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24-09-2024 DAR-ES-SALAAM: Police have cracked down on a planned protest against the government organized by Tanzania’s main opposition party. The leaders of Chadema were arrested on Monday, the party said. Further arrests were made on the streets of the Magomeni area of the capital Dar-es-Salaam where protesters were gathering for …

24-09-2024 BERLIN: On Sunday, voters in the eastern German state of Brandenburg will vote for a new regional parliament. The anti-migrant far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, could win the most votes. On 1 September the AfD won a major German election for the first time, coming first in the …

24-09-2024 NEW YORK: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged top tech companies in the US to explore India as a destination for manufacturing and innovation. He met CEOs of tech companies in New York a day after attending the annual meeting of Quad countries, which also includes the US, …

24-09-2024 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 100 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Israeli strikes on Monday. Israel says strikes against Hezbollah are “deepening” as citizens in southern Lebanon have received phone messages warning them to leave places used by the Iran-backed group. A Lebanese …

24-09-2024 COLOMBO: Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist anti-poverty policies and pledge to fight corruption handed him victory on Sunday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election. Although his Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna (JVP) party has just three seats in parliament, the 55-year-old …

24-09-2024 SINGAPORE CITY: Singapore, a nation consistently ranked as among the least corrupt in the world, is gearing up for that rarest of things: a high-profile corruption trial. S Iswaran, a former transport minister best known for his role in helping to bring the Formula One (F1) night race to …

24-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a “Pact for the Future”, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as a landmark agreement that is a “step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism”. The pact, which also includes an annex on working towards a responsible and sustainable digital …

23-09-2024 BEIRUT/ HAIFA: Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict across Lebanon’s south and Hezbollah firing rockets deep into northern Israel. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said strikes would continue until it was safe …

23-09-2024 MEXICO CITY: At least 10 more people have reportedly been killed in Mexico’s northwestern state of Sinaloa, bringing the number of people killed or missing to more than 100, as rival cartel factions’ clash, with gruesome violence showing no signs of abating soon. The latest violence, reported by officials …

23-09-2024 WASHINGTON: Iran did not include mobile launchers with the close-range ballistic missiles that Washington last week accused Tehran of delivering to Russia for use against Ukraine, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. The sources, a European diplomat, a European intelligence official and a US official said …