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27-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL: The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan said on Tuesday the ruling Taliban had arbitrarily detained journalists 256 times since their takeover three years ago, and urged authorities there to protect the media. In a reply accompanying the report, the Taliban-led foreign ministry denied having arrested that …

27-11-2024 PARIS: French prosecutors have demanded a 20-year jail sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of drugging his former wife Gisele for a decade and inviting 50 men recruited online to rape her. Pelicot, who has admitted to the charges, should also undergo medical treatment for 10 years, prosecutors …

27-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India expects food inflation to slow in the coming months, backed by a bumper summer crop harvest, and remains “cautiously optimistic” on its economic growth, according to a government report. “A bumper kharif (summer crop) harvest is expected to lower food inflation in the coming …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …