Sat 13 August 2022: The Kurdish autonomous administration on Friday handed over around 700 people to the Iraqi government, most of whom are relatives of members of terrorist organisation Daesh and detained inside a camp in north-eastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). SOHR stated that more than 620 relatives of the […]
Continue Reading
Sat 13 August 2022: Police said on Saturday that a 24-year-old New Jersey man who stabbed Mumbai-born author Salman Rushdie at a literary event in New York state is facing attempted murder and assault charges. The New York State Police Jamestown, which is investigating the attack on prior to a speaking event at the Chautauqua […]
Continue Reading
Sat 13 August 2022: Russia is readying itself for a prolonged war in Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US-based think tank. The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported that the Kremlin initiated the “industrial mobilisation” of the defence enterprises in early August, banning some employees and the entire […]
Continue Reading
Sat 13 August 2022: An increasing number of Russians are choosing to “buy” Turkish citizenship as a result of the Kremlin’s conflict with Ukraine and Western sanctions on Russia. Despite warnings from the US, Russians can circumvent US and EU sanctions by investing US$ 400,000 in Turkey to acquire a new citizenship and related passport. […]
Continue Reading
Sat 13 August 2022: In response to a severe heatwave and the worst drought in the history of the country, bottled water is flying off the shelves in major shops across the UK. The Daily Mail reports that an Aldi store in London posted signs restricting customers to three to five water bottles each. Later, […]
Continue Reading
Sat 13 August 2022: The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) kicked off on Friday with award-winning Swedish film director Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness. Prior to the premiere of his most recent film, which won him the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival three months ago, Ostlund was honored with the Honorary Heart of […]
Continue Reading
Sat 13 August 2022: Salman Rushdie a controversial author was attacked and stabbed at least twice on stage Friday before a lecture he was scheduled to give at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, State Police said. Rushdie was on a ventilator Friday evening and could not speak, his agent, Andrew Wylie, told the New […]
Continue Reading
Fri 12 August 2022: Author of Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck while speaking on stage at an event in New York state because of the death threats his writing received. The British author of Indian descent was flown by helicopter to the hospital, but his current health status is unknown. The […]
Continue Reading
Fri 12 August 2022: Conservationists said that in separate incidents in Botswana and South Africa, at least 150 highly endangered vultures were poisoned to death. They warned that the mass killings brought the birds closer to extinction, AFP reported. According to vulture conservation organization Vulpro, the most recent cases were more than 50 white-backed vultures […]
Continue Reading
Fri 12 August 2022: As security personnel attempted to arrest a Saudi man wanted in connection with a deadly blast in the kingdom in 2015, he detonated an explosive device in Jeddah on Wednesday, killing himself and injuring four others in the process. The event was reported on Friday by the Saudi news agency SPA, […]
Continue Reading
