07-01-2023 TEHRAN: Iran’s judiciary said Thursday a senior official has ordered an inquiry into allegations denied by the authorities of rape and sexual assault of inmates in the country’s jails. International media reports last month alleged widespread sexual assaults of Iranians arrested during nationwide protests sparked by the death in …
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07-01-2023 ROME: Italian authorities have found the body of an 18-year-old woman who went missing more than a year ago after refusing to travel to Pakistan for an arranged marriage, a lawyer for a rights group said on Wednesday. Pakistan-origin Saman Abbas has been identified by dental records after human …
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07-01-2023 Bureau Report MELBOURNE/ ADELAIDE: Novak Djokovic received a positive welcome back to Australia as he made a rare doubles appearances at the Adelaide International. The Serb was deported prior to the 2022 Australian Open because of his Covid-19 vaccination status. Djokovic’s three-year visa ban was overturned in November, allowing …
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07-01-2023 UNITED NATIONS: United Nation’s Security Council members voiced concern and stressed the need to maintain the status quo at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, but did not commit to any action days after Israel’s new far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir made a controversial visit to the site, …
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07-01-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Residents of Joshimath town in Uttarakhand state are demanding evacuation and rehabilitation after large cracks appeared in their homes. On Thursday, officials stopped several construction projects after thousands of protesters blocked a national highway in the Himalayan state. The state’s chief minister is …
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07-01-2023 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s presentation of his young daughter at recent public events is likely an attempt to show his people that one of his children will one day inherit the leadership in what would be the third power transfer to a Kim family member in …
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07-01-2023 BEIJING: An US Navy warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, irking China, which claims the waters as its territory. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Chung-Hoon carried out the passage, a statement from the US Navy said, calling it a routine activity. USS Chung-Hoon “conducted a routine …
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07-01-2023 MEXICO CITY: Mexican security forces captured on Thursday drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, triggering a wave of violence ahead of a visit by US President Joe Biden next week. The violence took place largely in the city of Culiacan in …
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06-01-2023 CALIFORNIA: Evacuation orders and advisories are in place in parts of northern California as a major storm slams into the coast. Regions that have been hit by wildfires in the past were among the first places to be told to evacuate due to concerns about flooding and landslides. California’s …
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06-01-2023 RABAT: Morocco has demanded that Israel recognize its sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara before Rabat opens an embassy in Tel Aviv, the news outlet Axios has reported, citing four current and former Israeli officials involved in the matter. For decades, Morocco has been involved in a …
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