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10-01-2023 SARAJEVO/ MOSCOW: Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb separatist leader, has awarded Russian President Vladimir Putin in absentia with the highest medal of honor for his “patriotic concern and love” for the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Putin is responsible for developing and strengthening cooperation and political and friendly relations …

10-01-2023 CAIRO: A cargo vessel that ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal has been refloated, the Suez Canal Authority and a canal services firm said. Leth Agencies said the MV Glory ran aground on Monday near the city of Qantara, in the Suez Canal governorate of Ismailia. The Norwegian shipping …

10-01-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has sentenced to death three people accused of killing three members of the security forces during the protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary said Monday. The country has been rocked by civil unrest since the September 16 death of Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, …

10-01-2023 TAIPEI/ BEIJING: Taiwan condemned China on Monday for holding its second military combat drills around the island in less than a month, with the defence ministry saying it had detected 57 Chinese aircraft. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has been ramping up military, political and …

10-01-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ : Indian authorities have evacuated hundreds of people from their homes in the Himalayan town of Joshimath in northern Uttarakhand state after buildings in the area popular with pilgrims and tourists developed cracks due to shifting soil. About 1,890 metres (6,200 feet) above …

10-01-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel’s new far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir has instructed police to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces, calling the Palestinian national symbol an act of “terrorism”. Israeli law does not outlaw Palestinian flags but police and soldiers have the right to remove them in cases where …

09-01-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report GENEVA/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is in dire want of $8 billion from world donors during the next three years to shore up the country’s economy that was mostly laid to waste by extreme floods from June to October 2022, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said …

09-01-2023 BERLIN: A 32-year-old Iranian man has been arrested in Germany for allegedly plotting an “Islamist-motivated” attack. The man had been plotting to use cyanide and ricin to commit a “serious act of violence”, North Rhine-Westphalia police said in a statement. They raided the man’s Castrop-Rauxel residence, in the Ruhr …

09-01-2023 BEIJING: China has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since it imposed travel restrictions in March 2020. Incoming travelers will no longer need to quarantine marking a significant change in the country’s COVID policy as it battles a surge in cases. They will still require …

09-01-2023 TEHRAN: Tehran has been targeting those who support the protesters in Iran by arresting journalists and dismissing lecturers. Even experts who point out violations are being locked away. “We don’t know which of us will be arrested next. We’re very worried,” Iranian journalists revealed in background talks. They avoid …