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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13-08-2020 JERUSALEM/ DUBAI/ WASHINGTON: Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to normalize relations, US President Donald Trump has announced. A joint statement by Trump, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Al Nahyan said they hoped the “historic breakthrough will advance peace in the …
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13-08-2020 ANKARA: Turkey will continue its cross-border operations against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq if Baghdad continues to overlook the rebels’ presence in the region, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, urging Iraqi authorities to cooperate with Ankara. Turkey has regularly attacked Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, both in its …
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12-08-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk BENGALURE/ NEW DELHI: At least three people have died in southern India’s Bengaluru city after protesters clashed with police over a provocative social media post about the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him/PBUH), sources, eyewitnesses, victims, detained and aggrieved people …
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12-08-2020 WASHINGTON: Joe Biden has named Kamala Harris as his running mate, making the California senator the first Black and South Asian American woman to run on a major political party’s presidential ticket. “I’ve decided that Kamala Harris is the best person to help me take this fight to Trump and …
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12-08-2020 JUBA: At least 70 people have been killed and dozens wounded during weekend clashes between South Sudan’s army and armed civilians in the north-central Warrap state, according to the United Nations. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday the world body’s peacekeeping mission in South Sudan reported that “the …
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11-08-2020 TEHRAN: Iranian courts sentenced two men to 10 years each in jail for spying on the country for the United Kingdom, Germany and Israel in separate cases. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said one of the men, Massud Mossaheb, had been “spying for Mossad and Germany in the guise” of …
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11-08-2020 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was abruptly evacuated from a press briefing on Monday evening just minutes after he began speaking because of a shooting outside the White House. “There was an actual shooting, and somebody has been taken to the hospital. I don’t know the condition of the person,” …
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