17-01-2021 WASHINGTON/ HOUSTON: On his first day in office, US President-elect Joe Biden plans to issue a number of executive orders, including one rescinding the controversial travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries. According to sources, Biden’s incoming White House Chief of Staff, the new US administration will launch a …
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17-01-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court during an early morning ambush in the country’s capital Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continues to rattle the nation. The attack on the judges happened as they were traveling to …
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17-01-2021 WASHINGTON: Highly trained former military officers were part of the mob that stormed the US Capitol on January 6, a startling report by the Associated Press and published by Bloomberg on Friday shows. Encouraged by US President Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric regarding the validity of the 2020 US election results, …
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17-01-2021 RIYADH/ DOHA: Saudi Arabia expects to reopen its embassy in Doha in the coming days, the kingdom’s foreign minister has said, following an agreement last week that ended a three-year-old dispute between four Arab countries and Qatar. Asked about embassy reopening, Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan told journalists in …
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16-01-2021 TEHRAN: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tested long-range missiles and drones against land and sea targets in Iran’s fourth large-scale military show of force in two weeks amid tensions with the United States. The IRGC on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles that travelled 1,800km (1,118 miles) and struck …
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16-01-2021 MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp has extended the deadline by which its two billion users must either accept its updated terms and conditions or stop using the service. The original cut-off date was 8 February, but users now have until 15 May to take action. The firm was criticised for …
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16-01-2021 ABU DHABI/ DUBAI: A total of 1,041 kg of narcotics worth 1 billion dirhams have been seized in Abu Dhabi in recent months, Abu Dhabi police said on Friday. Making the announcement on their social media accounts, Abu Dhabi Police said up to 22 members of international drug trafficking …
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16-01-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ HEART/ KABUL: Two members of an Afghan militia opened fire on their colleagues in western Herat province, killing 12 in what police described as an “insider attack”. Herat police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada said on Saturday the attackers fled with the slain militiamen’s weapons …
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16-01-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India launched one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination drives on Saturday as the coronavirus pandemic spread at a record pace and global COVID-19 deaths surged past two million. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who addressed healthcare workers through video conferencing, will not immediately take …
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16-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: After Capitol Hill attack in United State of America (USA), the “White Terrorists” have exposed around the world while the aggression, cruel, oppressions, hypocrisy, anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim activities of “White Terrorists” have also proved as revealed and highlighted by Messenger and …
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