07-02-2026 TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein asked an exotic dancer to “engage in various sex acts” at the late convicted sex offender’s Florida home, a legal letter claims. In a letter released as part of the latest tranche of Epstein files, the unnamed woman’s lawyers said she had …
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07-02-2026 KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says more than 200 repair crews are working to restore power in Kyiv following widespread deadly Russian attacks targeting the country’s energy sector. More than 1,100 apartment buildings in the capital are still without power, Zelensky said, adding that he had spoken to officials …
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07-02-2026 DEIR AL-BALAH: Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 23 Palestinians, most of them women and children, by midday Wednesday, according to hospital officials. Israel pledged to continue strikes, saying that it was responding to a militant attack on Israeli soldiers that seriously wounded one. Among the Palestinians killed …
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07-02-2026 ISTANBUL/ MUSCAT: Mediators from Qatar, Turkiye and Egypt have presented Iran and the United States with a framework of key principles to be discussed in talks on Friday this week, including a commitment by Iran to significantly limit its uranium enrichment, two sources familiar with the negotiations have told …
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07-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: When US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India on Monday this week, he declared that New Delhi would pivot away from Russian energy as part of the agreement. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump said, had promised to stop buying Russian oil, …
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07-02-2026 LONDON: Six British pro-Palestinian activists have been acquitted of aggravated burglary relating to a 2024 raid on a factory operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit, with a jury unable to reach verdicts on charges of criminal damage. Prosecutors at London’s Woolwich Crown Court said on Wednesday the six defendants, …
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07-02-2026 WASHINGTON: The United States House of Representatives has approved a $1.2 trillion spending package to end a partial government shutdown. The bipartisan legislation, passed on Tuesday, restores lapsed funding for key federal programs, including those within the Departments of Labor and Education. The bill passed with 217 voting for …
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06-02-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: The death toll from a massive bombing that tore through a Shiite Mosque & Imambargah Khadija-tu-Kubra on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers has risen to 36, a Pakistani official said. Nearly 173 people were injured, government officials and rescue …
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06-02-2026 MADRID: Spain has become the latest European country to make plans to ban social media for children under the age of 16. “We will protect them from the digital Wild West,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said at the World Governments Summit in Dubai on Tuesday. The ban, which still …
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06-02-2026 DAMASCUS: Syrian forces have entered the northeastern city of Qamishli and taken control of key security sites, Syria’s state news agency is reporting, as part of a ceasefire deal with Kurdish-led forces. Citing the Syrian Interior Ministry, the SANA news agency reported on Tuesday that units began entering the …
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