29-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s lower house of parliament suspended proceedings for a second day on Wednesday after disruptions by lawmakers demanding a discussion of the US indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani, while stocks of his group’s companies clawed back some losses. Last week US authorities accused Adani, his …
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29-11-2024 NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: The US decision to allow Ukraine to fire American weapons deeper into Russia has not increased the risk of a nuclear attack, which is unlikely, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s increasingly bellicose statements, five sources familiar with US intelligence told media but Russia is likely to …
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29-11-2024 BEIRUT: With the bodies of its fighters still strewn on the battlefield, Hezbollah must bury its dead and provide succor to its supporters who bore the brunt of Israel’s offensive, as the first steps on a long and costly road to recovery, four senior officials said. Hezbollah believes the …
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29-11-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel will appeal against the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. Judges last week issued warrants for the two men along with Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, saying there were reasonable grounds to believe the three men bore …
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29-11-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and picks for his White House team have been targeted by bomb threats. The FBI said it was aware of “numerous bomb threats” as well as “swatting incidents”, in which hoax calls are made to attract a police response to …
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29-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s security forces have been accused of pushing a man off a stack of cargo containers during Tuesday’s protests in the capital Islamabad, where crowds demanded the release of former President Imran Khan. Khan’s party said the incident was one of …
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28-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Senior journalist Matiullah Jan was remanded for two days in police custody on Thursday in a terrorism and narcotics case that was widely derided as being “bogus” on “trumped up charges” amid an outcry for his release. He was earlier booked …
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28-11-2024 LONDON: British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favor of plans to introduce some of the world’s strictest anti-smoking rules, giving the green light for the bill to progress to the next parliamentary stage. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to make vapes less appealing and would ensure anyone …
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28-11-2024 CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: An Australian Senate committee has backed a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 but said social media platforms should not force users to submit personal data such as passport and other digital identification to prove their age. Australia plans to trial an age-verification …
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28-11-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party said it had no reason to defend billionaire Gautam Adani on Tuesday following his US indictment over alleged bribery to secure power deals in India. The main opposition Congress party has accused Modi and his Bharatiya Janata …
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