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19-12-2022 BERLIN: Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, has been experiencing serious technical problems with its Puma infantry fighting vehicles, according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine on Saturday. After a training exercise involving 18 state-of-the-art Puma infantry fighting vehicles, not a single one was left operational, the report said. …

18-12-2022 BAGHDAD/ KIRKUK: At least nine Iraqi federal police officers have been killed while many others injured in a bomb blast near Iraq’s north-central city of Kirkuk, security sources told media. The sources said those killed on Sunday were traveling in a convoy when the bomb struck. The blast took …

18-12-2022 TEHRAN: The capacity for the enrichment of uranium in Iran is currently twice as high as the total capacity since the genesis of the nuclear industry in the country, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said. In a meeting with a group of Iranian …

18-12-2022 QATAR: Croatia have eased past Morocco 2-1 to claim third place in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. A sublime header from Josko Gvardiol in the seventh minute made the 20-year-old Croatia’s youngest-ever goal scorer in the national shirt. Two minutes later, Achraf Dari equalised with a header of …

18-12-2022 TEHRAN: Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actresses on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said on Saturday. The report by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie, The Salesman, was jailed …

18-12-2022 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire’s plane. The reinstatements came after the unprecedented suspensions evoked stinging criticism from government officials, advocacy groups and journalism organizations from several …

18-12-2022 LIMA: Authorities in Peru have held high-level talks to try to resolve a deepening political crisis triggered by the ousting of the former president. The Council of State, the body made up of representatives of all branches of power, and church leaders had a three-hour meeting in the capital, …

18-12-2022 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: On this day 10 years ago, a young woman was gang-raped and brutally assaulted on a bus in the Indian capital, Delhi. She died a few days later from her injuries. As she lay in a hospital bed, fighting for her life, the …

18-12-2022 WASHINGTON: The congressional inquiry into last year’s Capitol riot will reportedly recommend three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. The House of Representatives select committee will seek an unprecedented charge of insurrection against a former US president, according to US media. The panel is expected to publish its …

18-12-2022 UNITED NATIONS: Oscar-winning US actress Angelina Jolie says she is stepping down from her role as an ambassador for the UN refugee agency UNHCR after more than 20 years. “I believe in many things the UN does, particularly the lives it saves through emergency relief,” Jolie, 47, said and …