18-03-2024 JERUSALEM/ DOHA: The main UN aid agency operating in Gaza said on Saturday that acute malnutrition was accelerating in the north of the Palestinian enclave as Israel prepared to send a delegation to Qatar for new ceasefire talks on a hostage deal with Hamas. The United Nations Relief and …
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18-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India is to elect a new parliament in what is the largest democratic exercise with 970 million registered voters. The Indian Election Commission said on Saturday that the elections will take place in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June, stretched over …
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18-03-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said on Saturday if he does not win November’s presidential election it will mean the likely end of American democracy. The Republican presidential candidate, speaking to supporters in Ohio, made the claim after repeating his baseless assertion that his 2020 election defeat to Democratic President Joe …
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18-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KHARTOUM: Nearly five million people in Sudan could suffer catastrophic hunger in parts of the war-torn country in the coming months, United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths warned the Security Council on Friday in a note seen by Reuters. Griffiths said acute levels of hunger were being …
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18-03-2024 NIAMEY: Niger’s ruling junta has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows military personnel and civilian staff from the US Department of Defense on its soil, junta spokesperson Colonel Amadou Abdramane said on Saturday. The decision follows a visit by US officials this week which was led …
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18-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Residents in parts of Australia’s Northern Territory and Queensland State were urged on Sunday to prepare for a tropical cyclone that is forecast to make landfall in coming days. Megan, a category two cyclone sitting in the Gulf of Carpentaria with wind gusts up …
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18-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: The UN children’s agency said on Saturday one of its aid containers at Haiti’s main port, stocked with “essential items for maternal, neonatal and child survival,” was looted, as gangs increasingly control the capital. Haiti is struggling to resolve a long-running political and humanitarian crisis that the children’s …
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17-03-2024 PENNSYLVANIA: A suspected gunman in a series of deadly shootings in Pennsylvania has been captured alive in neighboring New Jersey, US police said. The police said the suspect shot three people dead in Levittown on Saturday before fleeing across state lines to the home in nearby Trenton. Residents were …
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17-03-2024 REYKJANES, PENISULA: A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the fourth since December. It is thought to be the most powerful flare-up so far. Lava has reached the eastern defences around the evacuated town of Grindavik, local …
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17-03-2024 JERUSALEM/ DOHA: The head of Israeli intelligence is expected to lead ceasefire talks with mediators which resume in Qatar on Sunday in direct response to a new proposal from Hamas, a source close to the talks told media on Saturday. The talks between Mossad head David Barnea, Qatar’s prime …
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