10 Pakistanis give fake documents for Japanese visas
KARACHI: At least 10 Pakistani people submitted bogus documents to the Japanese consulate to obtain visas to Tokyo, sources at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said Tuesday. The FIA, consequent to a written request from the police attaché and security chief of the Japanese consulate in Pakistan’s southern port city, launched an investigation into the […]
Powerhouse U.S. Cities Home to Worst Wage Inequality
Wage inequality has soared in many of the United States’ biggest cities over the past 35 years as companies cluster in urban centers, driving big paychecks for in-demand workers, according to a report by the New York Federal Reserve here At the same time, a broad swath of Americans in the very same cities is […]
Albanian teens develop app for victims of domestic violence
TIRANA: Three Albanian 16-year-old girls have developed an app to help victims of domestic violence access support, hoping to tackle a huge problem in Albania, where one in two women suffered abuse last year, according to a survey. They will launch their app, known as GjejZâ, (Find your Voice), on Friday, after winning an international […]
U.S. Blacklists 28 Chinese Entities Over Abuses in Xinjiang
WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department announced Monday it is blacklisting 28 Chinese entities that it says are implicated in rights violations and abuses targeting Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the move, which bars the named entities from purchasing US products, saying the United States […]
Female police constable murdered by Russian inmates in Gaddani Prison
KARACHI: A foreign female prisoner is said to have killed a female warden using a stick at Balochistan’s Gaddani Jail, officials said on Tuesday. According to Additional Inspector General Prisons, Hamidullah, 23-year-old Zoya was asleep when she was set upon. He said the jail warden was murdered by a foreign woman who was arrested under […]
Trump Suspends Entry of Immigrants Who Cannot Pay for Healthcare
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation suspending entry of immigrants who will not be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the United States or do not have the means to pay for their healthcare costs themselves. The proclamation, issued by the White House, said it would not affect […]
US diplomat’s wife ‘claims immunity and leaves UK after fatal road accident’
LONDON: Britain has urged the United States to “reconsider” allowing the wife of an American diplomat to leave the country after she became a police suspect in a fatal road crash. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he had raised the case directly with the US ambassador to London Woody Johnson, after American officials reportedly […]
India: FIR against 50 celebrities who wrote letter to Prime Minister Modi on mob lynching
An FIR was lodged in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district against celebrities including Bollywood actress Konkana Sen, director Maniratnam, Aparna Sen, Shayam Benegal, Ramchandra Guha and 45 others, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching, police said on Friday. According to district police officials, […]
US Senator keen to see Kashmir ‘first hand’, denied nod
Despite being refused permission to visit Kashmir, Van Hollen he came to India and met officials and key members of civil society in Delhi on Thursday and Friday. Known for his views on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, a key US Senator from the Democratic Party wanted to visit Kashmir to see the situation […]
Gandhi’s ashes stolen and photo defaced on 150th birthday
NEW DELHI: The remains of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi were stolen from a memorial in India on his 150th birthday, the British Broadcasting Corporation, citing local police, reported on Thursday. The ashes were taken from the Bapu Bhawan memorial in central India, where they had been kept since 1948 – the year of Gandhi was assassinated by […]
