25-12-2025 BEIJING: China on Tuesday urged the United States to fulfil its nuclear disarmament responsibilities after a draft Pentagon report said China was likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles in sites near the Mongolian border and showed no desire for arms control talks. “As a super …
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25-12-2025 JERUSALEM/ DOHA: The Israeli parliament has approved an extension of a law which allows the shutdown of foreign media outlets over national security grounds for an additional two years. The bill, which replaces temporary legislation passed last April, includes several amendments aimed at eliminating judicial oversight. It can now …
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25-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: A protest erupted in India’s capital Tuesday in response to the death of a Hindu man who was lynched and burned by an angry mob in neighboring Bangladesh, a new sign of strain in relations between the neighboring countries. The protest in New Delhi, mainly …
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25-12-2025 SANA’A: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the country’s internationally-recognized government agreed to a large-scale prisoner exchange involving nearly 3,000 detainees, officials from both sides said on Tuesday, in what the United Nations described as a rare but meaningful step to ease suffering in the decade-long war. Majed Fadhail, a …
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25-12-2025 UNITED NATIONS: Sudan’s prime minister has presented a plan to end the country’s nearly three-year war before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), calling on members to stand “on the right side of history” by backing the initiative, as fighting continued in Kordofan and North Kordofan states. Addressing the …
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24-12-2025 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has sparked a renewed disagreement with Denmark after appointing a special envoy to Greenland, the Arctic island he has said he would like to annex. Trump announced on Sunday that Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, would become the US’s special envoy to Greenland, a …
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24-12-2025 WELLINGTON: New Zealand and India have concluded a Free Trade Agreement, offering New Zealanders unprecedented access to 1.4 billion Indian consumers, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay announced Monday. This historic Agreement eliminates and reduces tariffs on 95 percent of New Zealand’s exports among the highest of any Indian FTA with almost 57 percent being duty-free from day …
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24-12-2025 CANBERRA: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized to the Jewish community over last week’s Bondi Beach attack, which killed 15 people at a Hanukkah ceremony, and called for stricter laws against hate speech and hardline violence. Speaking on Monday, a week after Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades …
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24-12-2025 TOKYO: Japan is set to resume operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. The partial restart of the plant got the green light in a vote on Monday by the Niigata local government. Japan has reopened several nuclear facilities as it seeks to reduce emissions, reversing policy …
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24-12-2025 JERUSALEM: The news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be heading the inquiry into his own government’s failings ahead of the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, has drawn sharp criticism from many across Israel. Calls for a state commission of inquiry, to be led by a sitting …
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