28-05-2025 BEIRUT: As southern Lebanon continues to suffer from sporadic Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire signed in November between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, establishment parties have emerged as the biggest winners of municipal elections. Voting took place over four weeks, starting in Mount Lebanon, north of the capital, …
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28-05-2025 WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says she delivered a message from President Donald Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two countries should be aligned on how to approach Iran. Noem, who concluded a visit to Israel on Monday, told media that her …
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28-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 81 Palestinians have been killed, most of them in a school building sheltering displaced families during Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight, hospital directors have told media. Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City was housing hundreds of people from Beit Lahia, currently under intense Israeli …
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28-05-2025 MOSCOW: The Kremlin claimed Donald Trump was showing signs of “emotional overload” after he called Vladimir Putin “absolutely crazy” following Moscow’s largest aerial assault on Ukraine. The US president said on Truth Social on Sunday that “something has happened” to Putin, after Russia killed 13 in Ukraine with 367 …
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28-05-2025 OTTAWA: King Charles and Queen Camilla have landed in Ottawa, at the start of a two-day visit to Canada seen as bringing a message of support for the country in the face of threats and taunts from US President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently won a …
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28-05-2025 ATHENS: A naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. Up to 650 people were feared to have drowned when the overcrowded Adriana fishing vessel sank near Pylos, off the Greek coast, in the early hours …
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27-05-2025 HONG KONG/ LONDON: Hong Kong’s Education Bureau said that it had called on universities in the Chinese territory to attract top talent following a ban on Harvard University enrolling foreign students. US President Donald Trump’s administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students and is forcing current foreign …
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27-05-2025 KINSHASA: Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo are optimistic they can reach a deal with Washington next month to secure US investment in critical minerals alongside support to end a Rwandan-backed rebellion in the country’s east, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Congolese minerals such as tungsten, tantalum …
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27-05-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will push the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog, to add arch-rival Pakistan back to its “grey list” and oppose upcoming World Bank funding to Islamabad, a top government source in New Delhi said on Friday. India announced a slew …
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27-05-2025 GAZA STRIP/ CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a senior rescue service official and a journalist, local health authorities said. The latest deaths in the Israeli campaign resulted from separate Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the south, Jabalia …
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