10-05-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ RAFAH: More than 80,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah since Monday, the UN says, as Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas amid constant bombardment. Palestinian armed groups said they were targeting Israeli troops to the east. Israel’s military has said its …
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10-05-2024 WASHINGTON: The United States House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to defeat an effort by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove Speaker Mike Johnson, a fellow Republican. In an unusual move, Democrats joined Republicans in a 359-43 vote on Wednesday to keep Johnson in his leadership role and stave …
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09-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Air India’s budget carrier, Air India Express, has been forced to cancel dozens of flights after many of its cabin crew members called in sick at the last minute. The carrier announced 85 cancellations on Thursday, with local media linking the mass sick …
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09-05-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s youngest child, Barron Trump, is to enter the political limelight with a role at July’s Republican National Convention. Delegates from across the US will formally select the party’s nominee for president at the gathering in Wisconsin, set to be Barron’s father. The 18-year-old has been named …
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09-05-2024 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY: People in the southern Gaza city of Rafah say Israeli shelling continues, with tanks massed near built-up areas. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says 80,000 people have left the area since Monday, when Israel warned people to evacuate. On Wednesday night, President Joe Biden said …
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09-05-2024 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA: A US Air Force member was fatally shot by police who entered the wrong address, a lawyer for his family says. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was 23 years old and black, died after a deputy sheriff shot him while responding to a service call. Police earlier …
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09-05-2024 RIYADH: Saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, an ex-intelligence officer has told media. Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to …
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09-05-2024 HOUSTON/ LONDON/ CAIRO: Oil futures ended largely unchanged on Monday as a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel continued to elude negotiators. Both crude oil benchmarks settled 37 cents, or 0.5%, higher with Brent crude futures at $83.33 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude futures (WTI) at …
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08-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ RAFAH/ GAZA CITY: Israeli tanks have taken over the Rafah crossing in Gaza’s border with Egypt after advancing during the night as their warplanes pounded residential homes. The incursion comes after Israel said it would continue its military operation in Rafah even after Hamas said it had accepted …
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08-05-2024 BRUSSELS/ AMSTERDAM: Students in the Netherlands and Belgium occupied parts of the universities of Amsterdam and Ghent on Monday to protest against Israel’s war against Hamas, joining international student protests inspired by those on US campuses. At a campus of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in downtown Amsterdam, hundreds …
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