29-11-2021 BAGHDAD: Dozens Peshmerga fighters were killed in an attack by the ISIL (ISIS) armed group in northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Sunday. The attack which also wounded several Peshmerga took place in Diyala province on Saturday night. A Peshmerga source, speaking on condition of anonymity, …
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29-11-2021 Bureau Report QUEENSLAND; MELBOURNE: A 31-year-old woman in Australia has been charged with arson after a fire destroyed part of a COVID-19 quarantine hotel in Cairns, Queensland. It is alleged she lit a fire under a bed in the room she had been sharing with two children on Sunday …
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29-11-2021 KHARTOUM/ ADDIS ABABA: Sudan’s military says several Sudanese soldiers were killed in an attack by Ethiopian forces in a disputed border region. In a statement on Saturday, Sudan’s military said “our forces tasked with securing the harvest in Al-Fashaqa… were attacked by groups of Ethiopian army forces and militias, …
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29-11-2021 BAGHDAD: A court has resumed hearing a case in which a judge was asked to formalize a religious wedding between a 12-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man, raising concerns across Iraq. It was not clear whether a verdict would be given on Sunday. The court, located in Baghdad’s Kadhamiya …
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28-11-2021 WELLINGTON: A New Zealand MP cycled to hospital while in labour on Sunday only to give birth barely an hour later. “I genuinely wasn’t planning to cycle in labour, but it did end up happening,” Julie Anne Genter said on Facebook afterwards. The Green party’s spokesperson for transport was …
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28-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD/ DUBAI: Arif Naqvi, Pakistani citizen, former Abraaj boss and a friend to top Pakistani ruling and business elite across the political divide, faces extradition to the US from London and nearly 300 years in prison on charges levelled by US …
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28-11-2021 LONDON/ WASHINGTON/ BERLIN: Protests are being staged at Amazon buildings in the UK, US, and Europe on Black Friday. The shopping sales day is among Amazon’s busiest all year. An international coalition of unions, equality and environmental groups called “Make Amazon Pay” is staging a day of action. The …
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28-11-2021 GENEVA/ JOHANNESBURG: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday categorized a newly found coronavirus variant in South Africa as a “variant of concern.” On November 9, WHO released a report stating that the initial infection was detected in a sample and named it Omicron, a letter in Greek alphabet. …
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27-11-2021 Bureau Report LONDON/ NEW DELHI: Rejecting the Indian media reports, Scotland Yard has clarified that it did not raid the West London office of the Sikhs For Justice (SFJ). The UK police issued the clarification after several Indian media organizations started propaganda that detectives of the metropolitan police had …
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27-11-2021 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: A commercial airline pilot has been accused of murdering two elderly campers who went missing in Australia 20 months ago. Greg Lynn, 55, was arrested on Monday night after police helicopters descended on his campsite in Victoria. He was charged with murdering Russell Hill, 74, and …
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