25-05-2022 HOUSTON: As many as 14 schoolchildren and one teacher have been killed in a shooting at a primary school in the US state of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott said, in the latest mass shooting in the United States. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Abbott said an 18-year-old gunman …
Read More »Afghan female journalists defy Taliban pressure
25-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Mahira* has become a familiar face on Afghan television, as viewers tune in every night to watch her present the news. Even during the most turbulent recent events, the 27-year-old journalist remained calm and composed as she reported on the …
Read More »Climate crisis made South Asia heatwaves ’30 times more likely’
25-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The devastating heatwave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a glimpse of the region’s future, says a study by international scientists. The World Weather Attribution group analysed historical weather data that suggested …
Read More »New military operation in Syria ‘soon’: Erdogan
25-05-2022 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara is planning to launch a new military operation in Syria in an effort to link up two areas already under Turkish control, raising fears of renewed fighting on the Turkey-Syria border. Speaking following a cabinet meeting on Monday, Erdogan …
Read More »US ‘active shooter’ incidents jumped by 52% in 2021
25-05-2022 WASHINGTON: There were 61 “active shooter” incidents in the United States in 2021, according to newly released FBI data, a 52 percent (%) increase from the previous year and the highest on record. Last year’s attack spread across 30 states, leaving 103 people dead and 140 wounded, the report …
Read More »Iran will avenge slain Revolutionary Guards colonel: Raisi
24-05-2022 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that Tehran will avenge the death of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle in the capital. “I have agreed for our security forces to seriously follow up on this matter and I …
Read More »Ethiopia arrests 4,000 including journalists, generals & judges
24-05-2022 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian authorities have arrested more than 4,000 people in the northern Amhara region, local state media said on Monday, as part of a wider crackdown against militia fighters, journalists, judges, critics and judges. Gizachew Muluneh, spokesperson for the Amhara regional administration and federal government spokesperson Legesse Tulu …
Read More »‘Targeting Judges’ has become ‘a fashion’: India’s Supreme Court
24-05-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Making allegations against judges has become a fashion in India these days, the Supreme Court said today while expressing concern over increasing cases of targeting of judges. This is most prevalent in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, it said while refusing to interfere with an …
Read More »America would defend Taiwan if attacked by China: Biden
24-05-202 TAIPEI/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said he would use force to defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China, appearing to signal a shift away from Washington’s decades-long policy of so-called strategic ambiguity towards the East Asian democracy. Biden made the remarks on Monday while visiting Japan, …
Read More »Over 100 million people forcibly displaced globally: UN
24-05-2022 GENEVA/ UNITED NATIONS: More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, citing new data about those escaping violence, conflict, persecution and human rights violations. The war in Ukraine has been one of the factors propelling millions of …
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