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US designating Yemen’s Houthis a “terrorist group”

11-01-2021 WASHINGTON/ SANA’A/ RIYADH: The United States will designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a late-term move that aid groups fear will worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. With just 10 days left before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, the announcement on …

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Power cut plunges Pakistan into darkness

10-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Electricity is gradually being restored in some areas of Pakistan following a huge power cut across the country, with every city reporting outages. Homes nationwide were suddenly plunged into darkness from about midnight. Officials appealed for calm but warned that …

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Pelosi urges US military to keep Trump from nuclear codes

09-01-2021 WASHINGTON: House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she spoke to the United States’ top general about taking precautions to prevent an “unhinged” President Donald Trump from accessing nuclear launch codes in the final days of his term. Pelosi’s statement came just before congressional Democrats began a conference …

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Indonesian passenger jet goes missing

09-01-2021 JAKARTA: A Sriwijaya Air plane reportedly carrying more than 60 people lost contact after taking off from the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday. A statement released by the budget airline said the Boeing 737-500 was on an estimated 90-minute flight from Jakarta to Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan …

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Sit-ins across Pakistan called off

09-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies MACH/ QUETTA/ ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ PEWHAWAR/ KARACHI: In a late night development, much to the relief of citizens across Pakistan that had been waiting to see a speedy redressal of the grievances of the Hazara community, it was announced that the 10 …

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