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27-02-2024 KYIV: Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during Russia’s full-scale invasion. The Ukrainian president said he would not give the number of wounded as that would help Russian military planning. Typically, Ukrainian officials do not make casualty figures public, and other estimates are much higher. It …

26-02-2024 RAFAH, GAZA CITY: Shehab, 19, stands looking uncertainly at the camera, as if unsure if it will hurt him or whether he wants to share his pain. “My name is Shehab Omar Abu al-Hanud,” he begins. “My mother died. Her name is Ghada Youssef Ahmed Abu al-Hanud.” He is …

26-02-2024 COLUMBIA, SC: Former President Donald Trump rolled to victory in the South Carolina Republican primary, easily defeating former Gov. Nikki Haley in her home state and moving ever close to the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. The Associated Press and television networks called the race for Trump shortly after the …

26-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KARACHI: Pakistan’s equity market responded positively to a power-sharing agreement between two major political parties this week, as the uncertainty surrounding the formation of a new government dissipated, making the stocks close the weekend trading session with a five percent gain …

26-02-2024 LONDON: Western nations should be bolder about confiscating Russian assets which they froze after the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Sunak, in an article in an early edition of the Sunday Times to mark two years since the start of the …

26-02-2024 SANA’A/ LONDON:  The United States and the United Kingdom have bombed more than a dozen Houthi sites in Yemen, officials said, as the rebel group stepped up its attacks on ships in the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza. In a joint statement on Saturday, the …

26-02-2024 ABUJA: The West African regional bloc said on Saturday it would lift strict sanctions on Niger as it seeks a new strategy to dissuade three junta-led states from withdrawing from the political and economic union – a move that threatens regional integration. Leaders of the Economic Community of West …

26-02-2024 NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s Go First has received two financial bids as part of its bankruptcy process, said two bankers who attended a meeting of the airline’s creditors held on Friday. Budget carrier SpiceJet’s (SPJT.BO), opens new tab managing director, Ajay Singh, and Busy Bee Airways have jointly submitted …

26-02-2024 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY: In the narrow crevices between the tents that crowd nearly every inch of the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, Palestinians cling to life amid the grinding Israeli ground offensive. A barefoot boy wears a pot on his head and beams a smile. A child lugs a …

25-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Hundreds of supporters from Pakistani Islamist parties rallied to protest against what they say were blasphemous remarks by the country’s Chief Justice. The protest call, by various religious and political groups led by hardline Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) whose …