08-12-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: The United States has called upon the Indian government to uphold its commitment to protecting religious freedom for all. State Department spokesman Ned Price made these remarks at a weekly press briefing, saying the US engages officials regularly on steps they can …
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08-12-2022 JERUSALEM/ WEST BANK: The far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the expulsion of Al Jazeera journalists from Israel, shortly after the network filed a formal request with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute those who killed its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May. Ben-Gvir, …
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08-12-2022 NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former US president as he campaigns for the office again in 2024. The Trump Organization – which operates hotels, golf …
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08-12-2022 LONDON: A year ago, the lexicographic grandees at Oxford Languages dutifully stuck out their arms and chose “vax” as the 2021 Word of the Year but this year, the venerable publisher behind the Oxford English Dictionary has like the rest of us, apparently gone full goblin mode. “Goblin mode”, …
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08-12-2022 ISTANBUL/ DAMASCUS: Turkish source has told that Ankara has set a final deadline for Russia and the United States to prevent a ground military operation in northern Syria. The official said on Tuesday that Turkey has demanded that Moscow and Washington press the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to withdraw …
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08-12-2022 BERLIN: In raids across the country, German police have arrested 25 suspected members and supporters of a far-right group who were allegedly seeking to overthrow the state by force, according to the federal prosecutor’s office. About 3,000 officers conducted the raids on Wednesday at 130 sites across 11 German …
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07-12-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have carried out what is thought to be their first public execution since the group’s return to power in Afghanistan last year. A Taliban spokesperson said a man named Tajmir was killed at a crowded sports stadium in south-western …
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Latvia axes exiled Russian broadcaster TV Rain 07-12-2022 RIGA/ MOSCOW: Russia’s last independent television channel, TV Rain, has been shut down in Latvia after less than five months on air. The channel, which is known as Dozhd in Russian, has been accused of showing content that supports Moscow’s invasion of …
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07-12-2022 GEORGIA: Polls have opened for the United States Senate runoff election in Georgia, a tight race that has drawn a record number of early voters. On Tuesday, the Georgia electorate will decide whether to send incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock or his Republican opponent Herschel Walker to Washington to be …
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07-12-2022 BEIJING/ RIYADH: China’s President Xi Jinping will be in Saudi Arabia from December 7-9 on an official visit to the kingdom and to attend a Chinese-Saudi summit, state news agency SPA said on Tuesday. This is President Xi’s first visit to the world’s biggest crude oil exporter since 2016. …
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