BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanese model Zeina Kanjou was allegedly strangled to death by her husband at their residence, in the neighborhood of Ain AI Mraiseh, Beirut on Feb 2. After filing a complaint for about six months of domestic abuse by her husband, the model was found dead. Zeina Kanjou’s body was discovered by her family. The family members did not hear from Zeina for a while which made them sense something suspicious. Six months ago, Zeina had filed a complaint of domestic abuse and sought divorce. Her family members were cautious since then. An arrest warrant was issued against her…
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian lifeguards saved a bottlenose dolphin in distress near the shores of Maresias beach in the municipality of Sao Sebastiao in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. A video of the rescue operation that took place on January 31 was shared by the Fire Department of the city. In the video shared by the fire department, three lifeguards are seen gently leading the dolphin towards the beach before strapping it on a hoist and placing it into a van. The lifeguards spotted the dolphin in distress swimming too close to the beach and rushed in to…
MOSCOW OBLAST, Russia – A Russian tank division marked the 78th anniversary of its formation by holding war-game exercises in the snow. The Russian Armed Forces had their Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District taking part in the field training in the western Russian region of Moscow Oblast over the weekend. The tank division participated in the exercises with a tank, a motorized infantry, reconnaissance teams, and engineering units to celebrate the milestone. Servicemen overcame obstacles on ‘Scout’s Trail’, which included over 15 obstructions consisting of concrete, wooden, metal, and stone barriers, at the training base. The exercise…
RHINELAND, Germany — A tiger in a German zoo attacked and killed a tigress on Jan. 29 after they were introduced to his cage in a hope that they would have cubs. Neuwied Zoo in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany had earlier announced that their male tiger named Ivo would finally get a companion named Kimberly from Magdeburg Zoo also in Germany. She already had a cub with another tiger in Magdeburg Zoo, and it was hoped that she and Ivo would reproduce and get cubs as well. Ivo on the other hand has been lonely for quite some time.…
SHIZUOKA, Japan — A new deep-sea predator fish have been discovered at the bottom of Suruga Bay, Japan’s prefecture of Shizuoka, Japan. The discovery was led by a research team from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. Over a meter long, the fish was found to be living around one kilometer (0.6 mile) in the deep ends of the basin. Captured on video during a fishing expedition by the research team in 2016, the report of the new findings regarding the fish has been published in the British Scientific journal ‘Scientific Reports’ on Jan 25. The report suggests…
KERCH, Crimea – Russia reports frequent drunken-driving accidents. Every year approximately 30,000 Russians die in road accidents. About the same number of road accidents take place in the entire European Union member countries, which have tripled the number of people and six times the number of cars as compared to Russia. In general, 323.5 thousand crimes were committed by persons under the influence of alcohol in 2019 in Russia. However, there has been a decrease in the number road accidents since 2016. One of such instances of drunken driving made headlines when a police officer risked his life while catching…
NEW DELHI — Memes are having a heyday ever since online retailer Myntra changed its logo after social activist Naaz Patel filed a police complaint alleging that the original design was “offensive” to women. “I have shopped from Myntra innumerable times, but something like this could have never crossed my mind,” said Sanya Kansal, a 31-year-old legal professional from New Delhi. “While every brand should be conscious of how the stakeholders perceive various aspects of the brand profile, they don’t need to succumb to the bullying.” Soon after Myntra tweaked its logo to resolve the complaint issue, a flood of…
Mahgul Shinwari is as a daily wage laborer in Torkham, one of the major trade borders between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The 35-year-old Afghan national, originally from Akeel-Khel village of Jalalabad, lives in a small cave in the Bacha Mena area of Khyber district. The cave, with barely enough room for two beds, is on a cliff about 300 feet high, accessible by a rugged, narrow path. This community area of cave dwellers is about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the Torkham terminal, a busy gateway between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The conditions are harsh, and most of the families live in…
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — It was at 9 am on Dec. 21 last year when Badshah Gul, a resident of a small village in South Waziristan, a former tribal area in Pakistan, heard shots outside his house. Gul thought somebody had been killed. But then he heard a man shouting, “I am going to marry the girl living in this house and I will kill anyone else who tries to do so.” The man who made this open declaration was Omar Khan, who wanted to marry Gul’s 15-year-old daughter. “The girl is already engaged, but Khan has a personal dispute with…
KARACHI, Pakistan – Waking up to the pleasant sound of a koel and thousands of birds chirping in the gardens and trees that surround the neighborhoods has become a fading memory for residents of Karachi. A couple of decades ago, hundreds of sparrows would appear with the first ray of the sun and hop on the branches to collect food. Hummingbirds and mynahs would announce the morning sun in unison on the top branches of the neem and mango trees. Slowly the bulbul, which was at one time often mentioned by subcontinent poets with utmost fondness, disappeared from city green…