Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been acquitted of leaking state secrets but will remain in jail because of a conviction in another case. In the run-up to elections in February, the 71-year-old – who was ousted as prime minister in 2022 – was hit with three prison sentences for cases he insists were
China says its lunar probe has successfully taken off from the far side of the moon to begin its journey back to Earth carrying the first samples ever collected from the region. State media says the collecting module of the Chang’e-6 craft lifted off about 07:38 on Tuesday (23:38 GMT Monday) to begin the journey
Ebrahim Raisi stood close to the pinnacle of power in the Islamic Republic and was widely tipped to rise to its very top. A dramatic turn dealt him a different hand. His death in a helicopter crash on Sunday has upended the growing speculation over who will eventually replace the 85-year-old Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali
The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is using an AI-based surveillance system to prevent elephant deaths on its railway tracks. Elephant deaths on and near the state’s railway tracks are rising, with 36 fatalities recorded from train collisions in the past decade, according to official data. Eleven of these fatalities occurred on two railway
A court in Greece has abandoned the trial of nine Egyptian men accused of causing the biggest migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. The judges in the southern port city of Kalamata ruled they did not have jurisdiction to hear the case on the grounds the vessel sank in international waters. It
A group of tourists wheel their bulky luggage and wind their way through the crowds in search of the perfect shot. They huddle on a pavement opposite a convenience store – but this is no ordinary store. Rising behind it is Japan’s highest summit, the majestic Mount Fuji. The snowy 3,776m-peak forms a stunning backdrop
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (BO correspondent) In a recent development in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Edil Baisalov, made a visit to the International University of Kyrgyzstan’s Faculty of Medicine dormitory. This visit comes in the wake of an attack on the dormitory by looters and hooligans on the night of May 18th.
LONDON: London’s Premier Cinemas Romford is set to host the 6th ECG Film Festival from May 24-28. This year marks another exciting collaboration with the esteemed Romford Film Festival, celebrating their 6th year of partnership and promising a vibrant and diverse lineup of films. An initiative of the Eurasian Creative Guild, the festival acts as
By Dr.Dost Barech Tim Marshall in his book Prisoners of Geography argues that “there is no Pakistan without Balochistan”. Likewise, the former chief of the army staff of Pakistan Qamar Javed Bajwa maintains that “Pakistan is incomplete without Balochistan”. The significance of Balochistan will further augment in the 21st century on account of its proximity
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 10 2024 (IPS) – The award-winning Hollywood movie Oppenheimer portrays the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped create the atomic bomb, which claimed the lives of an estimated 140,000 to 226,000 people and devastated the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The tragedy was best described as
