08-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MALAPPURAM: Tragedy struck on Sunday in India’s Kerala state as a boat capsized in the Malappuram district, resulting in the devastating loss of life for a minimum of 16 individuals, as reported by V. Abdurahiman, the state’s minister for fisheries and harbour development. …
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08-05-2023 HOUSTON: Eight people have been killed in the US state of Texas after a car struck a group at a bus stop close to a shelter for the homeless and migrants. The incident happened in the city of Brownsville near the Mexican border at about 08:30 local time (14:30 …
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08-05-2023 TEHRAN: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ground Force successfully tested a homegrown rocket equipped with a thermobaric warhead. Experts at the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization of the IRGC Ground Force have furnished the ‘Fajr-5’ rocket with a thermobaric warhead. Fajr-5 is a 333 mm rocket, whose guided version, …
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08-05-2023 LONDON: A wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a doctor have been jailed by a London court for trafficking a street trader from Lagos to the United Kingdom to illegally harvest his kidney for a transplant for their seriously ill daughter. The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on …
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08-05-2023 HANOI: Vietnam has strongly protested against Australia’s issuance of a coin with an image of the yellow flag of South Vietnam. Vietnam said the coin defies positive trends in bilateral ties and urged Australia to halt its circulation. Australia fought with the losing US-backed South during the Vietnam War, …
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08-05-2023 MOSCOW: Russia has sparked a “mad panic” as it evacuates a town near the contested Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a Ukrainian official says. Russia has told people to leave 18 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, including Enerhodar near the plant, ahead of Kyiv’s anticipated offensive. The Ukrainian mayor of …
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08-05-2023 OTTAWA/ EDSON: Raging wildfires spreading across Alberta have forced the Canadian province to announce a state of emergency, with 25,000 people forced to flee their homes due to the out-of-control blazes. The huge wildfires, fanned by strong dry winds, have grown in number to around 110 as of Sunday, …
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08-05-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to host a day-long trilateral dialogue with China and Afghanistan in Islamabad after the arrival of the Chinese and Afghan foreign ministers, Qin Gang and Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Friday. In addition to attending the fifth round of the trilateral …
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08-05-2023 ANKARA/ KHARTOUM: Turkey will move its embassy in Khartoum to Port Sudan after the Turkish ambassador’s car was hit by gunfire, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said. “With recommendation from the transitional government and Sudan army, we decided to move our embassy temporarily to Port Sudan for security reasons,” …
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08-05-2023 CAIRO: Foreign ministers from Arab League member states have agreed to reinstate Syria’s membership after its suspension more than 10 years ago, according to Iraqi state media. The ministers voted for Syria’s return into the fold at the Arab League’s headquarters in Cairo on Sunday. The decision was made …
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