08-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Rebel fighters declared the Syrian capital of Damascus “liberated” in a televised statement carried on state television on Sunday. “Damascus has been liberated and the tyrant Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown, and oppressed prisoners in regime prisons have been released,” a spokesperson said reading from a statement surrounded …
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08-12-2024 TBILISI: Georgia’s capital Tbilisi has resounded with the crackle of fireworks late into the night for the past week their eruptions becoming a symbol of the large pro-EU protests that have plunged the South Caucasus country into crisis. With riot police using water cannon, tear gas and mass arrests …
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08-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the State Department and “deep state” elements in the US of trying to destabilize India in conjunction with a group of investigative journalists and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi. The accusation comes as a surprise …
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08-12-2024 DOHA/ WASHINGTON: Qatar is engaging with the incoming Trump administration on Gaza after sensing fresh momentum for ceasefire talks following the US election, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday. The war in Gaza has been raging for over 14 months, …
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08-12-2024 ACCRA: Election Day has arrived in Ghana, where a debt crisis and high living costs mean the economy is uppermost in the minds of many voters. The West African nation is guaranteed a new president as Nana Akufo-Addo steps down after reaching the official limit of two terms in …
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08-12-2024 PARIS: A gravely weakened President Emmanuel Macron hopes to win a new lease of political life from Saturday’s ceremonial reopening of Notre Dame. Joined by US President-elect Donald Trump, Prince William and other international figures, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Macron will seek to present the renovated cathedral as …
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08-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Rebel forces in southern Syria have reportedly captured most of the Deraa region – the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. A UK-based war monitor reports that the “local factions” were able to take control of many military sites there following “violent battles” with government …
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08-12-2024 SANTO DOMINGO: Authorities in the Dominican Republican say cocaine discovered in the country’s largest-ever seizure was headed to Europe. Hidden in a banana shipment, officials found 9,500kg of the drug at a port in the capital, Santo Domingo. The cocaine was hidden in 320 bags with an estimated street …
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08-12-2024 SEOUL: South Korean lawmakers on Saturday began meeting to vote on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, as protests grew nationwide calling for his removal. They gathered in the National Assembly hours after Yoon issued a public apology over the …
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لمحموں کی خوشیاں ۔۔۔ – صد یوں کا غم Whether 200 sq. yards of land is protected? That claims of protection of 300 Acres of land attached to the Waqf Institution NAAL E MUBARAK Hyderabad;8 Dec’2024(PMI)Response to a news article which was published in Siasat daily on November 20, 2024 …
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