04-10-2024 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON/ BEIRUT: Iran’s message sent to the US via Qatar seems to be a response to what US President Joe Biden said yesterday. Biden said Israel has the right to retaliate for the recent Iranian strikes, unlike what happened in April when Iran targeted Israel and the White …
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04-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Last week, authorities in the Indian city of Kolkata announced plans to eliminate trams entirely, retaining only a small heritage loop. In response, a group of activists is fighting to ensure that trams remain a vital mode of transport rather than mere …
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04-10-2024 SANTO DOMINGO: The Dominican Republic says it plans to deport up to 10,000 undocumented migrants a week to combat uncontrolled migration. The plan was announced by President Luis Abinader’s spokesman, Homero Figueroa, who blamed the international community’s slow response to months of gang violence in neighboring Haiti and its …
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04-10-2024 LONDON: The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century. The deal reached after years of negotiations will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a …
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04-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The release of a blockbuster Pakistani film has been put on hold in India after officials in Delhi refused to give permission for its screening, media has learnt. A remake of a 1979 Punjabi film, The Legend of Maula Jatt, is the …
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04-10-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations secretary general has condemned Iranian strikes on Israel, after earlier being banned from the country for his initial response. Speaking to the UN Security Council, Antonio Guterres said it was high time to stop what he called the “deadly cycle of tit-for-tat violence” in …
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04-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel’s military says dozens of its soldiers have been killed in combat in southern Lebanon, its first losses since the start of the ground invasion against the armed group Hezbollah. Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, said it had destroyed Israeli tanks during the fighting and insisted …
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04-10-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” in an effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat, prosecutors allege in a new court filing that argues the former president is not immune from prosecution. Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor appointed to lead the election interference case against Trump, submitted the …
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03-10-2024 PARIS/ GERMANY: France said on Wednesday it had mobilized its military resources in the Middle East to counter what it called the Iranian threat and Germany warned the region risked being set on fire after Tehran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel. Iran said early on Wednesday that …
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03-10-2024 ABUJA: For the second time in two months, angry protesters in several cities across Nigeria are trooping out to denounce biting economic hardship in the West African country and to call for change. In the capital Abuja on Tuesday, police fired tear gas canisters into crowds of demonstrators as …
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