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Princess Ingrid Alexandra is the daughter of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon
Norwegian princess moves to Australia for university
SYDNEY — Norway's Princess Ingrid Alexandra is moving to Australia for her university studies, enrolling in a degree program at the University of Sydney.Alexandra, who is second in line to Norway's throne, will join her classmates from August and will study "international relations and political economy," Norway's royal household said.The 21-year-old will study full-time and live in a student residence on campus, a university spokesperson said.Norway's King Harald is Alexandra's grandfather and her father is Crown Prince Haakon."Her Royal Highness looks forward to dedicating herself to her studies in the years to come," Norway's royal household said in a statement.The princess's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, spent a year during her...
May 28, 2025

Norwegian princess moves to Australia for university

This satellite image shows North Korea’s newly launched destroyer lying on its side at Chongjin on May 25, 2025
North Korea arrests four over failed warship launch 
SEOUL — North Korea has arrested four people it claims bear responsibility for a launch accident last week that left leader Kim Jong Un’s newest warship lying on its side and partially submerged in a shipyard, state-run media has reported.The four people detained included Ri Hyong Son, vice department director of the Munitions Industry Department of the Party Central Committee, “who was greatly responsible for the occurrence of the serious accident,” a report from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday said.On Sunday, KCNA said three others had been detained: Kang Jong Chol, chief engineer of the Chongjin Shipyard where the accident occurred, Han Kyong Hak, head of the hull construction workshop, and Kim Yong Hak, deputy manager for administrative affairs.Kim last week...
May 26, 2025

North Korea arrests four over failed warship launch 

Mohammad Iqbal died on 7 May in cross-border shelling in Indian-administered Kashmir
Branded a terrorist: Media adds agony to Kashmiri family's grief
MUMBAI — Farooq Ahmed still bristles with anger when he talks about his brother's death.Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Poonch city in Indian-administered Kashmir, died in cross-border shelling on 7 May, the morning after India launched a series of air strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in retaliation to a militant attack in the town of Pahalgam that killed 26 people. Pakistan has denied having any role in the attack.Ahmed says that Iqbal died where he had worked for more than two decades — Zia-ul-Uloom, a madrassa, or a religious centre focused on Islamic teachings, in Poonch.But his death, it turned out, was just the beginning of the family's troubles.As the news spread, several media channels falsely accused Iqbal of being a terrorist, following which the...
May 26, 2025

Branded a terrorist: Media adds agony to Kashmiri family's grief

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called the accident a 'criminal act'
New satellite photos show damaged North Korean warship
SEOUL — Satellite images have for the first time shown the extent of a shipyard accident in North Korea that damaged a new warship in the presence of the secretive state's leader, Kim Jong Un.The image shows the warship lying on its side, covered by large blue tarpaulins. A portion of the vessel appears to be on land.An official investigation into the accident - which Kim described as a "criminal act" - has begun, state media reported on Friday.None of the reports mentioned any casualties or injuries as a result of Thursday's incident in the eastern port city of Chongjin.KCNA, North Korea's official news agency, downplayed the damage in a report on Friday, saying it was "not serious" and that, contrary to initial reports, there were no holes on the...
May 23, 2025

New satellite photos show damaged North Korean warship

An aircraft operated by IndiGo, a unit of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, on Monday, July 25, 2022
Indian plane makes safe landing despite significant damage during hailstorm
DELHI — An Indian passenger jet that encountered a hailstorm mid-flight and left passengers terrified, made a safe landing, despite significant damage to the plane.The IndiGo plane was traveling from Indian capital New Delhi to Srinagar, the largest city in India-administered Kashmir on Wednesday – a flight that typically takes about an hour and a half – when it was met with “a sudden hailstorm en route,” according to a statement from IndiGo.“The flight and cabin crew followed established protocol, and the aircraft landed safely in Srinagar,” it said.The statement did not specify what damage the plane encountered but photographs of the aircraft show a large hole in the nose.Delhi experienced widespread rain, lightning, and thunderstorms Wednesday night.Video taken by a...
May 22, 2025

