09-05-2025 VICTORIA: The auction house Sotheby’s has postponed its sale in Hong Kong of hundreds of sacred jewels linked to the Buddha’s remains, after a threat of legal action by the Indian government. The sale of the collection described as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern …
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09-05-2025 NEW YORK: New York police have arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters after they occupied part of the main library at Columbia University on Wednesday. Two university security officers were injured when protesters forced their way into Butler Library on Wednesday, according to a statement from the university president, who …
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09-05-2025 NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Both sides made allegations a day after India struck Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in a series of missile strikes. Pakistan says it has shot down 25 drones overnight, while India has said it has neutralized “drones” and “missiles”. The media has not independently verified the claims …
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08-05-2025 BAMAKO: Mali’s military government has suspended the activities of political parties “until further notice”, days after a rare pro-democracy rally. The decree signed on Wednesday by the transitional president, General Assimi Goita, cited “reasons of public order” and covered all “associations of a political character”, according to state media. …
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08-05-2025 BERN/ WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The United States and China will hold trade talks in Switzerland this week, officials have said, as the world’s two largest economies seek to de-escalate tensions that have led to a de facto mutual trade embargo. The talks would be the first official engagement between Washington …
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08-05-2025 SANA’A: A ceasefire deal between Yemen’s Houthis and the United States does not include any operations against Israel, the group’s chief negotiator has announced. Mohammed Abdulsalam told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday that attacking Israel was not included in “any way, shape or form” in the agreement mediated …
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08-05-2025 BERLIN: Germany’s new interior minister has issued orders to reject undocumented refugees and migrants and wants to deploy thousands more police officers at the country’s borders, according to the Bild newspaper. The publication reported the development on Wednesday, the first day of work for the country’s new conservative-led government …
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08-05-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Indian military launched multiple missile attacks targeting sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir early on Wednesday in an attack it called Operation Sindoor. The Pakistani military claims to have retaliated, shooting down multiple Indian military planes. At least 26 Pakistanis have been …
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08-05-2025 VATICAN CITY: For days, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have been slipping beyond the Vatican’s walls, gathering for discreet dinners at old trattorias and secretive sessions at private living rooms across Rome. Tasked with electing the new leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, the red-hatted princes of the …
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08-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israel’s attacks on Gaza have killed at least 57 people since dawn, targeting civilians in crowded places, as it’s more than two-month blockade of the besieged and bombarded enclave has caused acute food shortages, accelerating the starvation of the Palestinian population. A reconnaissance drone strike targeted an …
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