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28-03-2023 MEXICO CITY/ HOUSTON: Dozens of people were killed and injured after a fire started in an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico near the US border. The blaze occurred late Monday at a facility in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Images from the scene showed …

28-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Leaders of India’s main opposition party Congress are holding nationwide protests against the disqualification of their leader Rahul Gandhi from parliament. Gandhi was removed as an MP last week after he was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. He was convicted …

28-03-2023 TAIPEI CITY: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, seeking closer ties with Western democracies in the face of Chinese pressure, has welcomed a large Czech delegation to the island, a boost for Taipei after once-loyal ally Honduras switched allegiance to Beijing. Although the number of countries that retain formal diplomatic ties …

28-03-2023 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has pledged to deal decisively with “terrorists” fighting against his rule as the military put on an annual show of strength for Armed Forces Day. The senior general delivered his remarks on Monday after soldiers marched in formation through a parade ground …

28-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris has said that the United States will increase investment in Africa and help spur economic growth as she began a week-long tour of the continent aimed at countering the influence of rivals Russia and China. China has invested heavily in Africa in recent decades, …

28-03-2023 TEHRAN/ RIYADH: Iran and Saudi Arabia’s top diplomats have agreed to meet before the end of the holy month of Ramadan to implement a landmark bilateral reconciliation deal that was brokered by China. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, made the decision …

28-03-2023 PYONGYANG:  North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, according to the South Korean military, after protesting joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC) said the missiles were fired from North Korea’s …

28-03-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel is set for one of the most pivotal days in its domestic history, with parts of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition debating whether to pause judicial changes that have set off civil unrest even as other lawmakers vowed to press on. Israelis were bracing Monday morning for …

28-03-2023 TRIPOLI/ ZAWIYA: 190 migrants including people from Pakistan were rescued from a wooden boat approximately 20 hours after they departed from Zawiya in Libya. Some 190 migrants were rescued by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) off the coast of Libya early on Friday (March 24). The migrants also included people …

28-03-2023 PARIS: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told media she would meet opposition leaders early next month and be open to talks with unions, after weeks of protests against pension’s reforms. She also said she would not make further use of the controversial mechanism that allowed her to force through …