07-09-2022 DUBAI/ RIYADH: Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant Netflix remove content deemed offensive to “Islamic and societal values” in the region, according to Saudi Arabia’s media regulator. It did not specify the content but mentioned that it included content aimed at children. Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya …
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07-09-2022 TEHRAN: The Iranian government plans to use facial recognition technology to record women not complying with the law of wearing hijab, reported The Guardian. The regime continues a crackdown on women’s dressing. The secretary of Iran’s Headquarters for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice, Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani, said that …
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07-09-2022 WASHINGTON: A document describing a foreign government’s military defences, including its nuclear capabilities, was found in the FBI’s search last month of former US President Donald Trump’s Florida home, according to a report in the Washington Post. The US newspaper, which cited people familiar with the matter, did not …
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06-09-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DHAKA: India will start talks on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with Bangladesh, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, aiming to finalize it when the South Asian nation graduates to become a developing country by 2026. Bangladesh is India’s largest …
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06-09-2022 JERUSALEM/ JENIN: The Israeli government and military narrative on the May 11 killing of Al Jazeera’s veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has shifted numerous times over the past few months. Witnesses, including Al Jazeera journalists, immediately said Israeli forces had carried out the shooting in Jenin, a claim …
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06-09-2022 Bureau Report CANBERRA: The Solomon Islands has rejected an offer by Australia to finance the country’s upcoming election, saying the timing of the public release of the overture was “inappropriate” and accused Canberra of meddling in domestic affairs. The Pacific island’s government said in a statement on Tuesday that …
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06-09-2022 BEIJING/ MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended large-scale military exercises involving Chinese forces and the militaries of several other Russia-friendly countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told local news agencies. The Vostok-2022 (East 2022) joint military exercises began on September 1 and are being held amid Russia’s war in …
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06-09-2022 LONDON: The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left his Downing Street office for the last time before heading to Scotland to formally offer his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II. The British leader, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, is expected to meet with …
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05-09-2022 OTTAWA: Police in Canada are hunting for two men identified as suspects in a stabbing spree in the central province of Saskatchwan that left at least 10 people dead. Another 15 people were wounded in the attacks on Sunday in the remote Indigenous community of James Smith Cree Nation …
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05-09-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 in southwestern Sichuan province in China has killed seven people, state television CCTV reported on Monday. The quake was recorded as the strongest to hit the province since 2013, with the shaking, felt in the provincial capital …
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