23-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced more than $28m medical, food and other humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, while also authorizing the transport of food aid from India through Pakistan to Afghanistan, his office says. Khan met his country’s army chief …
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23-11-2021 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has signaled a readiness to step up Israel’s confrontation with Iran, reiterating on Tuesday, his country would not be bound by any new Iranian nuclear deal with world powers. Indirect negotiations will begin on November 29 on reviving the 2015 accord, which former …
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23-11-2021 MINSK/ BAGHDAD: As the plane taxied on the runway of Erbil’s airport after a three-hour flight from the Belarusian capital Minsk, Azad looked out the window, clutching his wife’s hands. “We’ll lower our hats, wear masks, and leave the airport as soon as possible,” Azad, a 28-year-old man from …
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23-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s international border will be further eased from next week under substantial changes announced by the federal government on Monday. From 1 December, Australia’s travel bubble will be expanded and skilled workers, eligible visa holders and international students will be able …
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23-11-2021 JEDDAH/ OTTAWA: The fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has called on Justin Bieber to cancel his upcoming concert in Saudi Arabia next month. The Canadian singer is among the stars set to perform at the kingdom’s first Formula One Grand Prix in Jeddah but Hatice Cengiz wrote an …
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23-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Senior executives at Amazon’s business in India have been charged after two men allegedly used the website as part of a marijuana smuggling operation. Last week, police in the central state of Madhya Pradesh arrested two men for allegedly trafficking 20kg of the drug to …
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23-11-2021 VIENNA/ TEHRAN: The United States must “accept reality” and agree to lift its sanctions on Iran during next week’s nuclear talks in Vienna, according to Tehran’s top negotiator. Representatives of Iran and the other signatories of its 2015 nuclear deal will be in Austria starting November 29 to try …
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23-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Women have been banned from appearing in television dramas in Afghanistan under new rules imposed by the Taliban government. Female journalists and presenters have also been ordered to wear headscarves on screen, although the guidelines do not say which type of …
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22-11-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ UNITED NATIONS/ ISLAMABAD: Underscoring the need for urgent actions to prop up Afghanistan’s banks, the United Nations Monday warned that a spike in people unable to repay loans, lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch could cause the financial system …
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22-11-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: An Indian man declared dead after a road accident shocked his relatives when they found him still breathing despite a night in the freezer of a hospital morgue. Srikesh Kumar was rushed to a clinic in a critical condition after he was hit by a …
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