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18-01-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed a cabinet vote to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal, due on Thursday, accusing Hamas of seeking last-minute changes to the agreement. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a “loose end” was being tied up and that he was confident the …

18-01-2025 LONDON/ KYIV: Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to put Ukraine in the “strongest possible position” on a trip to Kyiv where he signed a “landmark” 100-year pact with the war-stricken country. The prime minister’s visit on Thursday was at one point marked by loud blasts and air raid sirens …

17-01-2025 MADRID/ ISLAMABAD: As many as 50 migrants, many of them Pakistanis, may have drowned in the latest deadly wreck involving people trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands, migrant rights group Walking Borders said on Thursday. Aaj News reported that 44 Pakistanis were among …

17-01-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli air strikes are continuing in Gaza ahead of the ceasefire agreement and hostage deal with Hamas, which comes into effect on Sunday, subject to the Israeli cabinet’s approval. The strikes killed 73 people overnight, following the announcement of the deal, Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence agency reported. …

17-01-2025 LA GUINERA, CUBA: Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal agreed with the Biden administration this week. Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Tuesday removed Cuba from a blacklist of nations that sponsor terrorism and rolled back a raft …

17-01-2025 NEW DELHI: Meta may have to “roll back or pause” some features in India due to an antitrust directive which banned its WhatsApp messaging service from sharing user data with Meta for advertising purposes, according to a court filing by the US company seen by Reuters. Meta is seeking …

17-01-2025 STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s political parties have agreed that dual citizens who commit crimes that threaten national security should lose their citizenship. A cross-party committee recommended that the change could be applied to anyone who had used bribes or false information to obtain their citizenship; and also if they committed crimes …

17-01-2025 TBILIS: Giorgi Gakharia, a former prime minister of Georgia who now leads one of the country’s main opposition groups, was hospitalized after being severely beaten late on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for his party told media. Ana Buchukuri said Gakharia had sustained injuries on his face and head during an …

17-01-2025 SEOUL: South Korean investigators have arrested South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over accusations of insurrection for briefly imposing martial law in a move swiftly overturned by the country’s National Assembly. “The Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol today [January 15] at 10:33 am …

17-01-2025 LOS ANGELES: Winds that have fanned wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are again expected to kick up on Wednesday after a 25th death from the huge, week-long outbreak was confirmed. Forecasters have again identified an area of “extreme fire danger”, emphasizing the risk level in a …