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Rahul mocks Modi ahead of address to nation

20-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ BEIJING: Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to inform the nation the date on which he plans to “throw the Chinese out of Indian territory”. Modi is set to address …

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‘Detained UAE Spy working as journalist in Turkey’

20-10-2020 ISTANBUL: A Jordanian national posing as a journalist received more than $400,000 to provide Emirati intelligence officers with details about Arab dissidents living in Turkey. During an 11-year-long espionage career, Jordanian national Mahmoud Ayesh Al Astal posed as a journalist to obtain information about Turkish domestic and foreign politics …

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Muted microphones for Thursday’s final debate

20-10-2020 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will have their microphones muted for parts of their final debate on Thursday to allow each candidate a block of uninterrupted time to speak and avoid the rancour of the two candidates’ first encounter. The Commission on Presidential Debates, …

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Rallies held to support beheaded French teacher

19-10-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PARIS/ LONDON/ MELBOURNE: Thousands have attended rallies across France in support of Samuel Paty, the teacher beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. People in the Place de la République in Paris carried the slogan “Je suis enseignant” (I …

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