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Female doctor, 7 Hazaras killed
A female doctor was killed in a bomb blast claimed by the local affiliate of the Islamic State (IS), in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad in yet another targeted hit, officials said yesterday, just days after three women media workers were gunned down in the area.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Disagreeing with govt not sedition
Expressing a view which is different from a decision taken by the federal government cannot be said to be seditious, India’s Supreme Court has observed.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid cases rising again in Europe
The number of new coronavirus cases has risen in Europe after six weeks of decline, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
US House passes police reform act
A sweeping police reform package that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday, five days before the trial of a white officer charged with murdering African-American George Floyd.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Nearly a fifth of all food wasted in 2019: UN
Seventeen percent of the food available to consumers worldwide in 2019 -- almost one billion tonnes -- was thrown away by households, retailers, institutions and the hospitality industry, far more than previously suspected, the UN said yesterday.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Powerful quake hits near New Zealand; tsunami warning issued
Officials in New Zealand issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas after a shallow, powerful earthquake struck off its northeastern coast on Thursday night. There were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.
4 March 2021, 15:52 PM
New Zealand police charge man after threat against mosques attacked in 2019
New Zealand police said on Thursday they had charged a 27-year-old man after he threatened to attack two mosques that were the scene of mass murder by a white supremacist two years ago.
4 March 2021, 11:05 AM
Thousands demand top judge to quit
India’s top judge was facing calls to resign yesterday after telling an accused rapist to marry his schoolgirl victim to avoid jail.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia slams West’s sanctions over Navalny poisoning
Moscow yesterday hit back at Western countries for sanctioning senior Russian officials over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, warning its foes “not to play with fire”.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
One killed in rocket attack on Iraq base hosting US troops
A rocket attack on an Iraqi base hosting US-led coalition troops yesterday claimed a contractor’s life, security sources said, just days after US airstrikes hit pro-Iranian militias in Syria.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden suffers defeat in Senate
US President Joe Biden suffered his first cabinet defeat Tuesday as he pulled an ill-fated nomination, the clearest signal yet that immensely powerful moderates in the deadlocked Senate can imperil his administration’s ambitious agenda.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Dead’ man in India comes alive moments before autopsy
An Indian man severely injured in a motorcycle crash was found moving on an autopsy table just before doctors prepared to open him up, a health official said yesterday.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Here is your chance to visit Moon
It’s the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
France killed top Algerian independence figure
President Emmanuel Macron has admitted for the first time that French soldiers murdered a top Algerian independence figure then covered up his death in the latest acknowledgement by Paris of its colonial-era crimes.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
ICC opens formal probe
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court yesterday said that she had opened a formal probe into alleged crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories, a move strongly opposed by Israel.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
238m doses to be rolled out by May
Pakistan, Nigeria and Indonesia will be among the biggest recipients of free Covid-19 vaccines before June -- more than 10 million doses each -- the Covax scheme has announced.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
ICC prosecutor to open formal probe into war crimes in Palestinian Territories
The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Wednesday her office will open a formal investigation into war crimes in the Palestinian Territories which will examine both sides in the conflict.
3 March 2021, 15:46 PM
Moscow, pledging retaliation, calls US sanctions 'anti-Russian lunge'
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said late on Tuesday that new sanctions imposed by the United States were evidence of a “hostile anti-Russian lunge” and said it would retaliate to what it described as another blow to U.S.-Russia ties.
3 March 2021, 11:28 AM
‘Pawri’ power
A 19-year-old Pakistani student who shot to fame after her five-second video went viral on social media across the subcontinent, hopes numerous renditions of her monologue will translate into more dialogue between rival neighbours India and Pakistan.
2 March 2021, 18:00 PM
RSF sues Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) yesterday said that it had filed a criminal case in a German court against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for “crimes against humanity” in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
2 March 2021, 18:00 PM