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Egypt’s Al-Azhar imam: Taliban’s ban on women’s university studies contradicts Sharia

Kabul: Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayeb called for the Taliban to reconsider their decision to ban Afghan women from accessing university education, saying the decision contradicts Sharia (Islamic law), reported…
US govt declares power emergency in Texas amid Arctic blast

Houston: The US Energy Department has declared a power emergency in the country’s second-largest state Texas amid an Arctic winter blast that was feared to cause a shortage of electricity in the…

Watch: Argentina artist creates mural of Messi in bisht lifting FIFA cup

An Argentina artist named Maximiliano Bagnasco embodied the coronation of his country’s football team in the World Cup in Qatar, especially the moment when Argentina captain Lionel Messi raised the World Cup…
Pakistan mulls military offensive against TTP

Islamabad: Amid an upsurge in terrorist attacks, the country’s civil and military leadership is undertaking a major policy review in order to stem the tide of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), local media…
China’s crematoriums fill up amid rise in COVID-19 cases: Report

Beijing: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at a meteoric pace in China, crematoriums throughout the country are getting packed and people are forced to wait for hours to get their loved…
Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs

Kabul: In the latest crackdown on women’s freedoms in Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO) to stop female employees from coming to work in the…
Rishi Sunak mocked for ‘excruciating’ exchange with homeless man

London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been criticised over an awkward exchange with a homeless person while volunteering at a soup kitchen in front of television cameras, according to a media…

Conservatives have thrown in the towel despite Sunak’s best efforts

London: The mood is “defeatist” in the corridors of political power in London. Ministers in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet confided to the BBC “nobody cares any more” in the ruling Conservative…
Indian-American lawyer named Immigrant Rights Commissioner

New York: Chandigarh-born lawyer Kudrat Dutta Chaudhary has become the first immigrant of Indian-origin to take oath as Commissioner to the Immigrant Rights Commission for the city and county of San Francisco.…
Sikhs in United States Marines can now keep beard, wear turban

New York: In a historic move forward, a federal appeals court has ruled that Sikhs recruits in the US Marine Corps can keep a beard and wear turbans. Judges from the District…
US House passes $1.7 trillion govt funding package

Washington: The US House of Representatives passed a massive package worth $1.7 trillion to fund the federal government. The House passed the omnibus bill late Friday after it cleared the Senate on…
Iraqi, Italian PMs discuss ties, cooperation

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has met with his visiting Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, during which they discussed bilateral ties and cooperation in the fields of agriculture, water, health and…
Beijing COVID-19 wave ‘peaked’ but China months away from tsunami of infections

Hong Kong: With nearly 250 million now infected without 20 days, infections may have already peaked in Beijing and could do so in Shanghai soon but it will take months before the…
China shifts how it counts Covid deaths as crematoriums fill up

Beijing: Facing growing scepticism that it is downplaying Covid deaths, the Chinese government defended the accuracy of its official tally by revealing it had updated its method of counting fatalities caused by…
Hundreds of flights cancelled in US due to snowstorms

San Francisco: Hundreds of flights were cancelled in major airports in the US Pacific Northwest due to icing and snowstorms. By 8 a.m. Friday local time, Seattle, the largest city in the…