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Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON, mni, will on Thursday , August 27, 2026, bow out of the Nigerian public service after more than three decades of meritorious service marked by
Phua Gim Chuan, a senior project manager at EM Services, is accused of obtaining S$220,000 in bribes linked to contract proposals involving several town councils.
The President made no mention of the country’s future capital city under construction in East Kalimantan in his State of the Nation address last Friday.
Kim Yo Jong drew attention to Seoul's inability to protest even as U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally curtailed the two countries' joint military drills.
Recent strikes raise an uncomfortable question about the US-supervised “joint fusion mechanism” that Israel, Syria, and the United States agreed on and what it accomplished.
Israel’s leaders offer education, aliyah, and advocacy as answers to Diaspora challenges, but true partnership requires giving world Jewry a voice in decisions that affect them.
On Reddit, a netizen shared: "Don’t pat or touch others kids....Father action aside. I never think touching or patting others kids especially random strangers is right. What’s your take on stranger... This article ( Singapore parent asks if strangers should pat or touch children: ‘What’s your take?’ ) first appeared on The Independent…
Eskom paid for diesel and recorded it as ‘received’ in its books – in some instances that process was at best a sleight of hand; at worst, a fraud.
TUNIS, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Activists and opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied took to the streets of Tunis on Thursday, calling for his departure and the restoration of democracy in the latest…
Gaza has experienced a sharp increase in aid deliveries, according to the UN, but getting it to the local population is becoming increasingly difficult because of the many layers of approvals Israel…
Write to us: Share your feedback on the news of the week UAE-India ties I write in reference to Ramola Talwar Badam’s article Indian ambassador calls on young people to continue to work for progress of UAE (August 14): the strong and longstanding India-UAE relationship, built over decades through trade, culture, education and the…
Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that several Vietnamese citizens were detained in Pakistan as authorities there cracked down on a suspected scam call center.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned until Sept 17 the applications filed by rights activists Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, observing that either the court…
TEMERLOH: An angler who was reported missing after falling into Sungai Pahang at Kampung Lebak Seberang while fishing on Aug 19 was found drowned today.
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose slightly this week after hitting a record low, a poll showed Friday. In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday through Thursday on 1,004 people aged 18 and older, 45 percent positively assessed Lee's management of state affairs, up 1 percentage point from a record low of 44 percent…
A 35-year-old Albany woman, Jessica Bowie, was arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill senators in an ISIS-inspired attack. She was caught in an FBI sting operation and faces charges of providing material support to ISIS.
Three women at the centre of the Sydney Swans sexual assault scandal are suffering "severe trauma" but are receiving support, their lawyer says.
The Meghalaya high court took suo motu cognizance of the violence during the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) black-flag bike rally in Shillong hours after the Centre approved deployment of deployment of…
A 16-year-old boy allegedly driving a car with liquor ran over two women pedestrians. One woman died from her injuries while the other sustained serious harm.
A crane from an MMRDA work site fell onto railway equipment early Friday. Ten people sustained injuries in the incident near Qureshi Nagar in Kurla.
Indian authorities removed queue management barriers and unauthorised structures outside the Pakistan high commission in a tit-for-tat action following the removal of certain structures outside the Indian mission in Islamabad, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday
India and Singapore signed agreements on telecommunications and food safety while exploring cooperation in nuclear technology, semiconductors, space and cybersecurity
By: Celestine Avi and Seth Eyiah President John Dramani Mahama has expressed confidence that the long-delayed Saglemi Housing Project will finally be completed and handed over to Ghanaian families, with the first 700 housing units expected to be ready for commissioning by March 2027.
The police reported that the ecstasy distributed at HH Club Planet at night reached 40 thousand tablets per month.
Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung - leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance – were tried under under a 2020 national security law Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly…
Cameroon's President Paul Biya returned home on Thursday after his longest recorded stay abroad since taking power more than four decades ago, ending months of speculation about his health and…
JELI: A man was arrested after he allegedly threatened to kill police personnel with a parang during a raid at a house in Kampung Lubok Bongor here yesterday.
A man and a teenage boy are being praised for their efforts in trying to break into a home to rescue a five-year-old girl who perished in a house fire near Newcastle.
He did not indicate a plea.
Die Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt könnte der AfD erstmals den Weg in eine Landesregierung öffnen. Mit Schulungen, einem Personalpool und Hilfe aus Österreich bereitet sie sich seit langem darauf vor.
Japan executed on Friday a man convicted of an arson attack on a pachinko parlour in 2009 that killed five people, authorities said. It was Japan’s first hanging since Takahiro Shiraishi, the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people, was put to death in June 2025.
BUSAN, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- A former pilot was sentenced to life in prison Friday...
KUCHING: A total of 591 schools in Sarawak were closed today as air quality deteriorated amid transboundary haze, with the API in Serian reaching 242.
BANGKOK — 21 August 2026, Kalayanawat School in Khon Kaen has moved classes online for one day after an alleged threat of violence by a student prompted safety concerns.
The lift was under maintenance and the key to the lift doors was probably left behind by the contractor.
CHIANG MAI — 20 August 2026, A worried cat owner has turned to every possible channel to find a beloved gray cat that went missing in Chiang Mai’s Fa Ham area, offering a reward of up to Bt50,000 for…
Dubai: The UAE is set for a mix of intense heat, humidity and possible rainfall on Friday, with unsettled conditions expected to continue into the early part of next week. The National Centre of Meteorology said conditions on Friday would be fair to partly cloudy, with convective clouds likely to develop over eastern and southern areas by…
Prisons are meant to reform offenders, but for some habitual criminals, they can also provide an environment to make contacts, exchange know-how and forge bonds that continue after release. Investigators in Telangana are finding such links in cases ranging from vehicle thefts to attention-diversion fraud.
• Home dept instructs merchants to upload existing stock and purchase, sale records by 26th • Non-compliance may lead to licence suspension, sealing of businesses and fines LAHORE: The Punjab home…
A 25-year-old airhostess was allegedly raped by a man posing as transgender. The accused entered her flat on the pretext of using black magic for her husband.
Viele ausreisepflichtige Ausländer verlassen Deutschland freiwillig. Abschiebungen sind teuer und scheitern häufig - etwa, weil der Pilot Bedenken hat.
Hamas says it remains committed to Gaza peace roadmap Hamas remains committed to Trump’s 15-point Gaza peace roadmap and expects mediators and the Board of Peace, led by Trump, to advance the plan…
Dubai: For many UAE families, getting ready for a new school year goes beyond buying stationery and uniforms. Parents have been budgeting for fees, arranging transport, checking school requirements…
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The city crime branch registered a case against the operators of an Android application named 'ZEEFLIX' for allegedly broadcasting copyrighted content of JioStar India Private…
MUZAFFARABAD: Twelve people submitted their nomination papers on Thursday for eight reserved seats of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly.
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Chaudhry Latif Akbar and the Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR) on Thursday criticised US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor for describing occupied Kashmir as an “important part of India”, saying the remarks were at variance with the territory’s disputed status and…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has claimed to have penalized over 44,000 vehicles and motorcycles for different traffic violations during the current month.
ASMA Mushtaq ISLAMABAD: Mountaineer Asma Mushtaq died after suffering a medical emergency while descending Spantik, one of Pakistan’s prominent high-altitude peaks in the Karakoram range in…
The men, in their 50s and 60s, had been performing weeding on railroad tracks.
