13-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s government has announced plans to enact a controversial citizenship law that has been criticized for being anti-Muslim. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will allow non-Muslim religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to seek citizenship. The authorities say it will help those …
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13-03-2024 GAZA CITY: Nader Abu Sharekh, an Islamic preacher, has told media from Rafah that “the whole world has forsaken” Gaza. “We address Muslims in every corner of the world. How can you accept seeing Gaza people suffer in this holy month,” he said. Abu Sharekh said Gaza’s residents are …
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13-03-2024 MUSCAT: The navies of China, Iran and Russia have begun joint drills in the Gulf of Oman, their fifth common military exercise in recent years. The war games starting on Tuesday coincide with heightened tensions in the region as Israel’s war on Gaza rages for a sixth month and …
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13-03-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The WHO chief says an aid mission managed to reach Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza, bringing food and medical supplies, as the Health Ministry says 2,000 medical workers in the north face famine. The US says Israel has not yet presented a plan to protect …
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13-03-2024 NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump asked Monday to delay his hush-money trial until the Supreme Court rules on whether he has presidential immunity. Trump is currently set to face trial in New York on March 25 for his role in hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels …
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12-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian government has notified the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government. The controversial law passed in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government allowed Indian …
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12-03-2024 NICOSIA/ GAZA CITY: A ship with humanitarian aid for Gaza remains docked in Cyprus, a day after it was due to begin its journey. A charity leading the mission told media it was “a quickly evolving and fluid situation”, but it hoped the ship, Open Arms, would set sail …
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12-03-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti is fast descending into anarchy. Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs. It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, …
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12-03-2024 LISBON: Portugal’s centre right has claimed a narrow election victory, but has little chance of forming a majority government. Democratic Alliance leader Luis Montenegro told supporters that the Portuguese had voted for change, although the margin of victory was less than convincing. Both main parties polled about 29% of …
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12-03-2024 SANA’A/ WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has announced the death of its leader, although the circumstances remain unclear. A video published by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) showed Khalid Batarfi’s body wrapped in a funeral shroud and the group’s banner. A statement read by a senior figure did not …
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