South Korea’s Justice Ministry imposes a travel ban on President Yoon over martial law

South Korean police, prosecutors, and anti-corruption agencies had requested the ban as they expand their probes into possible rebellion charges over Yoon’s imposition of martial law last week. A justice ministry official told a parliamentary hearing that the ban was issued. South Korean investigators said Monday they are seeking an overseas travel ban on President … Read more

Indian-American family to press charges over racist abuse

New York: An Indian-American family subjected to racial harassment last month plans to press charges against the woman who hurled abuses at them, emphasising the need for accountability and speaking out against hate. The incident took place in November when renowned photographer Pervez Taufiq, 50, was travelling with his wife and three kids from Mexico … Read more

Alarmed over abysmal sex ratio at birth, Bihar to strictly implement law to check female foeticide

Patna: The Bihar government is alarmed over the state’s abysmal “sex ratio at birth” (SRB) which has been flagged in the latest report of the Centre, and decided to strictly implement measures for checking female foeticide, according to a senior minister. The SRB – the number of female births per 1000 male births – has … Read more

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou scores APAC’s first Stage 7 of new INFRAM

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou in Taoyuan City, Taiwan has been recently validated for Stage 7 of the new HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM) and Stage 6 of the Digital Imaging Adoption Model (DIAM). The INFRAM model, updated in March, now assesses an organisation’s infrastructure maturity based on cybersecurity, adoption, sustainability, performance, and outcomes. The … Read more

Israeli strikes hit Gaza and also target suspected weapons sites in Syria

Israeli strikes killed at least six people in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said Monday, while also hitting suspected chemical and long-range weapons sites in Syria to keep them from rebels who seized Damascus. The U.N. Security Council plans to hold emergency closed consultations on Syria later Monday at the request of Russia, … Read more

Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the insurgency that toppled Syria’s Assad?

Beirut: Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaida and depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance. As he entered Damascus behind his victorious fighters Sunday, he even dropped his nom de guerre … Read more

Assad in Moscow, given asylum

Damascus: Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Moscow on Sunday, Russian media reported, hours after a stunning rebel advance took over the capital of Damascus and ended the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule. The Russian agencies, Tass and RIA, cited an unidentified Kremlin source on Assad and his family being given asylum … Read more