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Afghan interpreter killed in US gun violence

08-07-2023 WASHINGTON: Nasrat Ahmad Yar, like thousands of other Afghans, came to the United States in the wake of the 2021 Taliban takeover, using a special visa for those who worked for the US military. The 31-year-old interpreter envisioned a new life where he, his wife and his four children, …

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500 days of war in Ukraine

08-07-2023 KYIV: Five-hundred days ago, in the early hours of a cold February morning, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its western neighbor, Ukraine. The Kremlin had hoped for a quick “special military operation” but 16-and-a-half months later, fighting is still raging with no immediate end in sight. As the …

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Dutch gov’t falls over failure to agree on asylum policy

08-07-2023 HAGUE: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said his coalition government was resigning over “insurmountable” differences about measures to curb the number of people seeking refuge in the country. The resignation on Friday of Rutte, 56, the Netherlands’ longest-serving leader, and his coalition government means the country will face a …

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Pak Election Commission hit by cyber attack

Islamabad’July 7 : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday raised concerns over a potential cyber security breach after numerous employees reported receiving suspicious emails from unidentified senders, media reports said. In response to the alarming development, the ECP swiftly issued a cyber security alert cautioning its officials against …

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Exiled Wagner Boss Prigozhin returns to Russia

07-07-2023 MOSCOW: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who last month brokered a deal to end Wagner’s armed mutiny in Russia, says the mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is no longer in Belarus, as was widely believed, but rather in St Petersburg. Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack on an …

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