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Human Rights report details 19 Churches burned in Jaranwala violence

22 Aug 2023 09:17 AM IST

A total of 19 churches were fully gutted and 89 Christian houses burnt down in recent violence targeting the Christian community in Jaranwala in Faisalabad, according to a fact-finding report of the Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP). The HRFP report stated that in the 16 August Jaranwala mob attack on

Imran’s Toshakhana conviction appeal to be heard by Pak court on today

22 Aug 2023 09:16 AM IST

A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court will take up on Tuesday a petition filed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan against his conviction and sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case. Judge Humayun Dilawar of the Islamabad-based sessions court on August 5 found the 70-year-old chairman of the

Nepal’s probe agency questions 2 ex-PMs in Lalita Niwas land scam

22 Aug 2023 09:15 AM IST

Nepal’s top probe agency has interrogated former prime ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Baburam Bhattarai for the first time for their alleged roles in the high-profile Lalita Niwas land grab scam, the investigative agency said on Monday. The land grab scam took place during the prime ministerships of Nepal and

Killer Lucy Letby faces ‘Life Sentence’ for killing seven babies in United Kingdom

22 Aug 2023 09:14 AM IST

Nurse Lucy Letby was on Monday sentenced to a whole-life term by a UK court for killing seven babies and attempting to murder at least six others while working at a hospital in northern England. Justice James Goss removed any early release provisions from the whole-life sentence, saying the seriousness

Pak court orders release of 20 suspects in 9 May riots case

22 Aug 2023 09:13 AM IST

Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court ordered to release 20 suspects after their names were cleared from the charges issued against them in connection with the May 9 riots case, Dawn reported. After former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested, protests began to erupt across Pakistan on May 9, with the army accused

Zelenskyy praises ‘historic’ F-16 deal in Netherlands, Denmark visits

22 Aug 2023 09:12 AM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the “historic” supply of F-16 aircraft by the Netherlands and Denmark which is expected to help Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Moscow, CNN reported on Sunday. The Netherlands and Denmark will be providing Ukraine with long-anticipated F-16 aircraft after the US approved sending the aircraft to Kyiv

Hurricane Hilary: Flood warning issued for Southern California

21 Aug 2023 12:59 PM IST

On Sunday, tropical storm Hilary made landfall on the Mexican coast, far from densely populated regions, some 150 miles south of Ensenada. It then went into Tijuana, a mudslide-prone city, posing a hazard to makeshift houses on the hillsides near the US border. Later that day, the storm made its

From Menace to Menu: Italy embraces Blue crab infestation

21 Aug 2023 10:57 AM IST

Italians are fighting an invasion of predatory blue crabs with an attitude borne of centuries of culinary making do: If you can’t beat them, eat them. Fishermen, lobbying groups and environmentalists have sounded the alarm about the risks from a summer surge in the population of the fast-reproducing invasive species.

NTSB Attributes New Mexico Hot Air Balloon crash to Pilot error and Drug use

21 Aug 2023 10:56 AM IST

A mistake made by a hot air balloon pilot who had drugs including cocaine in his system caused a crash in 2021 in New Mexico that killed all five people on board, investigators have determined. The National Transportation Safety Board said in its final report released this week that pilot

Opposition clash before Bangladesh elections injures hundreds

21 Aug 2023 10:55 AM IST

Police in northeastern Bangladesh used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who would oversee the next election, which is expected to be held in January, police and activists said Sunday. Around 300 people were injured in the clash on Saturday evening, including some

Unsafe Maui Water persists despite filters, reflecting California Wildfire lessons

21 Aug 2023 10:54 AM IST

The language is stark: People in torched areas of Maui should not try to filter their own drinking water because there is no “way to make it safe,” Maui County posted on its Instagram account this week. The message reached Anne Rillero and her husband Arnie in Kula, who were

16 passengers killed, 11 injured after bus catches fire near Pindi Bhattian

21 Aug 2023 10:48 AM IST

As many as 16 people were killed and 11 others were injured after a bus caught fire on Faisalabad Motorway near the Pindi Bhattian area of Pakistan’s Punjab early Sunday, Pakistan-based Geo News reported citing police. The bus carrying 35 to 40 passengers was en route from Karachi to Islamabad,