Indian plane makes safe landing despite significant damage during hailstorm

Delhi experienced a severe hailstorm on Wednesday evening
Heavy rain disrupts life in several Indian cities
DELHI — Four people have reportedly died, with more than a dozen injured in the capital Delhi and nearby areas according to local media, after a severe hailstorm hit the city on Wednesday.The powerful storm uprooted trees, triggered power outages and led to massive traffic snarls due to waterlogging on the streets.Similar scenes were reported from India's financial capital Mumbai where pre-monsoon showers led to flooding in parts of the city.India's weather agency has warned that "heavy to very heavy rainfall" is likely over India's western coast during next 6-7 days with rains and thunderstorms expected in almost a dozen states over the coming days, particularly in the southern part of the country.On Wednesday, nearly 50 flights at Delhi airport - one of the...
May 22, 2025

Heavy rain disrupts life in several Indian cities

The failed launch severely damaged the dignity and pride of our nation in an instant, Kim says
North Korea's Kim slams 'serious accident' at warship launch
SEOUL — North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has condemned a "serious accident" during the launch of a new warship on Thursday, calling it a "criminal act" that could not be tolerated.Parts of the 5,000-ton destroyer's bottom were crushed, tipping the vessel off balance, state media reported.Kim, who was present at the launch, has ordered the ship be restored before a key party meeting in June, and for those involved in designing the ship to be held responsible for the incident which he said "severely damaged the dignity and pride of our nation in an instant."State media reports did not mention any casualties or injuries as a result of the incident.Kim attributed Thursday's accident, which took place at a shipyard in the eastern port city of...
May 22, 2025

North Korea's Kim slams 'serious accident' at warship launch

File photo of a member of Pakistan's security forces
School bus attack kills at least five in Pakistan
SINGAPORE — A bomb attack on a school bus in Pakistan's Balochistan region has killed at least five people and injured dozens.The bus was carrying around 40 school children when it exploded at about 07:40 local time (02:40 GMT) just outside the remote town of Khuzdar, police told the BBC.Three of the five people killed are children, police said. Pictures circulating on social media show the charred wreckage of a large bus, with backpacks scattered around it.No group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far, but Balochistan, a turbulent province in the country's southwest, has long been plagued by a long-standing insurgency and human rights violations.Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the incident as "sheer barbarism", calling the...
May 21, 2025

School bus attack kills at least five in Pakistan

Ali Khan Mahmudabad has been accused of endangering the unity of India
Bail for Indian professor arrested for comments on India-Pakistan conflict
NEW DELHI — India's top court has granted interim bail to an Indian professor who was arrested over his remarks about the recent military hostilities between India and Pakistan.Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an associate professor at Ashoka University, was arrested from his home in Delhi on Sunday.He has been accused of endangering national sovereignty and promoting enmity between groups, based on a complaint filed by a youth member of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He denies the allegations.On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ordered Mahmudabad's release but refused to put a hold on the investigation against him."Having regard to the two online posts that have led to the FIR [complaint], we are satisfied that no case of staying the investigation is made out," the court...
May 21, 2025

Bail for Indian professor arrested for comments on India-Pakistan conflict

Mushtaq's Heart Lamp poignantly captures the hardships of Muslim women living in southern India
India's Banu Mushtaq scripts history with International Booker win
NEW DELHI — Indian writer-lawyer-activist Banu Mushtaq has scripted history by winning the International Booker prize for the short story anthology, Heart Lamp.It is the first book written in the Kannada language, which is spoken in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, to win the prestigious prize.The stories in Heart Lamp were translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi.Featuring 12 short stories written by Mushtaq over three decades from 1990 to 2023, Heart Lamp poignantly captures the hardships of Muslim women living in southern India.In her acceptance speech, Mushtaq thanked readers for letting her words wander into their hearts."This book was born from the belief that no story is ever small; that in the tapestry of human experience, every thread holds the weight of the...
May 21, 2025

India's Banu Mushtaq scripts history with International Booker win

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