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16-08-2022 TAIPEI: Taiwan accused China of exaggeration on Tuesday after the Chinese military published footage of the strategically located Penghu islands, where there is a major Taiwanese air base, saying it was not true Chinese forces had come near the islands. China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, has carried …

16-08-2022 LONDON: In a modern nuclear war, five billion people will perish, but the impact of global starvation induced by sunlight-blocking pollution will likely far outweigh the losses inflicted by the explosions, Bloomberg reported, quoting a study. Rutgers University scientists drew out the impacts of six potential nuclear conflict scenarios. …

16-08-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: To mark their protest, Kashmiri hackers hacked the website of the Indian Embassy in Egypt on the Independence Day of the country. Kashmir Freedom Fighters Hackers reportedly hacked the website as a sign of protest. The hackers placed Pakistan’s flag on the website. On the …

15-08-2022 HOUSTON/ WASHINGTON: Rick LaBrode has worked at NASA for 37 years, but he says the American quest to return to the Moon is by far the crowning moment of his career. LaBrode is the lead flight director for Artemis 1, set to take off later this month, the first …

15-08-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ NEW DELHI: The Afghan foreign ministry has demanded the Indian government complete unfinished developmental projects in Afghanistan, Ariana News reported, as the country desperately seeks to stabilise the socio-economic situation. In a statement issued last Saturday, the foreign ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) …

15-08-2022 CAIRO: Funerals have been held in two Cairo churches for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze on Sunday, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba, …

14-08-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI/ LONDON/ KARACHI: Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is now able to talk, a friend and his agent said, a day after the acclaimed novelist was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in New York. Rushdie, …

14-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the group’s return to power. Since seizing control on August 15 …

14-08-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies COLOMBO/ BEIJING: Sri Lanka says it has granted permission for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island, despite security concerns raised by neighboring India. The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a research and survey vessel by international shipping and analytics sites, but …

14-08-2022 JERUSALEM: A gunman has opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem’s Old City, wounding dozens people, two of them critically, according to medics and the Israeli police. The attack took place in the early hours of Sunday, as the bus carrying Israelis waited in a parking lot near the …