18-11-2023 LONDON, ONTARIO: A Canadian man, Nathaniel Veltman, has been convicted of murder after he ran over and killed four members of the Afzaal family with his car in London, Ontario, but the jury did not specify if he was motivated by terrorism, sources reported. The case marked the first …
Read More »India “not out of the woods yet” on inflation: RBI
18-11-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India is not home-free with regards to the pressures of high prices but the moderation in retail inflation over the last two months is a relief, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its November bulletin published on Thursday. “We are not out …
Read More »Hamas tunnel found at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital: Israel
18-11-2023 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas militants at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, the army said, while the U.N. voiced concern no aid would be delivered to Palestinians on Friday via the Rafah crossing with Egypt The army released a video it said showed …
Read More »NY Times fires Palestinian journalist over pro-resistance posts
18-11-2023 NEW YORK: Palestinian photojournalist Hosam Salam was fired from the New York Times on 7 October over social media posts supporting Palestinian resistance factions against the Israeli occupation. The freelance journalist was dismissed after a pro-Israeli organization alerted the publication of Salam’s previous Facebook posts in which he had …
Read More »Spain’s Pedro wins new term as PM after amnesty deal
18-11-2023 MADRID: After weeks of haggling, Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez has clinched a vote in parliament to lead Spain for another term as prime minister. He has secured a four-seat majority in the 350-seat chamber, after sealing an amnesty deal for Catalans involved in a failed bid to secede from …
Read More »Thousands ‘in danger of death’ amid Gaza hospital siege
18-11-2023 GAZA CITY/ OHIO: Israeli strikes continue across Gaza, with the enclave under a communications blackout as the main telecommunications provider ran out of fuel for its generators. Ashraf al-Qudra, the spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, says “thousands of women, children, sick and wounded are in danger of …
Read More »Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ went TikTok viral
18-11-2023 NEW YORK: A letter penned by Osama bin Laden justifying the 9/11 attacks in 2001 has gone viral on TikTok, with users expressing support for the extremist views expressed in the document, Daily Mail reported. Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, wrote the ‘Letter to America’ …
Read More »British Foreign Minister’s first official visit to Ukraine
18-11-2023 KYIV/ LONDON: New Foreign Secretary David Cameron has made his first working visit to Ukraine, meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Lord Cameron reiterated the UK’s support for Ukraine, promising moral, diplomatic and “above all military support for… however long it takes”. Zelensky congratulated Cameron on his new post …
Read More »Biden nominates Pakistani lawyer for US Federal Court
17-11-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Pakistan-born lawyer Adeel Mangi to serve on a Federal Appeals Court, reported The Washington Post. If the nomination goes through the Democratic-controlled US Senate, then Mangi, a Harvard and Oxford-trained lawyer, would become the first Muslim …
Read More »Myanmar rebels take control of border point with India
17-11-2023 ZOKHAWTHAR: Two days after rebel forces in Myanmar’s Chin state overran the junta’s two military bases close to the border with India, they have taken control of a border crossing point between the two countries across the tiny hilly Indian state of Mizoram. Most of the nearly 5,000 Myanmar …
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