08-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Opposition members have disrupted a session of the Indian Parliament, as they questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over its response to the alleged mistreatment of 104 of its citizens while being deported from the US. Proceedings in the lower and upper houses …
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08-02-2025 WASHINGTON/ THE HAGUE: Trump’s order said the court in The Hague had “abused its power” by issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who held talks with the US president on Tuesday. The order also said the tribunal had engaged in “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting …
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08-02-2025 FIRA: Several more earthquakes have struck waters around the Greek island of Santorini just hours after authorities there declared a state of emergency. The tourist hotspot has been rocked by seismic activity this week with thousands of earthquakes recorded since Sunday. On Thursday evening, a 4.6 magnitude quake was …
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08-02-2025 STOCKHOLM: Syrians and a Bosnian were among the 10 victims of a gunman who carried out the worst shooting in Swedish history, at a school in Orebro on Tuesday. It was the first information about those murdered, and it came from two embassies rather than police, who said only …
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07-02-2025 GAZA STRIP/ KHAN UOUNIS: Leaning on a wooden cane, 72-year-old Fathi Abu al-Saeed navigates the rubble-strewn streets of Khan Younis’s al-Katiba neighborhood, a daily ritual since he returned from displacement in the coastal region of al-Mawasi following the January 19 Gaza ceasefire. Carefully stepping over debris left by 15 …
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07-02-2025 BERLIN: Activist groups have sued Elon Musk’s social media platform X in a Berlin court, accusing it of breaking European law by not giving them the information they need to track disinformation online ahead of Germany’s Feb. 23 national election. The two groups, the Society for Civil Rights (GFF) …
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07-02-2025 LISBON: Rahim al-Hussaini, 53, has been named the new Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims, after the death of his father, the Ismaili community has announced. The Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, was designated in his father’s will …
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07-02-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ PRAYAGRAJ: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as he joined millions of people at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a week after dozens died in a stampede at the event. Authorities said …
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07-02-2025 FIRA: A strong earthquake has been recorded between the Greek islands of Amorgos and Santorini, after days of consecutive tremors in the area. More than 11,000 people have already left Santorini with around 7,000 departing by ferry and 4,000 people leaving by air. The quake followed two smaller tremors …
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07-02-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza was met with anger and blunt rejection from regional allies, delight from Israel’s far right and a warning against “ethnic cleansing” from the head of the UN. The secretary general, Antonio Guterres, planned to tell a UN …
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