26-03-2023 PARIS: France has banned the “recreational” use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and other apps on government employees’ phones because of concerns about insufficient data security measures. The ban is to come into force immediately, the Ministry of Public Sector Transformation and the Civil Service wrote on Twitter on Friday. …
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26-03-2023 DAMASCUS: Pro-Iranian forces in Syria have said they have a “long arm” to respond to further United States air strikes on their positions, after tit-for-tat missile and drone attacks in Syria over the last 24 hours. The online statement, released late on Friday and signed by the Iranian Advisory …
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26-03-2023 MADRID: Hundreds of people were evacuated as a major forest fire raged in Spain’s eastern Castellon province on Friday, marking an early start to the nation’s fire season amid bone dry conditions. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promised full support to those who had fled their homes. “We’re looking …
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26-03-2023 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks on resuming consular services, Saudi state media said Thursday, more than a decade after the Gulf kingdom cut ties with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “A discussion is underway between officials in the kingdom and their counterparts in Syria about resuming the …
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26-03-2023 OTTAWA: US President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Canada where he will meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and address parliament, with reports that a deal has been struck on managing undocumented migration across the neighbors’ long border. Trade, Canada’s anemic defence spending, and a potential international force to stabilize …
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26-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: LONDON: British Pakistani diplomat Fouzia Younis has made history once again as she has been appointed as His Majesty’s British Consul General to Toronto. Fouzia Younis, who is currently in Islamabad working as a senior British diplomat, will be leaving for Canada soon …
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25-03-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ TASHKENT: India has cancelled the manufacturing licence of a firm whose cough syrups been linked to 18 child deaths in Uzbekistan. The WHO in January had warned against the use of two cough syrups made by Marion Biotech, saying they were substandard. Marion …
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25-03-2023 RIYADH: Six prominent Saudi judges and four former judges have been charged with “high treason” and now face the death penalty, Democracy for the Arab Now (DAWN) has warned. Sources told DAWN that the government has denied the defendants legal counsel and held them incommunicado since their detention on …
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25-03-2023 RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will soon resume work at its consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus, Sputnik reported. The sources indicated that Russian-Emirati mediation led to the removal of obstacles between the two Arab countries. The reopening of the Saudi consulate in Damascus is expected …
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25-03-2023 TEHRAN: Iran on Friday urged France to listen to protesters and avoid violence after more than 450 people were arrested and nearly as many police were injured in demonstrations against pension reforms. Protesters clashed with French security forces on Thursday in the most serious violence yet of a three-month …
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