ISLAMABAD: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people even in remote villages. At least nine people died.More than 100 people were brought to hospitals in the Swat valley region of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a state of … Read more
ISLAMABD: At least two people were killed and six injured as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Pakistan on Tuesday, local media reported.The epicentre of the earthquake was Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, while its depth was 180 kilometres, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department.According to initial reports, tremors were felt in various cities, including … Read more
KABUL: A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India Tuesday night, with the United States Geological Survey putting the magnitude at 6.5.“People ran out of their houses and were reciting the Koran,” an AFP correspondent in Pakistani city of Rawalpindi said, with similar … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan’s ousted premier Imran Khan on Tuesday secured protective bail from the Lahore High Court in three cases, including two related to terrorism, registered against him over the violence that took place outside the judicial complex in Islamabad last week.A two-judge bench comprising Justice Shehbaz Rizvi and Justice Farooq Haider granted protective bail to … Read more
LONDON: The London police forces, Britain’s largest, is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic and could still be employing rapists and murderers, a scathing independent review said Tuesday.The report, written by government official Louise Casey, was commissioned after the kidnap, rape and murder two years ago of a London woman, Sarah Everard, by serving Metropolitan Police … Read more
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will give a televised interview, his office said Tuesday, after his government fended off two no-confidence votes in parliament over a controversial pensions overhaul that has sparked mass protests.Macron’s government used a constitutional measure to adopt the reform, which pushes back the retirement age to 64 from 62, without a … Read more
PARIS: Dozens of people were arrested across France after sporadic protests broke out hours after President Emmanuel Macron‘s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Monday over a deeply unpopular pension reform.The failure of the vote will be a relief to Macron. Had it succeeded, it would have sunk his government and killed … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nowruz, also known as the Persian New Year, is an important holiday celebrated on the vernal equinox, typically around March 20th or 21st. It is a time of renewal and new beginnings, and is celebrated by people of Iranian and Central Asian descent.Google is celebrating Nowruz today with a doodle artwork that represents … Read more
KYIV: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a surprise visit to Ukraine early Tuesday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping arriving in neighboring Russia for a three-day visit. The dueling summits come as the longtime rivals are on diplomatic offensives.Kishida will meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Ukrainian capital.He will “show respect to the courage … Read more
KYIV: Ukraine’s military intelligence agency reported what appeared to be a brazen attack late Monday on Russian cruise missiles being transported by train in the occupied and illegally annexed Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula.The region’s Russian-appointed governor reported an incident in the area of the same Crimean town, Dzhankoi in the northern part of the peninsula, though … Read more