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Ottawa declares emergency over trucker protests

08-02-2022 OTTAWA: The mayor of Canada’s capital, Ottawa, has declared a state of emergency in response to more than a week of truckers’ protests against COVID restrictions. Jim Watson said the city was “completely out of control”, with demonstrators outnumbering police. He said the protests posed a threat to residents’ …

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Australia to fully reopen its borders from Feb.21

07-02-2022 Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australia will fully reopen its borders to all vaccinated visa holders from Feb. 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, after nearly two years since the country shut it to non-citizens to mitigate the threat of the new coronavirus. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said …

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Pakistani soldiers killed in firing from Afghanistan

07-02-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD: At least five Pakistani soldiers have been killed at a border post by firing from neighboring Afghanistan, Islamabad said on Sunday, in the second such attack since the Taliban came to power last August. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group has stepped …

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Afghanistan can’t be used to spread terrorism: Modi

07-02-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday said that no country should exploit the situation in Afghanistan for its own advantage. Without naming any country, Modi said the countries that support and use terrorism …

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Deadly clashes between ISIL & Sudan’s Army continue

07-02-2022 KHARTOUM: Clashes between military forces and Daesh (ISIL) at the UNAMID facilities in Sudan’s Darfur region have left an unknown number of people dead and injured, according to a military statement. Witnesses told Reuters News Agency they heard heavy gunfire on Saturday around the perimeter of the headquarters of …

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