Sara Sharif (centre), her father Urfan Sharif (left), and her step-mother Beinash Batool (right). — AFP/Reuters Father Urfan Sharif bound to serve a minimum of 40-year jail. Batool also given life sentence with minimum 33-year term. Sara’s uncle Faisal Malik received jail sentence of 16 years. Sara Sharif’s Pakistani father and stepmother have been jailed…
A senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter, Russia’s investigative committee said. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence, was killed on Tuesday outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt. “Igor…
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Australia has unveiled a new visa program aimed at attracting skilled workers to address workforce shortages in key industries across the country. The Skills in Demand (SID) visa replaces the previous Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa, offering a more streamlined and efficient pathway for professionals seeking to live and work in Australia. The SID visa…
A general view of the damage incurred by the building housing the United States Embassy in Port Vila, Vanuatu after a powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island on December 17, 2024. — AFP The United States closed its embassy in Vanuatu after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Pacific island on Tuesday, causing “considerable damage” to…
17 December 2024, 2:39 am 1 minute The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for the Congolese government told Reuters. Apple strongly disputes the allegations and says it has told its suppliers they…
A Southern California man was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison for operating a “birth tourism” scheme where affluent pregnant Chinese women paid thousands of dollars to travel and give birth in the United States, so the infants could obtain American citizenship, authorities said Monday. A federal judge sentenced Michael Wei Yueh…
US President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Air Force General Charles Q. Brown attend the dignified transfer of the remains of Army Reserve Sergeants William Rivers, Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Moffett, three US service members who were killed…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the biggest test of his political career after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal ministers, announced Monday that she was resigning from the Cabinet. The stunning move raised questions about how much longer the prime minister of nearly 10 years can stay on…
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