Another individual has come forward as a victim in the case involving a man charged with kidnapping a pregnant woman and confining her in a locked garage for several years. Lee Carter, aged 52, faces additional charges as of Wednesday, accused of kidnapping a woman in July 2021 “with the intent to violate and abuse” her sexually, according to court …

The Buddhist community in Houston is feeling uneasy following yet another temple burglary last week, marking the fourth reported incident since September, with authorities suspecting there may be more cases. Thanh Long Tu Temple, also known as the Culture of Golden Heart Association, decided to file a report last Wednesday for a burglary that occurred on Sept. 29. The temple’s …

TOKYO: DNA analysis has confirmed that a 70-year-old man who confessed on his hospital deathbed last month to being one of Japan’s most-wanted fugitives was indeed the suspect, police said on Tuesday. Satoshi Kirishima, a former member of a Japanese radical leftist group behind deadly bomb attacks in the 1970s, was wanted for nearly 50 years, with his bespectacled, smiling …

Lahore Qalandars’ troubles were further compounded after they received another beating at the hands of Multan Sultans at Qaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing a mammoth target of 215, thanks to a superb 96 off 55 by Usman Khan who played his first game of this year’s Pakistan Super League edition, Lahore got bundled out for 154, primarily because of Multan’s …

LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars, desperate to end a five-match losing run, got the start they needed, only for Usman Khan and then Usama Mir to pile further misery on the two-time defending champions. Playing their last game of the HBL Pakistan Super League on home turf, once again in front of a packed Gaddafi Stadium, skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi sent the crowd wild …

ISLAMABAD: United States Ambassador Donald Blome has emphasised the need for strengthening Pakistan’s capacity to identify and investigate trafficking crimes besides raising awareness of the risks and consequences of human trafficking. Speaking at the ‘Inte­r­n­ational Conference on Co­m­­bating Trafficking and Bonded Labour of Women and Girls in Pakistan’ here on Tuesday, Ambassador Blome remarked, “We are making progress, but there …

One-hundred and forty three percent. This is how much Pakistan’s technology exports have grown over the last five years, climbing from just $1 billion in fiscal year 2018 to almost $2.6 billion in 2023, according to data provided by the State Bank of Pakistan. And while Pakistan’s policymakers have been drawing attention to this growing sector, setting big targets and highlighting the …

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result. Set to take effect from July, the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the world would have banned sales to those born after Jan 1, 2009, cut nicotine content …

JERUSALEM: Hamas on Tuesday said a US airman who died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington would “remain immortal” for his shocking anti-war protest. Footage of the self-immolation was widely shared online, and the group said it was “an expression of the growing state of anger among the American people” over the Israeli aggression in Gaza. The …