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E-Paper | January 13, 2025

6.8 magnitude quake strikes Japan, prompts tsunami alert

6.8 magnitude quake strikes Japan, prompts tsunami alert

Two small tsunamis detected at two ports in the region.

Published 13 Jan, 2025 09:11pm

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FO condemns ‘increasingly racist, Islamophobic’ discourse on Pakistanis in UK

FO condemns ‘increasingly racist, Islamophobic’ discourse on Pakistanis in UK

"To demonise such a large and diverse community based on the actions of a few individuals needs to be condemned," says FO spox Shafqat Ali Khan.

Published 13 Jan, 2025 06:54pm

Bangladesh files graft cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina’s family

Bangladesh files graft cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina’s family

Sheikh Hasina's son named in nuclear power plant graft case.

Published 13 Jan, 2025 05:22pm

India opens giant Hindu festival for 400m pilgrims

India opens giant Hindu festival for 400m pilgrims

Massive congregation also an occasion for Hindu nationalist govt to burnish credentials; PM Modi calls it “divine occasion”.

Published 13 Jan, 2025 02:07pm

Russia says new US energy sanctions will destabilise global markets

Russia says new US energy sanctions will destabilise global markets

Expects to be able to counteract US efforts to undermine positions of Russian companies.

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:05pm

Have tensions with Pakistan pushed Kabul closer to India?

Have tensions with Pakistan pushed Kabul closer to India?

Editorial: Dark days of freewheeling internet return as social media scrambles to get on Trump’s good side

Editorial: Dark days of freewheeling internet return as social media scrambles to get on Trump’s good side

The Durand Line and Afghanistan

The Durand Line and Afghanistan

Highlights

Celebrities flee, Hollywood events postponed as wildfires rage in Los Angeles

Celebrities flee, Hollywood events postponed as wildfires rage in Los Angeles

Award-winning migrant actor Abou Sangare allowed to stay in France

Award-winning migrant actor Abou Sangare allowed to stay in France

Taking 460 bars of Dubai’s pistachio chocolate to Germany is a bad idea

Taking 460 bars of Dubai’s pistachio chocolate to Germany is a bad idea

A time of chaos

A time of chaos

Are Zendaya and Tom Holland really engaged?

Are Zendaya and Tom Holland really engaged?

Netflix and WWE aim to fuel wrestling fervor worldwide

Netflix and WWE aim to fuel wrestling fervor worldwide

India army chief says won’t reduce troops along China border in winter

India army chief says won’t reduce troops along China border in winter

Indian troops kill five Maoists; bomb wounds two policemen.

Updated 13 Jan, 2025 04:05pm

Final draft of Gaza truce deal presented to sides after ‘breakthrough’

Final draft of Gaza truce deal presented to sides after ‘breakthrough’

Israel denies receiving "final draft" of prisoner swap deal with Hamas, according to media reports.

Updated 13 Jan, 2025 09:46pm

MMA champion Khabib Nurmagomedov removed from Frontier Airlines flight

MMA champion Khabib Nurmagomedov removed from Frontier Airlines flight

MMA fraternity, social media users outraged after athlete was asked to change emergency exit seat or disembark.

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:59pm

‘Look who is talking’: BDS co-founder dismisses Netanyahu’s anti-semitic allegations against movement

‘Look who is talking’: BDS co-founder dismisses Netanyahu’s anti-semitic allegations against movement

From grassroots to grass tops, Omar Barghouti highlights aims, success of movement for Palestinian liberation.

Published 13 Jan, 2025 03:37pm

US lawmaker looks to scrap Pakistan’s ‘non-Nato ally’ status

US lawmaker looks to scrap Pakistan’s ‘non-Nato ally’ status

Bill among four put forward by far-right Republican; analysts say practical impact of move will be limited.

Updated 13 Jan, 2025 07:48am

South Asia

Bangladesh files graft cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina’s family

Bangladesh files graft cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina’s family

India opens giant Hindu festival for 400m pilgrims

India opens giant Hindu festival for 400m pilgrims

India army chief says won’t reduce troops along China border in winter

India army chief says won’t reduce troops along China border in winter

Malala says Taliban do not see women as human beings, created a system of ‘gender apartheid’

Malala says Taliban do not see women as human beings, created a system of ‘gender apartheid’

Middle East

Syria intelligence says thwarted ISIS attempt to bomb Shia shrine

Syria intelligence says thwarted ISIS attempt to bomb Shia shrine

Israel bombs power plant, ports in Yemen

Israel bombs power plant, ports in Yemen

Study says Gaza toll could be 40pc higher, estimates over 64,000 deaths

Study says Gaza toll could be 40pc higher, estimates over 64,000 deaths

Monitor reports blasts at arms depots near Damascus

Monitor reports blasts at arms depots near Damascus

Newspaper

Traditional Japanese wrapping cloth Furoshiki gets a Hungarian twist

Should the rise of Trumpism be seen as the exhaustion of US empire?

Bangladesh’s strategic crossroads in 2025 and beyond

Iran military expands drills to two nuclear sites

68 injured in French tram crash

Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India

Iranian national arrested in Italy returns home

Gaza doctor treats war victims after losing leg

Trump prosecutor Jack Smith resigns

Neighbourhoods under threat as LA fire rages on

Iran conducts air defence exercises

Russia sets sights on Libya to replace Syria as Africa launchpad

Syrian leader, Lebanese PM discuss moves to fortify border

Trump’s Ukraine envoy attends Iran opposition event

Denmark sent Trump team private messages on Greenland

TikTok warns of broader consequences if US top court allows ban

Ukraine claims capturing two North Korean soldiers

Biden describes Meta decision to do away with fact-checking as shameful

Four Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza

Thai man admits to killing former Cambodian MP

Stradivarius violin heads to auction with a record $18 million estimate

Meta’s policy reversal puts question mark on future of fact-checking

Kazakhstan fines oil giants over $6m for pollution

Stampede kills four, injures 16 in landmark Damascus mosque