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01-02-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif removed Ahmed Ishaq Jahangir from his position as the chief of the country’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday, he became the highest-profile casualty in a sweeping organizational purge following the deaths of at least 43 Pakistanis off the coast …

01-02-2025 BEIRUT: Washington is pressuring top Lebanese officials not to allow Hezbollah or its allies to nominate the country’s next Finance Minister (FM), five people with knowledge of the matter said, in an attempt to limit the Iran-backed group’s sway over the state. The unusually direct US intervention in Lebanon’s …

01-02-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s economy is likely to continue its sluggish pace of growth next fiscal year weighed down by global risks, according to a finance ministry report that has called on states to pursue business reforms to boost economic activity. The annual Economic Survey, which was presented …

01-02-2025 KINSHASA: The rebel leader whose fighters have captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has vowed to continue their offensive all the way to the capital, Kinshasa. Corneille Nangaa, who heads an alliance of rebel groups that includes the M23, said their ultimate aim was …

01-02-2025 MANILA: Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Manila to demand the impeachment of Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte. Protesters in the capital held placards calling for Duterte’s removal and chanted “Impeach! Impeach Sara now!” as they gathered on Friday morning. About 4,000 people took part in …

01-02-2025 MOSCOW: A Russian oil refinery in the southern Volgograd region caught fire after being hit by debris from a Ukrainian drone attack. Regional Governor Andrei Bocharov confirmed the overnight attack, saying on Friday that the blaze was “promptly extinguished” and one injured worker was hospitalized. The attack was Ukraine’s …

01-02-2025 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s military has extended its state of emergency for another six months as it struggles to maintain its increasingly fragile grip on power, with fighting raging on multiple fronts across the country. The military-controlled National Defence and Security Council renewed the emergency rule in a meeting in the …

31-01-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ PRAYAGRAJ: Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died in a stampede at the largest gathering of humanity in the world. Train and bus stations in the city saw a …

31-01-2025 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has written a letter to Google asking the firm to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the body of water which is bordered by the US, Cuba and Mexico be renamed the Gulf …

31-01-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been named president for the “transitional period”, state media report, seven weeks after he led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad. Rebel military commander Hassan Abdul Ghani also announced the cancellation of Syria’s 2012 constitution and the dissolution of the …