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11-04-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ KABUL: Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, once again mentioned the ongoing efforts to appoint a special representative for Afghanistan. Without providing details on the timeline, Stephane Dujarric said that the process of selecting a special representative for Afghanistan is ongoing. “The process is …

11-04-2024 ITBAYAT, PHILIPPINES: Eleuterio Malupa still remembers December 7, 1941. On the same day as the Japanese military attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, it launched coordinated attacks across the Philippines, then a colony of the United States. On Itbayat, the tiny island of 3,100 that Malupa calls …

11-04-2024 PRETORIA: A South African (SA) court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run for office in the country’s upcoming general election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from contesting the polls. The Electoral Court decision on Tuesday paves the way for Zuma to run for …

11-04-2024 LONDON: The United Kingdom will not halt arms sales to Israel by British companies after reviewing the latest legal advice on the matter, Foreign Minister David Cameron has said. Six months into the Israeli assault on Gaza, triggered by the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, British Prime Minister …

11-04-2024 THE HAGUE/ BERLIN: Germany has denied accusations that it was aiding genocide in Gaza by selling Israel arms in a case at the top UN court brought by Nicaragua, a case that reflects a mounting legal action in support of Palestinians. Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, legal adviser for the German …

11-04-2024 PHOENIX. ARIZONA STATE: Arizona’s top court revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a half century before statehood and women’s suffrage, further restricting reproductive rights in a state where terminating a pregnancy was already barred at 15 weeks of gestation. The Arizona Supreme Court …

10-04-2024 WASHINGTON: The US has transferred to Ukraine thousands of infantry weapons and more than 500,000 rounds of ammunition that were seized more than a year ago as they were being shipped by Iran to Houthi forces in Yemen, the US military said on Tuesday. The hardware sent last week …

10-04-2024 BEIRUT: The killing of a local politician has deepened sectarian and political faultiness in Lebanon, raising fears of armed clashes between rival factions in a country already beset by a deep economic crisis, and cross-border shelling linked to the Gaza War. Government and religious officials have rushed to quell …

10-04-2024 ORSK, RUSSIA: Flood sirens blared out in two Russian cities on Tuesday, warning thousands more people to evacuate immediately as two major rivers swelled to bursting point in some of the worst flooding in at least 70 years. Swiftly melting snow across swathes of the Ural Mountains and Siberia …

10-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against arrest in Delhi excise policy and said the material collected by Enforcement Directorate reveals that he conspired with others and was involved in his personal capacity as well as convener …