24-05-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not get water from rivers over which India has rights, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, upping the rhetoric in a standoff over water access triggered by a deadly attack in Indian Kashmir. Pakistan’s chief legal officer, in an interview …
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24-05-2025 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: US President Donald Trump’s administration has blocked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In a post on X on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration was “holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating …
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24-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli strikes have killed at least 85 people in Gaza since the early hours of Thursday, medical sources tell media, and casualties are continuing to mount amid unrelenting bombardments. Gaza’s Health Ministry says 29 children and elderly people who died in recent days in Gaza have been …
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24-05-2025 LONDON: Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a year. The prime minister said the deal was the only way to maintain the base’s long-term future and strengthened the UK’s national security. Under …
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24-05-2025 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: Prominent music agent Dave Shapiro is among those who were killed after a small plane crashed into a residential street in San Diego, according to his talent company. Shapiro was the co-founder of Sound Talent Group, whose clients include rock bands like Sum 41, Story of …
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24-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: More than 90 lorry loads of humanitarian aid have been collected by UN teams inside the Gaza Strip, three days after Israel eased an 11-week-long blockade. The aid, which included flour, baby food and medical equipment, was picked up from the Kerem Shalom crossing on Wednesday night …
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24-05-2025 COPENHAGEN: Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040. Since 2006, Denmark has tied the official retirement age to life expectancy and has revised it every five years. It is currently 67 but will …
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23-05-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Pakistan will not get water from rivers over which India has rights, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, a month after a deadly attack in Indian Kashmir led New Delhi to suspend a key river water-sharing treaty between the neighbors. The suspension of …
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23-05-2025 GAZA STRIP/ CAIRO: Flour and other food aid will start reaching some of Gaza’s most vulnerable people on Thursday after Israel let some trucks through but nowhere near enough to make up for shortages caused by an 11-week blockade, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it allowed 100 trucks also …
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23-05-2025 MANILA/ BEIJING: The Philippines fisheries bureau has accused China’s coastguard of firing water cannon and sideswiping a Filipino government vessel during a research voyage in the disputed South China Sea (SCS). The Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources condemned on Thursday what it said was the “aggressive interference” …
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