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06-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A social media post claiming that an Indian actress had died due to cervical cancer and a subsequent video announcing that she was alive has sparked a furious debate on the ethical conundrums surrounding online publicity campaigns. On Friday, Poonam Pandey’s official Instagram …

06-02-2024 RIYADH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Saudi Arabia on his fifth trip to the Middle East since 7 October. His visit comes after the US said it carried out more strikes against Houthi missiles in Yemen on Sunday. The military said it had struck a …

06-02-2024 SANTIAGO: At least 112 people have been killed by forest fires in Chile’s Valparaiso region, local authorities have said. President Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency and said he would make “all necessary resources” available to tackle the situation. It is believed to be Chile’s deadliest forest fire …

06-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DERA ISMAIL KHAN/ ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR: At least 10 officers have been killed in an hours-long assault on a police station in Pakistan. The officers lost their lives after more than 30 militants launched the attack in the early hours of Monday. …

06-02-2024 BEIJING/ CANBERRA: Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, five years after he was arrested and accused of spying. The sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, according to Australian officials. Dr Yang, a scholar and novelist who …

06-02-2024 PARIS/ NEW DELHI: The Indian authorities have been escalating their use of retaliatory measures against foreign correspondents, including denying them access to regions, shortening visas or refusing permits. These arbitrary practices have been highlighted by the case of Vanessa Dougnac, a French journalist who was threatened with expulsion in …

06-02-2024 SANA’A/ WASHINGTON: The US carried out further strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen early on Sunday, the US military said. Centcom said the US struck a land-attack cruise missile and four anti-ship missiles that “were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea”. The additional strikes …

05-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: As per original sources, claims, historical facts, circumstances and challenges, the world’s only un-Islamic country on earth known as Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been facing “state terrorism” since its emergence while the minorities especially “Shia Community” have also …

05-02-2024 SANA’A/ WASHINGTON/ LONDON: The Houthi group in Yemen has again vowed that its attacks aimed at stopping Israel’s war on Gaza will not stop after the United States and the United Kingdom launched dozens of strikes overnight on Saturday. The latest strikes, backed by six other allies, come a …

05-02-2024 SANTIAGO: Firefighters have been wrestling with massive forest fires in central Chile. Officials on Sunday extended curfews in the cities heavily affected by the blazes. They reported that at least 112 people have been killed since the fires began raging two days earlier. The flames are burning with the …