28-08-2025 TEHRAN: “For me, hell was not the moment Israel attacked; hell was the moment they wouldn’t open the door (of the cell) for us,” Motahareh Goonei recalls in an exclusive interview with the BBC. A political activist, Goonei was in solitary confinement in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison when it …
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28-08-2025 MELBOURNE: Australian police are continuing a massive search for a heavily armed man suspected of shooting and killing two officers in a rural town. Ten police officers were fired upon on Tuesday after travelling to the property in Porepunkah about 300km (186 miles) north-east of Melbourne to execute a …
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27-08-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials have started evacuating tens of thousands of people after neighboring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions. The move came a day after New Delhi alerted Islamabad about possible cross-border flooding, the first public diplomatic contact between the …
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27-08-2025 CANBERRA: Iran has promised reciprocal action following Australia’s decision to expel its ambassador in Canberra over accusations that Tehran was behind anti-Jewish attacks in the country. On Tuesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei “absolutely rejected” Australia’s accusations, saying “any inappropriate and unjustified action on a diplomatic level will …
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27-08-2025 NEW YORK: Oil prices climbed around 2% on Monday, continuing last week’s gains, as traders anticipated more US sanctions on Russian oil and Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure that could disrupt supplies. Brent crude futures settled up $1.07, or 1.58%, at $68.80, while West Texas Intermediate crude futures …
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27-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ SEOUL: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year and was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally. “I’d like to meet him this year,” …
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27-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India has shared a warning on possible cross-border flooding with neighbor Pakistan, Pakistani officials and a source in New Delhi said on Monday, as the arch enemies grapple with deadly floods and relentless monsoon rains. The information-sharing has come as a surprise because New …
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27-08-2025 DAMASCUS/ CAIRO: Syria said on Monday that Israel had sent 60 soldiers to take control of an area inside the Syrian border around Mount Hermon in an operation that violated its sovereignty and posed a further threat to regional security. An Israeli military spokesperson said troops carried out a …
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27-08-2025 HANOI: A powerful typhoon is battering Vietnam’s coastal areas with strong winds and heavy rain. Typhoon Kajiki has delivered gusts up to 118-133 km/h (73-82 mph) and could trigger flash floods and landslides, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting says. In the coming hours, winds may rapidly ease but …
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26-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ BALTIMORE: Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, was again detained by US immigration officials in Baltimore on Monday, his lawyer said, while facing the possibility of being deported again, this time to Uganda. …
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