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28-06-2022 BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ RIYADH: Iraq’s prime minister met with leaders in rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Sunday, discussing regional stability as part of Baghdad’s efforts to mediate between the two Middle East heavyweights. Mustafa al-Kadhemi visited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, after earlier meeting with Saudi Arabia’s de …

27-06-2022 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has raised its fuel prices, causing further pain for people as officials from the United States arrived for talks in an effort to support the island nation amid its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said on Sunday it had …

27-06-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: The highest earning speed camera locations in Victoria have been revealed from between October and December last year. More than 375,000 drivers were issued infringements from Victorian speed cameras, the fines totaling more than $108 million. New figures show a camera on the Western Ring …

27-06-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Vital medical supplies reached hospitals on Saturday in the remote area of Afghanistan hit by an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, as the country’s Taliban government appealed for more international aid. Authorities have called off the search …

27-06-2022 KIGALI/ LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he aims to remain in power until the middle of the next decade, despite calls for him to quit, which would make him the country’s longest continuously serving leader in 200 years. Earlier this month, Johnson survived a vote …

26-06-2022 JOHANNESBURG: At least 17 people have been found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London on Sunday, police said. Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana said police were alerted by members of the public to the incident at Scenery Park, about 3km (1.9 miles) …

26-06-2022 ISLAMABAD: In a key development in the investigation of the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan’s Federal Investigations Agency (FIA) has arrested suspect Sajid Mir with the aid of law enforcement agencies, Geo News reported on Saturday, citing well-placed sources. However, the government is reluctant to officially acknowledge Mir’s formal detention. According …

26-06-2022 BRUSSELS/ TEHRAN: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will travel to Iran on Friday to try to urge Tehran to seal an agreement to revive the nuclear deal with world powers signed in 2015 that the United States withdrew from but is now seeking to save. Called the …

26-06-2022 BAGHDAD: A Katyusha rocket struck near an Emirati-owned gas complex in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region without causing damage or casualties, local officials said, the third such attack in 72 hours. The rocket fired on Saturday targeted the Khor Mor gas complex, owned by UAE energy company Dana Gas, said …

26-06-2022 BERLIN: Thousands of protesters gathered in Munich as the Group of Seven (G7) leading economic powers prepared to hold their annual gathering in Germany’s Bavarian Alps. Organizers said they hoped to mobilize up to 20,000 protesters in the Bavarian city and were disappointed by the initial low turnout at …