04-10-2024 LONDON: The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century. The deal reached after years of negotiations will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a …
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04-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The release of a blockbuster Pakistani film has been put on hold in India after officials in Delhi refused to give permission for its screening, media has learnt. A remake of a 1979 Punjabi film, The Legend of Maula Jatt, is the …
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04-10-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations secretary general has condemned Iranian strikes on Israel, after earlier being banned from the country for his initial response. Speaking to the UN Security Council, Antonio Guterres said it was high time to stop what he called the “deadly cycle of tit-for-tat violence” in …
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04-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel’s military says dozens of its soldiers have been killed in combat in southern Lebanon, its first losses since the start of the ground invasion against the armed group Hezbollah. Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, said it had destroyed Israeli tanks during the fighting and insisted …
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04-10-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” in an effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat, prosecutors allege in a new court filing that argues the former president is not immune from prosecution. Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor appointed to lead the election interference case against Trump, submitted the …
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03-10-2024 PARIS/ GERMANY: France said on Wednesday it had mobilized its military resources in the Middle East to counter what it called the Iranian threat and Germany warned the region risked being set on fire after Tehran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel. Iran said early on Wednesday that …
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03-10-2024 ABUJA: For the second time in two months, angry protesters in several cities across Nigeria are trooping out to denounce biting economic hardship in the West African country and to call for change. In the capital Abuja on Tuesday, police fired tear gas canisters into crowds of demonstrators as …
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03-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The global prices for different varieties of rice dropped on Monday after India and Pakistan made tit-for-tat moves to eliminate price caps and resume rice exports. On Saturday, the Indian government lifted a ban on the export of non-Basmati white rice more …
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03-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP/ BEIRUT: Hezbollah says it attacked and repulsed Israeli troops who infiltrated near the town of Odaisseh in southern Lebanon, and “inflicted losses and forced them to retreat”. Israel steps up bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of people in separate attacks on shelters and schools, …
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03-10-2024 KHARTOUM: A top Sudanese general has said the army will press on with its offensive despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire in the 17-month civil war. “Peace talks can go on, but the army will not stop for that,” Assistant Commander-in-Chief Lt Gen Ibrahim Gabir told media. He …
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