24-03-2024 CAIRO/ MOSCOW: Islamic State (Daesh/ IS) released on Saturday a photo of what it said were the four attackers behind a shooting rampage that killed at least 143 people in a concert hall near Moscow on Friday, the terrorist group’s Amaq news agency said on Telegram. The publication noted …
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24-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India has extended its ban on onion exports indefinitely, a surprise move that comes ahead of a general election and is set to exacerbate high prices in some overseas markets. Imposed by India, the world’s biggest exporter of the vegetable in December, …
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24-03-2024 RAFAH CROSSING: A long line of blocked relief trucks on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip where people face starvation is a moral outrage, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to the Rafah crossing on Saturday. It was time for Israel to give an …
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24-03-2024 MOSCOW: Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s rampage but …
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23-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government ahead of national elections. The Friday ruling scraps a 2004 law governing madrasas in …
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23-03-2024 MOSCOW: Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at concertgoers with automatic weapons on Friday, killing at least 117 people and injuring 145 more in an attack claimed by Islamic State militants. In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era …
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23-03-2024 BRUSSELS: The Balkan country of Bosnia and Herzegovina is to begin EU membership negotiations, eight years after it formally applied to join the bloc. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm last week recommended that talks should begin. EU leaders have now given the plan their approval. European Council …
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23-03-2024 QATAR/ GAZA CITY: Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) has carried out a forensic analysis of the events of October 7, when Hamas fighters launched an incursion into Israel that has transformed the politics of the Middle East. October 7 reveals widespread human rights abuses by Hamas fighters and others …
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23-03-2024 CAIRO/ WASHINGTON: Israel’s spy chief was due to travel to Qatar on Friday for ceasefire negotiations while the US planned to put a resolution calling for an immediate truce in Gaza to a vote of the UN Security Council, intensifying pressure on its ally. US Secretary of State Antony …
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23-03-2024 BOISE, IDAHO: Idaho police have captured two white supremacist gang members who have been linked to two homicides since a prison break on Wednesday. Fugitive inmate Skylar Meade and alleged accomplice Nicholas Umphenour were caught in Twin Falls, Idaho. Three officers were injured when Umphenour allegedly ambushed guards while …
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