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US orders embassies to pause new student visas

29-05-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visitor visa applicants as the State Department prepares to expand social media vetting of foreign students, according to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tuesday. US Secretary of State …

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Russia’s Medvedev rebukes Trump over Putin post

29-05-2025 MOSCOW: A senior Moscow security official has rebuked United States President Donald Trump and raised the danger of another world war breaking out after Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in Ukraine ceasefire talks with Kyiv. Dmitry Medvedev said World War …

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Indian MPs target Pakistan on global trips

29-05-2025 DOHA, QATAR: Inside India’s Parliament, they are sworn rivals, with the opposition raising questions and attacking the government over its policies, and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi defending itself – and the two sides rarely meet. Over the past few days, however, they …

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SpaceX loses Starship during reentry amid test flight

29-05-2025 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA: Billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial space flight company, SpaceX, lost control of its ninth Starship test flight 30 minutes after the un-crewed rocket vehicle was launched into space from Texas, the United States; the media reports. The mega-rocket then re-entered the atmosphere earlier than planned on Wednesday after …

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Hezbollah holds firm in Lebanon’s municipal elections

28-05-2025 BEIRUT: As southern Lebanon continues to suffer from sporadic Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire signed in November between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, establishment parties have emerged as the biggest winners of municipal elections. Voting took place over four weeks, starting in Mount Lebanon, north of the capital, …

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Israeli strike kills 81 sheltering in Gaza school

28-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 81 Palestinians have been killed, most of them in a school building sheltering displaced families during Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight, hospital directors have told media. Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City was housing hundreds of people from Beit Lahia, currently under intense Israeli …

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