11-07-2021 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party has been declared the winner of last month’s national election in a landslide, assuring a second five-year term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The June 21 election marked the first time Abiy faced voters since being appointed prime minister in 2018 following several …
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10-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ MOSCOW/ ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban on Friday claimed that 85% of Afghanistan’s territory was under their control as the group continued its offensive amid a US military withdrawal. At a press conference in Moscow, Taliban negotiator Shahabuddin Delawar said that …
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10-07-2021 TORONTO: “All of us should feel the pain of the Indigenous community here … because we have seen what imperialism does to our countries back home,” Aarij Anwer, Imam of the London Muslim Mosque in Ontario, said during Friday’s prayer, live streamed on social media. On Friday, Anwer was …
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10-07-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The High Court of Delhi heard WhatsApp’s plea challenging the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) enquiry into the updated privacy policy of WhatsApp on Friday, media reported. The social networking site informed the court that they voluntarily put the updated privacy policy on hold. WhatsApp …
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10-07-2021 JERUSALEM/ WEST BANK: Israeli forces opened fire on hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators who rallied against an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday, with more than 370 people wounded including 31 hit by live ammunition. Drones dropped tear gas canisters and smoke filled the air at the …
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09-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Hanif Atmar has sought Pakistan’s help to end the raging conflict in Afghanistan, saying that he hoped Islamabad would persuade the Taliban to return to talks again. The situation in Afghanistan has taken a turn …
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09-07-2021 BAGHDAD/ TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS: Pro-Iran militias are “playing with fire” by attacking American interests in Iraq and the recent escalation in tit-for-tat strikes could spiral out of control, analysts warn. Two dozen rockets were fired towards the Ain Al-Assad base in western Anbar governate that houses Iraqi and American forces …
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09-07-2021 DHAKA: A massive fire in a Bangladesh food processing factory has killed at least 52 people trapped by flames that forced many workers to leap for their lives from the upper floors, AFP news agency reports, citing police officials. The blaze broke out at the factory in Rupganj, an …
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09-07-2021 JERUSALEM: Israel has said it will begin seizing cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group to raise money for its armed wing. Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz ordered security forces on Thursday to seize the accounts after a joint operation, the ministry said, “uncovered a web of electronic …
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09-07-2021 DHAKA: Thousands of people are defying a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Bangladesh to see Rani, a 51-centimetre (20-inch) tall cow whose owners claim it is the worlds smallest. The 23-month-old dwarf cow has become a media star with scores of newspapers and television stations throwing the spotlight on the …
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