02-07-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed yesterday an executive order terminating a US sanctions program on Syria, allowing an end to the country’s isolation from the international financial system and building on Washington’s pledge to help it rebuild after a devastating civil war. The move will allow the US to …
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02-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA: Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people across Gaza on Monday in some of the heaviest attacks in weeks as Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by US President Donald Trump. A day after Trump called to “Make the deal in Gaza, …
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02-07-2025 DHARAMSHALA: The Dalai Lama will address a major three-day gathering of Buddhist religious figures this week ahead of his 90th birthday, as his followers wait for the Tibetan spiritual leader to share details about his succession in a move that could irk China. Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who …
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02-07-2025 VIENNA: Oil prices edged down on Tuesday, weighed by expectations of an OPEC+ output hike in August and concerns of an economic slowdown driven by prospects of higher US tariffs. Brent crude futures for September delivery fell 16 cents, or 0.24%, to $66.58 a barrel by 0000 GMT US. …
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02-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India is likely to get above-average monsoon rainfall, critical to the economy, in July after receiving 9% above-normal rains in June, a senior weather department official said on Monday. The monsoon is the lifeblood of India’s nearly $4 trillion economy, delivering almost …
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02-07-2025 DAMASCUS/ LATAKIA: The young man’s heart was sliced from his chest and placed on his body. His name was No. 56 on a handwritten list of 60 dead that included his cousins, neighbors and at least six children from their coastal Syrian village. The men who killed 25-year-old Suleiman …
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01-07-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed dozens of Palestinians including people seeking food at aid distribution hubs, as the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave deteriorates by the day. Medical sources told media that at least 72 people were killed since dawn in …
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01-07-2025 SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: One in three men (32%) aged 18 to 57 years report using emotional abuse towards a partner. One in ten (9%) say they have used physical violence. These are some of the statistics from the latest report of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health, the Ten …
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01-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “many opportunities have opened up” following Israel’s military operations in Iran including the possibility of bringing home the remaining hostages held in Gaza. Speaking at a Shin Bet security agency facility in southern Israel on Sunday, Netanyahu said, “As you probably know, …
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01-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India has rejected claims by Pakistan that it attempted to blame it for an attack in the Waziristan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan Army seeking to blame India for the attack in Waziristan …
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