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UN Chief urges immediate ceasefire on Rafah visit

25-03-2024 JERUSALEM/ RAFAH: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has made a renewed call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “It is time to silence the guns,” he said, speaking from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the enclave. He also called on Israel to give “total, unfettered” access …

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Harry & Meghan reach out to Kate after cancer news

24-03-2024 LONDON: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reached out to the Prince and Princess of Wales following the announcement of Catherine’s cancer diagnosis. Kensington Palace has not commented but the contact is understood to have been made privately. Earlier Prince Harry and Meghan said they wished “health and …

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UN calls blocked aid for Gaza a moral outrage

24-03-2024 RAFAH CROSSING: A long line of blocked relief trucks on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip where people face starvation is a moral outrage, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to the Rafah crossing on Saturday. It was time for Israel to give an …

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Putin vows to punish those behind concert massacre

24-03-2024 MOSCOW: Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s rampage but …

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Indian court bans madrasas in big state before election

23-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government ahead of national elections. The Friday ruling scraps a 2004 law governing madrasas in …

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Daesh kills over 117 in concert attack near Moscow

23-03-2024 MOSCOW: Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at concertgoers with automatic weapons on Friday, killing at least 117 people and injuring 145 more in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants. In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era …

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