25-09-2024 DHAKA: Bangladesh’s army chief vowed to back the country’s interim government “come what may” to help it complete key reforms after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, so that elections could be held within the next 18 months. General Waker-uz-Zaman and his troops stood aside in early August …
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25-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s securities regulator, worried about malpractice in a frothy IPO market, is investigating six domestic investment banks that have worked on offerings by small businesses, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The probes by the Securities and Exchange Board …
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25-09-2024 DAKAR: Having slipped undetected into Mali’s capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy, stormed Bamako’s airport and set the presidential jet on fire. The Sept. 17 attack was the most brazen since 2016 in a …
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25-09-2024 NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed rising “impunity, inequality, and unpredictability” throughout the world with a push for 193-member states to focus on “more effective, inclusive, and networked multilateralism”. US President Joe Biden delivered his final address to the world body on “how the world should come together” …
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25-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL: Cats have more freedom than women in Afghanistan, Hollywood actress Meryl Streep has said in an appeal to the international community to stop the Taliban’s repression. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the actress pointed out that even animals had more rights now …
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Sweden blames Iran for cyber-attack after Quran-burnings 25-09-2024 STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s security service Sapo has accused Iranian intelligence of hacking into a text messaging service to send 15,000 messages to Swedes. Sapo said the data breach in summer last year involved SMS messages calling for “revenge against Quran-burners”, after several anti-Islam …
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25-09-2024 BEIRUT: Across southern Lebanon, families scrambled together belongings and headed north in cars and trucks and on motorcycles as the Israeli military struck targets it said were linked to the Lebanese Shia armed group Hezbollah. Some residents reported receiving warnings in the form of text messages and voice recordings …
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24-09-2024 BEIRUT: At least 492 people have been killed in intense and wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, in the deadliest day of conflict there in almost 20 years. Thousands of families have also fled their homes as the Israeli military said it …
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24-09-2024 DAR-ES-SALAAM: Police have cracked down on a planned protest against the government organized by Tanzania’s main opposition party. The leaders of Chadema were arrested on Monday, the party said. Further arrests were made on the streets of the Magomeni area of the capital Dar-es-Salaam where protesters were gathering for …
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24-09-2024 BERLIN: On Sunday, voters in the eastern German state of Brandenburg will vote for a new regional parliament. The anti-migrant far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, could win the most votes. On 1 September the AfD won a major German election for the first time, coming first in the …
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