23-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian opposition parties demanded a probe on Thursday into allegations of wrongdoing by the Adani Group and said they would raise the issue in parliament after its chair Gautam Adani was charged in the US over an alleged bribery scheme. Billionaire Adani was indicted by …
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23-11-2024 JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged “war crimes”. The court said on Thursday that there were “reasonable grounds” to believe Netanyahu and Gallant “intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population …
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23-11-2024 DAKAR: Senegal’s ruling Pastef party has won a resounding victory in legislative elections, securing 130 of 165 seats in parliament, according to provisional results. The win grants newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye a clear mandate to carry out ambitious reforms promised during the campaign. They include fighting corruption, …
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23-11-2024 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: Israeli air raids have killed dozens of people in the Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon, a local official said, as a United States mediator sought to advance ceasefire talks in Israel. At least 47 people were killed and 22 others wounded in the attacks, Bachir Khodr, governor …
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23-11-2024 GAZA/ WASHINGTON/ THE HAGUE: The State of Palestine has welcomed the International Criminal Court’s issuing of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over suspected war crimes in Gaza, saying the move “restores hope” in international law. Dozens have been killed in …
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23-11-2024 MOSCOW: Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit research group based in the UK. The oil is payment for the weapons and troops Pyongyang …
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22-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ KURRAM: Neither the local, national and international media reported one of the largest “Shia Target killing Incidents” of the year of 2024 nor none of one political, religious and social leader even any of human rights activists or organization raised …
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22-11-2024 NEW YORK: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged with fraud in the US, which has accused him of orchestrating a $250m (£198m) bribery scheme and concealing it to raise money in the US. The criminal charges, filed on Wednesday in New York, are the latest blow to 62-year-old …
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22-11-2024 HOUSTON: Texas authorities say they are prepared to offer President-elect Donald Trump 1,400-acres (567 hectares) of land along the US-Mexico border to build detention facilities for undocumented migrants. In a letter, the Texas General Land Office said the plot could be used to build facilities for “processing, detention, and …
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22-11-2024 CANBERRA: Albanese says the ban which will cover platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is about protecting kids from the “harms” of social media. “This is a global problem and we want young Australians essentially to have a childhood. We want parents to have peace of mind,” …
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