25-04-2025 GAZA STRIP: The voice in the Telegram video is insistent. Loud. Sometimes musical and the message unambiguous. “All of Hamas, out!” On the streets of Gaza, more and more Palestinians are expressing open defiance against the armed group that’s ruled the strip for almost 20 years. Many hold Hamas …
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25-04-2025 DOHA: The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have agreed to halt fighting in the east of the country until peace talks mediated by Qatar reach their “conclusion”. It is the latest truce deal since the rebels stepped up an offensive in eastern DR Congo where authorities …
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24-04-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD/ SRINAGAR: India announced a raft of measures to downgrade its ties with Pakistan on Wednesday, a day after suspected militants killed 26 men at a tourist destination in Kashmir in the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades. …
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24-04-2025 GAZA STRIP: An Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza martyred dozens more people on Wednesday, an attack that Israel said targeted militants operating from within the complex. Since a January ceasefire collapsed on March 18, Israeli attacks have killed more than 1,600 Palestinians, many …
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24-04-2025 VATICAN CITY/ PETER’S BASILICA: Mourners are paying their respects to Pope Francis, whose body was moved from his Vatican residence to St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral on Saturday. The Pope’s open coffin was carried on Wednesday morning in a solemn procession through St Peter’s Square where as many …
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24-04-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PAHALGAM: An Indian naval officer on honeymoon, a tourist guide who was sole breadwinner for his family, and a businessman holidaying with his wife and children were among the victims of the horrific attack that killed 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir. A group …
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24-04-2025 WEST BANK: Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs” in a fiery speech in which he demanded the group release the hostages it is still holding, disarm, and hand over control of Gaza in order to end the war with Israel. The president of the Palestinian Authority told …
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24-04-2025 VATICAN CITY: Who will be the next pope? The decision could have a profound impact on the Catholic Church and the world’s 1.4 billion baptized Roman Catholics. It also promises to be a highly unpredictable and open process for a host of reasons. The College of Cardinals will meet …
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23-04-2025 ISTANBUL: Several earthquakes have hit Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, the strongest with a magnitude of 6.2. The tremors, also felt in the Turkish capital 275 miles away, sparked panic as people fled shaking buildings. Fifty-one aftershocks have been recorded but no significant damage has been reported so far. At …
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23-04-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: US Vice President JD Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touted progress in talks for a trade deal between the two countries, their offices said on Monday, as New Delhi rushes to avoid US tariffs and court Trump’s administration. Vance arrived in India earlier …
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