Social media platform X said on Monday that it was “deeply concerned” by an Indian court’s ruling that quashed its challenge to New Delhi’s content removal mechanisms, and would appeal it to defend freedom of expression in the country. Elon Musk-owned X has locked horns with Indian authorities for months over the latter’s new content […]
Typhoon Bualoi brings havoc to Vietnam, killing 13 with 46 injured
Government evacuates more than 28,500 people before typhoon hit. Bualoi damages over 44,000 homes, inundate nearly 6,000 hectares. Rainfall of 500mm (20 inches) forecast in several areas from Sunday. Typhoon Bualoi tore through Vietnam’s coast on Monday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 46, the government said, while accompanying strong winds and rains damaged […]
British Pakistani mountaineer Nadia Azad conquers Manaslu to make history
KARACHI: British Pakistani mountaineer Nadia Azad has successfully summited Mount Manaslu in Nepal, the world’s eighth-highest mountain, becoming only the second Pakistani woman to climb four peaks above 8,000 metres. Azad, who traces her family roots to Karachi and has Baloch heritage on her father’s side, reached the 8,163-metre summit at 5:15am local time on […]
Strings of identity: IIOJK’s fading music endures
SRINAGAR: In a modest workshop filled with the fragrance of seasoned wood, 78-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Zaz continues a craft his family has preserved for eight generations — the making of the Kashmiri santoor. Surrounded by tools that have outlived artisans, he works slowly, each strike and polish echoing centuries of tradition, crafting the musical instrument. […]
United Nations arms embargo, other sanctions reimposed on Iran
United Nations’ sanctions on Iran restored. Iran recalls ambassadors to Britain, France, Germany. Iran’s rial hits record low amid sanctions fears. UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday following a process triggered by key European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a harsh […]
China warns US of unilateralism, offers world multilateralism
NEW YORK: Without naming the United States, Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang has warned Washington of the dangers of imposing civilisational superiority, unilateralism and tariff on the world. In his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Li Qiang said: “A major cause of the current global economic doldrums is the rise in unilateral […]
Pakistani doctor dies in US before life-saving liver transplant
NEW JERSEY: Dr Maryam Shoukat, a 27-year-old Pakistani doctor pursuing her residency in the United States, passed away today just 30 minutes before her scheduled liver transplant. She had been admitted in critical condition with acute liver failure. Dr Maryam had travelled to US with the dream of serving humanity, but her life was cut […]
Hard power rules again
The age of hard power is back with a vengeance. Across continents, from Asia to the Americas, Europe to Africa, norms, laws and even UN resolutions are being brushed aside. What matters is force in terms of military capability, financial muscle and the audacity to use both. The veneer of credibility once lent to global […]
Japan arrests woman for keeping daughter’s body in freezer for 20 years
TOKYO: Japanese police said Thursday they had arrested a 75-year-old woman who allegedly confessed to keeping the body of her daughter in a freezer for two decades. Investigators on Tuesday found the body of an adult woman in a deep freezer at the home of Keiko Mori in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, said a […]
Indians commit highest sexual offences in UK: govt report
LONDON: Indian nationals have emerged as the nationality with the largest percentage increase in convictions for sexual offences in the UK amid a wider surge in foreigners being sentenced for such crimes over the past four years in the country, according to an analysis of official British data by the Centre for Migration Control (CMC). […]