27-11-2024 BUCHAREST: A far-right, pro-Russia candidate has taken a surprise lead in the first round of Romania’s presidential election. With more than 99% of votes counted, ultranationalist Calin Georgescu was on 23%, followed by centre-right candidate Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union and populist social democrat Prime Minister Marcel …
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27-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Dozens of policemen have been injured, Pakistan’s authorities say, as officials try to stop thousands of opposition protesters reaching Islamabad. Scores of supporters of jailed former PM Imran Khan have been arrested and the capital is under lockdown for a second day. …
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27-11-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: A federal judge has dismissed a major case against Donald Trump that alleged he illegally sought to overturn the 2020 election. Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who brought the criminal case against Trump, had asked to have the charges dropped, citing a Justice Department policy that …
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27-11-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel and Lebanon appear to be close to a ceasefire deal, with the Israeli cabinet set to meet on Tuesday to discuss it, Israeli and US officials say. A 60-day truce is being proposed to end fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah. It is …
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27-11-2024 CAIRO: Egyptian authorities say 16 people are missing, including foreigners, and 28 have been rescued after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea. Two of those missing are British, the media understands. Finland has confirmed one of their nationals is unaccounted for, while authorities say four Egyptians are …
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26-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: A convoy of protesters demanding the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has entered Pakistan’s capital Islamabad They are being tear gassed by armed forces as they close in on the city centre’s “red zone” that houses key government buildings The …
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26-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA STRIP: UN’s Palestinian refugee agency says half a million people are threatened by sewage flood amid Gaza’s rainy season, and cold temperatures will take a toll on thousands of malnourished people. Hezbollah fires 340 missiles and drones at Israel, according to Israeli Army Radio, wounding 11 …
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26-11-2024 NAYPYIDAW: Militant recruitment and violence have escalated in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, where thousands of Rohingya insurgents have emerged among over a million displaced people, according to sources and internal aid reports reviewed by Reuters. “We need to fight to take back our lands,” said 32-year-old Rafiq, who spent …
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26-11-2024 NEW DELHI: India’s antitrust body has turned down a request from Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab to put a hold on an investigation report which found the company breached competition laws, allowing the case to continue, an internal order from the regulator seen by Reuters showed. The Competition Commission …
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26-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ KHURRAM: Pakistani officials have announced a seven-day truce between rival sectarian groups after days of clashes killed dozens of people in the northwest of the country. The violence between the groups began on Thursday after gunmen attacked civilian convoys, killing at least …
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