09-12-2022 BERLIN: The Reichsburger were, for years, a source of national derision, dismissed as crackpots but they’re increasingly a source of concern for the security services who say they’re becoming more radical and more dangerous. Members don’t recognize the post-war German state and reject the authority of its government. Despite …
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09-12-2022 KINSHASA: A UN investigation has found that at least 131 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo died in a November attack by the M23 rebel group. The UN report said the massacre took place in two villages, Kishishe and Bambo in the Rutsuhuru district of the eastern North …
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09-12-2022 JERUSALEM/ RAMALLAH: The Israeli army has four three more Palestinians during a raid in Jenin, the latest people to die in a months-long Israeli campaign of near-daily raids in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian ministry of health identified the three killed on Thursday morning as Siqdi Zakarneh, 29, …
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09-12-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which 600,000 are from India, making it the worst affected country, according to one of the world’s largest VPN service providers NordVPN. Bot markets are …
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09-12-2022 TEHRAN: Iran has announced what is the first publicly known execution of a person convicted for an alleged crime stemming from the country’s ongoing protests. The man executed was identified on Thursday by the official news website of the Iranian judiciary as Mohsen Shekari. He was convicted of “waging …
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08-12-2022 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has received China’s President Xi Jinping in Riyadh as part of a visit expected to bolster political and economic ties. Xi was greeted by MBS on Thursday at Yamamah Palace, where the de facto ruler of the world’s biggest oil …
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08-12-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States has called upon the Indian government to uphold its commitment to protecting religious freedom for all. State Department spokesman Ned Price made these remarks at a weekly press briefing, saying the US engages officials regularly on steps they can …
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08-12-2022 JERUSALEM/ WEST BANK: The far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the expulsion of Al Jazeera journalists from Israel, shortly after the network filed a formal request with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute those who killed its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May. Ben-Gvir, …
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08-12-2022 NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former US president as he campaigns for the office again in 2024. The Trump Organization – which operates hotels, golf …
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08-12-2022 LONDON: A year ago, the lexicographic grandees at Oxford Languages dutifully stuck out their arms and chose “vax” as the 2021 Word of the Year but this year, the venerable publisher behind the Oxford English Dictionary has like the rest of us, apparently gone full goblin mode. “Goblin mode”, …
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