21-02-2024 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Two political parties in Pakistan have reached a formal agreement to form a new government following an election mired in controversy. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) will be backed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in a new administration, they jointly announced. Both …
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21-02-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The US has vetoed a resolution at the UN demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after proposing its own draft urging a temporary ceasefire. Washington said the Algerian-proposed resolution would “jeopardize” talks to end the war but the move has been condemned, with US allies expressing regret …
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21-02-2024 LONDON/ CAIRO: Yemen’s Houthi militants said on Monday they had attacked the Rubymar cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden which was at risk of sinking, raising the stakes in their campaign to disrupt global shipping in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza war. The Iran-aligned Houthis have made …
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21-02-2024 LONDON: The most luminous object ever detected has been spied in the distant Universe. It’s a quasar, the bright core of a galaxy that is powered by a gargantuan black hole some 17 billion times the mass of our Sun. Known as J0529-4351, the object’s power was confirmed in …
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21-02-2024 WASHINGTON/ UNITED NATIONS: The US has proposed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which calls for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. It has also warned Israel against invading the overcrowded city of Rafah. The US has previously avoided the word “ceasefire” during UN votes on the war, …
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21-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Some of India’s top airlines have been ordered to start sending out passengers’ bags within 10 minutes of the plane’s engine shutting down. The civil aviation ministry has said that passengers’ luggage should be delivered to them within 10 to 30 minutes …
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21-02-2024 CAIRO/ SANA’A: The crew of a Belize-flagged, British-registered cargo vessel have abandoned ship off Yemen after it was hit by missiles fired by the Houthi movement. The Rubymar was in the Gulf of Aden and nearing the Bab al-Mandab Strait when it was struck, security firms said. The vessel, …
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21-02-2024 KABUL: A landslide caused by heavy snowfall has killed 25 people and injured eight others in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, a disaster management ministry spokesman said on Monday. Earth, snow and rubble swept through the village of Nakre in the Tatin valley of Nuristan overnight on Sunday. …
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21-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange begins what could be his last chance to stop his extradition from Britain to the United States on Tuesday after more than 13 years battling the authorities in the English courts. US prosecutors are seeking to put Assange, 52, …
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21-02-2024 JERUSALEM/ RAFAH: Israel’s Prime Minister missed the chance to starve Hamas of cash, years before its murderous attack last October, according to a former senior Israeli intelligence officer. Udi Levy has told media he advised Benjamin Netanyahu to target Hamas’s finances. He believes this would have hampered the group’s …
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