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14-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KARNATAKA: India’s opposition Congress party has won power in a key state, partial election results showed, defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a year ahead of national polls. It removed Modi’s BJP from office in Karnataka, the only southern …

14-05-2023 ANKARA: Turkey’s all-powerful President Erdogan is in the fight of his life against an opposition that has united against him for Sunday’s elections. His main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu appeared before a throng of supporters on Friday, flanked by allies from across the political spectrum who have come together as …

14-05-2023 BANGKOK: Campaigning has wrapped up for Thailand’s election with the major parties making their final pitch to vast crowds at their final rallies. Some 52 million Thais are eligible to vote in Sunday’s election, with the opposition parties promising to end the military’s political dominance and even reform the …

14-05-2023 NAYPYIDAW/ DHAKA: Thousands of people in Myanmar and Bangladesh are evacuating residents ahead of Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to bring winds as fast as 175km an hour (108 mph) when it makes landfall. The storm is currently in the Bay of Bengal and moving northwards. It is expected …

14-05-2023 TALLAHASSEE: The United States government has confirmed that an unaccompanied minor from Honduras died in its custody earlier this week, amid heightened scrutiny on immigration as the controversial border-expulsion policy Title 42 expires. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a statement on Friday acknowledging the …

14-05-2023 DOHA: A rainbow forming over thatched huts, children frolicking on dusty streets, women being busy with household chores, these are just some of the scenes on display inside a major art space in the heart of Qatar’s capital. Taken by three young Rohingya refugees Omal Khair, Dil Kayas and …

14-05-2023 CAPE TOWN: South African officials have hit back at US accusations that a Russian ship collected weapons from a naval base near Cape Town late last year. The US Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship under US sanctions took …

14-05-2023 JERUSALEM: On the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, it seems apt to think about how the events of 1948 have shaped not only the history of the Palestinian people, but also their present colonial reality. For Palestinians, the Nakba is a “ghostly matter” to use a phrase first …

14-05-2023 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ QUETTA: The murdering, kidnapping, abusing, threatening, pressurizing, injuring, forced missing and slaughtering of Shia Muslims including young girls and women even children in Pakistan by anti-Shia organizations, especially Taliban, al-Qaeda, ISIS, ISIL, LeJ, JeI, JeM, ASWJ, SeS and dozens of other terror groups have …

14-05-2023 WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump’s contentious appearance on CNN has ignited a firestorm of criticism, as he propagated falsehoods and hurled insults. His prime-time appearance has triggered widespread condemnation of the news network. This event serves as a poignant reminder of the persistent dilemma faced by media organizations …