Bomb at seminary in northwest Pakistan kills 5 worshippers, wounds dozens ahead of Ramadan

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Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI) party logo. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/juipakofficial/?profile_tab_item_selected=about&_rdr A powerful bomb exploded at a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan on Friday (February 28, 2025), killing at least five worshippers and wounding dozens of others ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, according to local police. The blast occurred in Akora Khattak, a … Read more

Daily Quiz: significant events on February 28

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Daily Quiz: significant events on February 28 In this Feb. 28, 1984 file photo, Michael Jackson is seen backstage at the 26th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles as he poses with the awards he won in eight different categories. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | This American scientist, born on this day in … Read more

Pope reaches two-week mark at hospital with pneumonia, doctors suggest he’s overcome the worst

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Candles for Pope Francis are seen at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, on February 28, 2025 where Pope Francis has been hospitalized | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis reached the two-week mark recovery from pneumonia Friday (February 28, 2025) as doctors suggested he had overcome the most critical phase of the infection while holding … Read more

Pakistan confirms two new poliovirus cases in Sindh, Punjab; total number rises to five this year

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Health workers walk on snow during a polio vaccination drive in Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s Neelum Valley. File | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistani authorities have confirmed two new poliovirus cases, one each in Sindh and Punjab provinces, posing a setback to the country’s efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, according to a media report. The new cases … Read more

Rose Girone, oldest living Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

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Rose Girone was believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor  | Photo Credit: Facebook/@Rose Girone Rose Girone, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors’ stories, has died. She was 113. Her death was confirmed Thursday by the Claims Conference, a New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims … Read more

Bottom-trawling must end in the interest of fishermen of Sri Lanka and India: C.V. Wigneswaran

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Livelihoods of war-affected northern Sri Lankan fishermen have been severely affected by bottom trawling used by their Indian counterparts. | Photo Credit: Meera Srinivasan Ending the destructive bottom-trawling method of fishing would safeguard the livelihoods of ordinary fishermen in Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka, former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council C.V. … Read more

Russian, U.S. diplomats meet in Istanbul for second round of talks

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A vehicle carrying the Russian delagation arrives at the residence of the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 27, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian and U.S. diplomats met in Istanbul on Thursday (February 27, 2025) to discuss normalising the operation of their respective embassies after years expelling each others’ diplomats. Kremlin spokesman … Read more

Bottom-trawling must end in the interest of fishermen of Sri Lanka and India: C.V. Wigneswaran

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Livelihoods of war-affected northern Sri Lankan fishermen have been severely affected by bottom trawling used by their Indian counterparts. | Photo Credit: Meera Srinivasan Ending the destructive bottom-trawling method of fishing would safeguard theFof ordinary fishermen in both Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka, former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council C.V. Wigneswaran … Read more