05-10-2025 GAZA STRIP/ CAIRO: Hamas says that it accepts several parts of US President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza, but that some elements of the proposal require further negotiations. The armed group handed over its response to Trump’s 20-point plan to halt …
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04-10-2025 TEL AVIV: The Israeli military intercepted the last boat in an aid flotilla attempting to reach blockaded Gaza on Friday, a day after stopping most of the vessels and detaining some 450 activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. The organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla said the Marinette was …
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04-10-2025 JAKARTA: Indonesia’s shrimp industry suffered a 30-35% drop in processing absorption after a radioactive contamination was detected in a batch of shrimp shipped to the US in August, the country’s shrimp farmers’ association said on Friday. The shrimp was processed at an industrial estate near Jakarta that was later …
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04-10-2025 CANTERBURY: The Church of England named Sarah Mullally on Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to hold the 1,400-year-old office, prompting criticism from conservative Anglicans mainly based in Africa who oppose women bishops. Mullally will also become the ceremonial head of 85 million Anglicans worldwide …
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04-10-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India downed five Pakistani fighter jets of the F-16 and JF-17 class during the intense fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbors in May, Indian Air Force Chief Amar Preet Singh said on Friday. Although Singh had previously said that five Pakistani fighter jets and another military …
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04-10-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: The United States’ 20-point plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza is not the same as the draft proposed by a group of Arab and Muslim countries, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said. “I made it clear that the 20 points that President (Donald) Trump …
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04-10-2025 RABAT: Moroccan authorities have arrested more than 400 people during violent protests demanding reforms in the public health and education sectors, the Ministry of Interior says. A fifth night of youth protests was under way on Wednesday in cities across the North African country, but authorities said the fourth …
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04-10-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel’s relentless destruction of Gaza and targeting of the Palestinian civilian population show no sign of abating, with at least 65 people killed in attacks since dawn, as Hamas’s acceptance of a United States ceasefire plan to end the genocidal two-year war remains uncertain. Two missiles struck …
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03-10-2025 KINSHASA: Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia yesterday by a military court that convicted him of war crimes, treason, and crimes against humanity. The case stems from his alleged role in backing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Congo’s volatile …
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03-10-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s central bank will cut interest rates on Wednesday, despite the rupee repeatedly making all-time lows, in a bid to priorities growth amid worsening trade tensions with the US, according to three analysts. The views of analysts at Capital Economics, Nomura and …
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