beijing at the start of two days of meetings with Chinese officials, the US State Department has said. Blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping “open channels of communication” US …

19-06-2023 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan authorities have arrested 10 alleged human traffickers after it emerged that many of the dozens of migrants and refugees who drowned off the coast of Greece were from the South Asian nation currently in the midst of an unprecedented economic and political crisis, officials said …

19-06-2023 SANA’A: The first direct flight between Yemen and Saudi Arabia in nearly seven years has taken more than 270 Yemenis from rebel-held Sanaa to Jeddah, signaling easing tensions between the two countries. The flight by Yemenia also known as Yemen Airways took place Saturday evening and carried Yemeni Muslims …

18-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AMRITSAR: Amritsar, a north Indian city of two million people, is famous for many things: delectable cuisine, its historical old town and the spectacular Golden Temple, the most significant shrine of the Sikh religion. Yet, what stands out everywhere, from the temple to the people …