14-09-2021 ABUJA: Heavily ISIS’s armed men raided a jail in south-central Nigeria and after blowing up the perimeter fenc, freed 240 inmates, almost everyone in the prison. The attackers started a gun battle with guards late on Sunday at the medium-security prison at Kabba in Kogi state, southwest of the …
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14-09-2021 TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD: Prime Minister of Iraq Mustafa al-Kadhimi expressed his country’s willingness to work with Iranian companies in the process of reconstruction, saying Iraq is in need of gas and electricity imported from Iran. In a meeting with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, held in Tehran on Sunday, …
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14-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies GENEVA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban are breaking their promises on women’s rights and inclusivity in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief said on Monday, as she also criticised violence against protesters and alleged reprisal killings. Michelle Bachelet said there were “credible allegations” …
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13-09-2021 PYONGYANG: North Korea says it has carried out a series of successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, as the country continues to expand its military capabilities amid stalled nuclear talks with the United States The Korean Central News Agency said on Monday the cruise …
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13-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ISLAMABAD: Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at the postgraduate level, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and head coverings will be compulsory. Higher Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani laid out the new policies at a news conference …
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13-09-2021 BAGHDAD: Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq has been targeted in a drone attack, Kurdish security officials said, the latest in a series of similar incidents over the past year. The internal security service for Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, of which Erbil is the capital, initially said three rockets …
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13-09-2021 VIENNA/ TEHRAN/ The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog and Iran’s nuclear chief have reached an agreement that will prevent another crisis looming over the prospect of restoring Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), landed in Tehran late on …
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12-09-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s renowned media house India Today has launched a new TV channel which will transmit only good and positive content for the viewers. The vice-chairperson of the media house, Kallie Purie, said while speaking to media that the channel, named Good News Today, will feature stories of …
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12-09-2021 NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: The FBI has released a newly declassified 16-page document related to logistical support provided to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the September 11, 2001, attacks. The document, released late on Saturday, describes contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the United …
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12-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON/ SHANKSVILLE: The Taliban, who recently announced an interim government after taking control of Afghanistan, have cancelled the inauguration ceremony, according to a member of the Taliban’s cultural commission. “The new Afghan government’s inauguration ceremony had been cancelled a …
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