17-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Data from India’s health ministry showed the COVID-19 death toll in the country crossed the grim milestone of 50,000 on Monday, as the country struggles to cope with the pandemic with 900 fatalities reported over the last 24 …
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17-08-2020 DUBAI/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) agreement to normalise ties with Israel is a “sovereign decision” that was not directed at Iran, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said. Israel and the UAE announced they were establishing full diplomatic relations in a US-brokered deal …
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17-08-2020 MOSCOW/ BELARUS: Tens of thousands of opponents of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko have gathered in Minsk to protest against disputed elections. The “March for Freedom” in the centre of the capital comes amid growing anger over alleged poll-rigging and police violence at subsequent protests. Meanwhile, in an address to …
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16-08-2020 NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has paid tribute to his “best friend” and youngest brother following his death at 71. “It is with (a) heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,” he said in a statement on Saturday. The president had visited …
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16-08-2020 MOSCOW: Russia announced on Saturday it has produced the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine, less than a week after President Vladimir Putin said the country was the first to approve one. Putin’s announcement on Tuesday about the vaccine was met with caution from scientists and the World Health …
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15-08-2020 ANKARA/ JERUSALEM/ DUBAI: Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador after agreement between the Gulf state and Israel to normalise ties was revealed, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. The Turkish foreign ministry also said history would never forgive the UAE’s “hypocritical behaviour” in …
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15-08-2020 UNITED NATIONS/ TEHRAN: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has resoundingly rejected a bid by the United States to extend a global arms embargo on Iran. In the Security Council vote on Friday, Washington got support only from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo, …
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14-08-2020 TEHRAN/ DUBAI/ JERUSALEM: Iran’s Foreign Ministry roundly condemned the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Zionist regime as “strategic stupidity”. In a statement released on Friday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the establishment of diplomatic relations between the UAE and the Zionist …
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14-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ DOHA: Afghan authorities have started to release 400 Taliban prisoners, the final hurdle in launching long-delayed peace talks between the two warring sides. A group of 80 prisoners were released on Thursday, said National Security Council spokesman Javid Faisal, …
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14-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk GAZA/ JERUSALEM/ DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he agreed to delay annexation in the occupied West Bank as part of a normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but the plans remain “on the table”. …
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