17-05-2021 GAZA CITY: Palestinian officials in Gaza say Sunday was the deadliest day since the current fighting with Israel began. More than 40 people were killed in the latest Israeli air strikes on Gaza, officials there say. Israel’s army say Palestinian militants have fired more than 3,000 rockets at Israel …
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17-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SYDNEY/ MALE: A group of Australian cricketers have landed in Sydney from the Maldives where they were sheltering after fleeing the COVID crisis in India. The players and staff had been involved in the Indian Premier League which was suspended this month. They …
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16-05-2021 GAZA/ JERUSALEM/ UNITED NATIONS: Forty-two people have died in the latest Israeli air strikes on Gaza, as the conflict with Palestinian militants entered its seventh day. Gaza health officials said 16 women and 10 children were among the dead. Israel’s military said it had been targeting leaders and infrastructure …
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16-05-2021 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ RIYADH: Pakistan has urged the international community to take measures to end the massacre in Gaza being conducted by Israeli forces, in an emergency meeting held by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was addressing the meeting where he …
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16-05-2021 WASHINGTON: The US President, Joe Biden, has spoken to both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a new diplomatic push to end the conflict between Israel and militant group Hamas, during which at least 145 Palestinians and 10 Israelis have died. “The President …
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16-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY/ MELBOURNE/ LONDON/ NEW YORK/ ISTANBUL/ TEHRAN/ KARACHI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “continue to respond forcefully” to rocket attacks as conflict with Palestinians in Gaza enters a seventh day. Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed …
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16-05-2021 Bureau Report DARWIN/ CANBERRA: Australia has carried out its first repatriation flight from India after ending its controversial travel ban from the COVID-hit country. The government said 80 people arrived in Darwin on Saturday, and would be quarantined for a fortnight. Their Qantas flight was originally scheduled to carry …
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15-05-2021 TEL AVIV/ GAZA/ WASHINGTON: A US envoy has arrived in Tel Aviv for de-escalation talks as unrest between Israel and the Palestinians continues. Hady Amr will take part in talks with Israeli, Palestinian and UN officials and reinforce what US diplomats said was the need for a “sustainable calm”. …
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15-05-2021 LONDON/ BEIJING: A new report warns against the use of Uighur forced labor (slaves) by China in the global supply chain of solar panel manufacturing. The study by the United Kingdom’s Sheffield Hallam University said Chinese “labor transfers” in the northwest Xinjian region, where rights groups say the Muslim-minority …
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15-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once more signed up to become Iran’s next president, but the anticipated top candidates for the June election have yet to register. The ultraconservative, who was president from 2005 to 2013, tried to run again in 2017 but …
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