12-08-2025 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he expected to complete a new Gaza offensive “fairly quickly” as the U.N. Security Council heard new demands for an end to suffering in the Palestinian enclave. Netanyahu, speaking after his security cabinet on Friday approved a much-criticised plan …
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12-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. The conversation between the two leaders came days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an additional 25% tariff on …
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12-08-2025 PARIS/ MOSCOW: Firefighters in southern France have warned that a huge fire they have been battling, which spread across an area bigger than Paris, could reignite as the region continues to face a scorching heatwave. Authorities on Sunday said hot, dry winds and a heatwave would make the work …
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12-08-2025 KABUL: Explicit death threats have been made against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, according to a new UN report, where their rights have been severely curtailed since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. The UN mission to the country said female national …
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12-08-2025 AMMAN: Jordan will host a Jordanian-Syrian-American meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to support the rebuilding of Syria, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates says, as Damascus seeks investment deals with international companies to revive its war-ravaged economy. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and United States envoy to …
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12-08-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZ CITY: Israeli forces have killed five Al Jazeera staff, including correspondent Anas al-Sharif, in a targeted strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Israel’s military has claimed responsibility for the assassination in a statement, falsely claiming al-Sharif led a unit of Hamas’s armed …
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11-08-2025 CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia plans to recognize a Palestinian state as early as Monday following similar moves by France, Britain and Canada, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could sign off on the move after a regular cabinet meeting on Monday, the SMH reported, citing unidentified sources. …
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11-08-2025 LONDON: Police in London arrested 466 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws. The Metropolitan Police said it had made the arrests, thought to be one of the highest number ever …
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11-08-2025 TEHRAN: Iran has said it will block a corridor planned in the Caucasus under a United States-brokered peace accord between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which has been hailed by other countries in the region as beneficial for achieving lasting peace. Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, …
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11-08-2025 SRINAGAR, KASHMIR: Hafsa Kanjwal’s book on Kashmir has just been banned, but it’s the irony of the moment that strikes her the most. This week, authorities in India-administered Kashmir proscribed 25 books authored by acclaimed scholars, writers and journalists. The banned books include Kanjwal’s Colonizing Kashmir: State‑Building under Indian …
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