November 22, 2024
International

Taliban expand the number of required religious studies courses offered at Afghan colleges

KABUL: Education officials in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that extra Islamic studies lectures will be required for university students, but they gave few hints as to when secondary schools for girls will reopen. Many traditional Afghan clergy who are part of the radical Islamist Taliban returned to power a year later and are sceptical of […]

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A military vessel from China docks in Sri Lanka

HAMBANTOTA: Despite worries from India and the US about its suspected eavesdropping activities, a Chinese research vessel brimming with antennae and communication equipment moored at Sri Lanka’s Chinese-run port of Hambantota on Tuesday. According to officials, the Yuan Wang 5 reached the deep-sea port after receiving authorization to enter Sri Lankan waters on the condition […]

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When India releases water into Ravi, 20 relief camps are established in Sahiwal amid flood concerns

Following the warnings of medium to high-level floods that were given following the release of 171,797 cusecs of water by India, the district administration of Sahiwal established at least 20 relief camps on the bank of the River Ravi on Tuesday. India released water from the Ujh Barrage on Ravi, and the Pakistan Meteorological Department […]

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In New Mexico, Muslim murders have a father and son involved

The deaths of four Muslim men have shocked the Muslim community in New Mexico’s largest city, and police believe the chief suspect’s son may have been involved.At the time of the August 5 murder of 25-year-old trucking entrepreneur Naeem Hussain, 21-year-old Shaheen Syed was in the same “general area” of Albuquerque as his father. Federal […]

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Japan’s Prime Minister pays a contribution at a war dead shrine, and cabinet members accompany him

TOKYO : On the 77th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a gift to a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead attended by members of his cabinet, acts that are likely to enrage South Korea and China. With the Yasukuni Shrine seen as a symbol of Japan’s past […]

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In an east Jerusalem raid, Israeli police kill a Palestinian

JERUSALEM :Israeli security officers shot dead a Palestinian man they said tried to knife an officer during a home raid in east Jerusalem looking for weapons early Monday.According to authorities, the man, identified as Mohammed al-Shaham, 21, was “neutralised” and died in an Israeli military hospital. Ibrahim al-Shaham, the man’s father, said his son was […]

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Man chastised for wearing jeans and a t-shirt to his wedding

People are not used to seeing someone casually dressed up as a bride or groom because couples all across the world wear formal, and often carefully created, attire to their nuptials. And, despite many netizens advocating the ideas of “to each their own” and people’s independent choices, many of them couldn’t stomach seeing a man […]

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A video of a wedding couple playing rock-paper-scissors quickly went viral

Weddings are all about creating beautiful memories and sharing priceless moments, and a video of a newlywed couple playing rock-paper-scissors during the ceremony has gone viral.The video shows an Indian couple playing a nostalgic game. “It was not just a lovely varmala moment, but also a cute one. Tag your future spouse “Captions were added […]

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In India, a man was detained for hoisting the Pakistan flag at his home

On Saturday, an Indian man was arrested for hanging Pakistan’s flag on his rooftop. Salman Ahmed, 21, raised the flag on his house in Bedupura village, Kushinagar’s Taryan Sujan police station area. According to the police, Ahmed was taken to a local court and sentenced to judicial custody.According to authorities, Ahmed stated that the flag […]

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Iran blames the attack on Rushdie and his supporters

DUBAI: No one has the right to accuse Iran of being responsible for Friday’s attack on Salman Rushdie, which he and his supporters are exclusively responsible for, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Monday. The novelist, who has faced threats for decades after enraging Iranian clerics with his books, is recovering after being stabbed multiple […]

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