03-04-2024 GAZA CITY: Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday, the NGO said. The workers, who also included Palestinians and a dual citizen of the United …
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03-04-2024 VANTAA, HELSINKI: A child has died and two others have been seriously wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland, police say. Police said earlier that all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had been detained. Parents told Finnish media that the shooting …
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03-04-2024 TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say seven officers have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the elite Quds Force, and Brig-Gen Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, his deputy, were named among the dead. Iran …
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03-04-2024 NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump has posted a $175m (£140m) bond in his New York civil fraud case, staving off asset seizures by the state. He was found in February to have fraudulently inflated property values, and was ordered to pay a $464m penalty. Posting bond means …
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03-04-2024 QUEENSLAND: An Australian politician accused of murdering his stepfather has failed in his attempt to be re-elected as a city councilor, officials say. Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden faced heavy criticism for standing given the serious criminal charge against him. Ahead of the vote, he had defiantly told media that it was …
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02-04-2024 DAMASCUS: Iran has promised to respond after two commanders from its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were among seven people killed in an Israeli air strike that flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the elite Quds Force of the IRGC …
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02-04-2024 MELBOURNE: Israel’s continued assault on Gaza has highlighted a hidden yet crucial component of the world’s weapons manufacturing industry suburban Australia. Tucked away in Melbourne’s industrial north, Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) is an Australian company that plays a vital role in the production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters; the …
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02-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. Girls beyond the 6th grade across much of the country, however, are still unable to pursue an education and remain unsure what the future …
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02-04-2024 JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of people have gathered outside the Israeli parliament building in Jerusalem in the largest anti-government protest since Israel launched its assault on Gaza. The protesters on Sunday demanded the government secure a ceasefire deal that would also free Israeli captives held by Hamas in Gaza …
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02-04-2024 NEW YORK/ TEHRAN: Iran’s persecution of its Baha’i minority has been branded “a crime against humanity”. Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged in a report released on Monday that Iran’s largest non-Muslim minority has faced a “spectrum of abuses” since the Islamic revolution of 1979. The New York-based NGO suggested …
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