03-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: First, the fundamentals: In Pakistan, the election cycle is not the only process to be watched when determining the future political direction of the country; the cycle of the appointments of, and extensions granted to, the army chief …
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03-02-2024 ANKARA: Police in Turkey have arrested seven people on suspicion of selling information to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency related to tracking and monitoring local targets. The suspects were taken into custody in a joint operation of police and Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) following raids in Istanbul and the …
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03-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ VARANASI: Hindu worshippers have begun praying inside a 17th-century mosque in the Indian city of Varanasi, hours after a court order gave them the go-ahead at the disputed site. The Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi is one of several Muslim places of worship that …
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03-02-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The number of new cancer cases globally will reach 35 million in 2050, 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, according to predictions from the World Health Organization’s cancer agency. A survey conducted by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cited tobacco, alcohol, …
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03-01-2024 JERUSALEM: Israeli officials dismiss concerns over settler violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank after US sanctions four Israeli settlers for their role in undermining ‘peace, security, and stability’. Qatar says Hamas has responded positively to receiving proposal to halt the war in Gaza, but that final deal is …
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02-02-2024 BRUSSELS: Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, started fires near the building and set off fireworks as they demanded EU leaders do more to help them with taxes and rising costs. With anger against green regulations and cheap imports shared among farmers …
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02-02-2024 DAMASCUS/ SANA’A: The Houthi movement in Yemen says it has struck a US merchant ship it named as KOI in the Red Sea in a fresh attack targeting commercial shipping but two maritime sources told media that the Houthi claim was fake. USA and UK authorities are yet to …
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02-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s financial crimes agency has arrested a top opposition leader, hours after he resigned from the position of the chief minister of Jharkhand state. Hemant Soren, of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party, has been accused of corruption. He denies the allegations. He …
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02-02-2024 WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump met with the leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Wednesday in a bid to secure their endorsement as the business mogul prepares to break the union’s support from Democrats. According to the polls, Donald Trump appears the likely candidate of the Republican …
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02-02-2024 BERLIN/ SINGAPURE CITY: Singapore maintained its position as the fifth least corrupt country in the world, according to the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. Singapore remains the only Asian country to have been placed in the top 10 since the index was first published in 1995. It was third …
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