14-02-2024 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY: A Palestinian doctor in Rafah has said people are terrified about the prospect of an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza’s southern-most city, after a night of some of the worst air strikes he has experienced since arriving there. In a series of messages sent to media …
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14-02-2024 BRUSSELS/ LONDON: Europe will need 10 years before it is fully ready to defend itself, the boss of Germany’s biggest defence firm, Rheinmetall, told media. Armin Papperger said that ammunition stocks are currently “empty”. He made the comments during a visit by Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a foundation-laying ceremony …
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13-02-2024 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: Israel says two male Israeli hostages have been rescued in a raid in Rafah, amid reports of heavy Israeli air strikes on the southern Gazan city. The Israeli military says the two men are in “good medical condition”. Earlier, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said …
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13-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ RAWALPINDI/ LAHORE: When Nawaz Sharif, the three-time former prime minister, emerged on the balcony of his party’s headquarters in Lahore on Friday night, fireworks went off as he was given a rousing welcome by the crowd of nearly 1,500 people. …
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13-02-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden told Israel’s prime minister a military operation in Rafah should not happen without measures to ensure the safety of civilians, the White House has said. In a call with Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden said Israel needed a “credible and executable plan” to protect the more …
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13-02-2024 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY/ JARUSALEM: Hamas has warned Israel that a ground offensive in Rafah would imperil negotiations on a truce and the exchange of captives and prisoners, as United States President Joe Biden said an assault should not go ahead without a “credible” plan to protect civilians in the …
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13-02-2024 LONDON/ LUALA LUMPUR: UK journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown has accused Malaysia of seeking “political revenge” for her reporting after a court jailed her in absentia. The 64-year-old is appealing a surprise conviction for criminal defamation of a Malaysian royal handed down this week. A local magistrates’ court sentenced her …
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13-02-2024 BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s first female saint was canonized on Sunday, in an event which brought Pope Francis and the country’s president face-to-face for the first time. President Javier Milei, a libertarian, had previously said the Pope was an “imbecile” who “promotes communism”. He has since toned down his criticism …
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13-02-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s suggestion the US would not protect North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies failing to spend enough on defence “undermines all of our security”, the Western military alliance’s chief has said. Jens Stoltenberg also suggested it put US and European troops at greater risk. The Republican said …
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12-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has hailed ties with “big brother” Australia in a historic and closely watched speech in Canberra. James Marape’s address to Australia’s parliament – the first by a Pacific Island leader comes as Australia and China race …
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