Confirmed cases of monkeypox in Canada rise to five
TORONTO: Canadian health authorities on Friday confirmed three more cases of monkey -pox, bringing the total cases in the country to five, while reassuring the public that the viral disease doesn’t pose a serious threat as yet. Nearly two dozen other samples are being tested at a laboratory in the province of Manitoba, they said. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said there was “low” cause for concern over the spread of disease in Canada.
Former Pak min allegedly ‘beaten’, arrested by police TORONTO: Former Pakistani human rights minister Shireen Mazari was “beaten” and taken away by the police, her daughter said on Saturday. A former cabinet colleague of Imran Khan, Mazari has been critical of the
Army after the former premier was removed from office. She was held in relation to a land dispute on which a police case was filed in March this year. A video of her arrest showed female police officers were seen dragging her out of a car while Shireen could be heard protesting.
Palestinian teen shot in Israeli raid in occupied WB JERUSALEM: Israeli troops shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian militant as fighting erupted when soldiers entered a volatile town in the occupied West Bank early on Saturday. The shooting, which Israel said came during a gunbattle with local militants, came at a time of intensified Israeli military activity in the northern West Bank town of Jenin in recent months. The ministry identified the dead teen as Amjad al-fayyed.it said another Palestinian — an 18-year-old — was in critical condition after being wounded by Israeli gunfire.