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At least five people, including two police personnel, were killed in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India’s Haryana state, neighbouring capital New Delhi, on Monday, police officials told Reuters. The violence erupted when a Hindu religious procession passed through the Muslim-dominated Nuh region, located around 50 kilometres away from New Delhi. “The procession was meant to move from one temple …

The Danish government said on Sunday it would explore legal means of stopping protests involving the burning of holy texts in certain circumstances, citing security concerns following backlash over such incidents that saw the Holy Quran desecrated in Denmark and Sweden. Noting that such protests played into the hands of extremists, the government wants to “explore” intervening in situations where …

DUBAI: The UAE announced plans on Sunday to establish judicial bodies to prosecute money laundering and financial crime following increased monitoring by a global watchdog dedicated to battling illicit cash flows. The official WAM news agency reported that the United Arab Emirates has approved a “proposal to establish federal prosecution entities specialised in economic crimes and money laundering”. It said the move …

ISLAMABAD: The new British high commissioner-designate to Pakistan, Jane Marriott, arrived in the capital on Sunday to take up her new posting. In her arrival statement, Ms Marriott pledged to ensure the bilateral relationship between the two countries was green and sustainable. She said she would work hard to expand ties between the United Kingdom (UK) and Pakistan. “Our friendship …

BANYUMAS: Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are feared dead, a local rescue official said on Sunday, as search efforts entered a fifth day with little progress. Unlicensed mines — many with disregard for basic safety measures — are common across the mineral-rich Southeast Asian archipelago and accidents are frequent. The workers …

Heavy rains battered northern China on Monday, killing at least two people in Beijing while washing away cars and inundating subway stations, with the capital issuing its highest alerts for flooding and landslides. Storm Doksuri, a former super typhoon, has swept northwards over China since Friday, when it hit southern Fujian province after scything through the Philippines. Emergency personnel recovered …

A MUSLIM woman was assaulted and molested by a group of men in Ujjain city of India’s Madhya Pradesh state, according to local media reports. The woman, a physiotherapist by profession, was on her way home on Friday when the suspects tried to molest her. When she resisted, the men started beating her, according to a local newspaper, The Free Press …

SIDON: At least six people were killed on Sunday in clashes in south Lebanon’s restive Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp, said Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah movement and a source at the camp. The fighting between Fatah and Islamists in the camp, which erupted overnight, killed a Fatah military leader and four of his colleagues, the secularist movement said. A …

NEW DELHI: Former Indian Army chief Gen (retd) M. M. Naravane has said that foreign interference in the Manipur violence cannot be ruled out and is “definitely there,” stressing that alleged Chinese aid to various insurgent groups has been continuing for many years. TheWire quoted Gen Naravane as speaking on Sunday on the dangers of a “two-front war”, heavily advocating for diplomacy …

President Arif Alvi conferred Pakistan’s second-highest civil award, Hilal-i-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan), on Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during an investiture ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadar in Islamabad on Monday. The award was given to the Chinese dignitary to honour his role in the promotion of bilateral ties between Pakistan and China. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif …