Singapore : An Indian-origin Malaysian man was sentenced in Singapore to 12 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a domestic worker outside a train station after tricking her into thinking that he was a police officer. Sharveen Chetty, 48, pleaded guilty on February 4 to one charge of raping the 35-year-old …
Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the illness. The outbreak has prompted park officials to cancel the park’s popular seal-watching tours for the remainder of the seal breeding season. Researchers with University of California-Santa Cruz …
KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan's military said Thursday it had captured several Pakistani army posts in strikes against its neighbor to retaliate for Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan border areas earlier in the week — the latest escalation of violence between the volatile neighbors. A statement issued by the media office of Afghanistan’s military corps in the east …
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill that would put the country’s Orthodox chief rabbinate in charge of the entire Western Wall in Jerusalem, raising fears among liberal Jews that mixed-gender prayer at the site will soon be outlawed. The bill, if approved, threatens to further strain relations between Israel and the …
Tirana, Albania : Albanian actor Anila Bisha is renowned for playing complex women on the stage and screen, skills honed over a 30-year career, but now she lives in the shadow of her AI avatar and a performance she never gave. Last September, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced with much fanfare he had appointed what …
Geneva : negotiators were due to meet U.S. officials on Thursday in Geneva for talks on post-war reconstruction, including a "prosperity package" of funding to rebuild Ukraine's economy, despite a deadlock in peace negotiations with Russia. The conversations with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner were expected to …
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday conferred with the 'Speaker of the Knesset Medal' in recognition of his exceptional contribution to strengthening strategic relations between India and Israel. The Indian Prime Minister is the first leader to receive this medal, which is the highest honour of the Knesset - the Israeli Parliament. Knesset …
Zurich: Switzerland said on Wednesday it would make a one-off payment of 50,000 Swiss francs ($56,000) to severely injured survivors and bereaved families of the New Year bar fire in the ski resort of Crans-Montana that killed 41 people and injured over 100 more. The so-called solidarity contribution aims to provide swift financial support to …
Tapalpa, Mexico : Feared Mexican cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, or "El Mencho," spent his final hours in a luxury villa tucked inside the exclusive Tapalpa Country Club, a gated enclave of weekend homes in the hills of Mexico's western state of Jalisco. The two-storey residence at No. 39 with stone walls and a red-tiled roof …
New York: American tech entrepreneur Bill Gates has apologised to the staff at the Gates Foundation over his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that he did "nothing illicit," according to a media report. The Microsoft co-founder also admitted that he had two affairs with Russian women and that he made mistakes …
