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China said on Thursday it has returned an Indian citizen who entered “illegally” into Chinese territory at the disputed border between the two countries. The Indian citizen was found in recent days by Chinese border guards during a patrol, said a spokesman for the Western Theater Command, Colonel Long Shaohua in a statement. The individual “illegally entered Chinese territory and …

Indian police have detained six people in a crackdown on illegal immigration after four Indians were found frozen to death near the border between the United States and Canada last week, officials said on Thursday. Hundreds of Indians, mostly from the western states of Punjab and Gujarat, attempt to cross the US-Canada border each year, braving harsh weather conditions in …

BALTIMORE (US): Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope, designed to give the world an unprecedented glimpse of infant galaxies in the early stages of the universe, arrived at its gravitational parking spot in orbit around the sun on Monday, nearly 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. With a final five-minute, course-correcting thrust of its onboard rocket, Webb reached its destination at a …

KFAR ADUMIM: Twenty years after he planned the controversial barrier between Israel and the Palestinians, Dany Tirza is developing a security tool that requires no cement: body cameras with facial recognition technology. Tirza, a former Israeli army colonel, says his company, Yozmot Ltd, aims to produce a body-worn camera enabling police to scan crowds and detect suspects in real time, …

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday warned Moscow of damaging sanctions, including high-tech export curbs, as Russian combat troops massing around Ukraine launched new exercises. Unveiling ways that Western allies intend to inflict “massive consequences” on Russia’s economy in the event of a Ukraine invasion, a senior US official also warned Moscow against using energy exports as a weapon. “We …

LONDON: The Pakistan-based middleman, Muzamil, who allegedly sought to hire 31-year-old Mohammad Gohir Khan to kill dissident blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya had also mentioned future ‘jobs’, a UK jury heard on Tuesday. The prosecution said the first mention of a ‘job’ of this nature was in November or December 2020, but that no details were shared of the target. Then, …

Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty is finally free of the obscenity charges filed against her in 2007 when Hollywood actor Richard Gere kissed her on the hand and cheek at a charity event in India. Fifteen years ago at an AIDS awareness event, Gere was filmed publicly kissing Shetty’s hand and cheek on stage. The move irked many radical Hindu groups, which resulted in …

BANGKOK: A US Navy F35C Lightning II combat jet conducting exercises in the South China Sea crashed while trying to land on the deck of an American aircraft carrier, injuring seven sailors, the military said on Tuesday. The pilot was able to eject before the aircraft slammed into the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Monday and then …

SHABWA: Yemen’s Houthi rebels were expelled from a key battleground district by UAE-trained Giants Brigade fighters, the militia said on Tuesday, a day after the insurgents’ latest missile attack on Abu Dhabi. The Iran-backed Houthis lost Harib district south of Marib, the government’s last northern stronghold which they have been fighting to seize for months. The Giants Brigade said “hundreds …

Lumbering tanks and the deafening roar of fighter planes echoed through New Delhi on Wednesday as military and police battalions marched down a boulevard past Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the country’s Republic Day. This year, however, the parade was held without the customary foreign dignitary guests of honour, as India battles a resurgence of Covid-19 infections. The annual January …