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26-04-2023 BRUSSELS/ DAMASCUS: The European Union has imposed sanctions on relatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over their alleged involvement in drug production and trafficking. The European Council said in a statement that the majority of the 25 individuals and eight entities in Syria who were subjected to sanctions on …

26-04-2023 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Russia has begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions “but they have not yet participated in direct assault operations”, the RIA state news agency reports. The tanks have been fitted with extra protection on their flanks, and crews have undergone “combat …

26-04-2023 BOGOTA: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido says he was expelled from Colombia hours after he arrived in Bogota to try to meet participants of an international conference to discuss his country’s political crisis. In a video posted on Twitter, Guaido said he entered Colombia on Monday trying to escape …

26-04-2023 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has officially launched his campaign for re-election in 2024, becoming the Democratic frontrunner in a race that could pit him for a second time against Republican contender Donald Trump, according to his campaign video. Biden’s announcement on Tuesday came on the fourth anniversary …

26-04-2023 BEIJING: China’s Mars rover, which has been in longer-than-expected hibernation on the red planet since May 2022, has likely suffered excessive accumulation of sand and dust, its mission designer has said, breaking months of silence about the status of the space vehicle. The fully robotic Zhurong, named after a …

26-04-2023 WASHINGTON: A 17-year-long Cable News Network (CNN) host Don Lemon has been terminated from his post on Monday by the network, he said on Twitter. CEO Chris Licht, in a memo to staff, said: “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family and we thank him for …

26-04-2023 NEW YORK/ PARIS: A recent, rapid heating of the world’s oceans has alarmed scientists concerned that it will add to global warming. This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has never warmed this much, this quickly. Scientists don’t fully understand why this has …

26-04-2023 TEHRAN: Iran formed a secret committee last year to punish celebrities who backed the current anti-government protests, leaked documents seen by the BBC show. In a letter dated 22 September, just six days after the unrest began, the committee sent the economy ministry a list of 141 well-known figures. …

26-04-2023 STOCKHOLM/ LONDON: A hotel in Stockholm, an estate agent’s office in London and a space above a noodle shop in New York City’s Manhattan might seem like innocuous places, but they are among several locations around the world that have played host to alleged Chinese police stations. With most …

26-04-2023 PORT-AU-PRINCE: More than a dozen suspected gang members in Haiti were lynched and their bodies set on fire by residents in the capital Port-au-Prince, police and witnesses said, as the United Nations warned that insecurity in the city had “reached levels comparable to countries in armed conflict”. Haiti National …