21-01-2026 WEST BANK: The Israeli military has launched a “large-scale” operation in Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, deploying hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery in a move that has paralyzed the city’s southern districts. In a joint statement issued on Monday, the Israeli army and the internal security …
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21-01-2026 PARIS/ OSLO: US President Donald Trump linked his drive to take control of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he no longer thought “purely of Peace” as the row over the island on Monday threatened to reignite a trade war with Europe. Trump has …
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21-01-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s central bank has proposed that BRICS countries link their official digital currencies to make cross-border trade and tourism payments easier, two sources said, which could reduce reliance on the US dollar as geopolitical tensions rise. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recommended …
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21-01-2026 TEHRAN: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has acknowledged that “several thousands” of Iranians have been killed since protests started in late December among shopkeepers in downtown Tehran, before gradually spreading to big and small cities. That confirmation is unusual because Khamenei has typically avoided commenting on death tolls during …
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21-01-2026 TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said she will dissolve parliament on Friday and call a general election to seek voter backing for her spending plans and other policies. The snap election announcement on Monday comes just three months into her tenure as the nation’s first female prime …
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21-01-2026 DAMASCUS: A Kurdish-led fighting force said on Monday it was clashing with Syrian government forces near a prison holding Islamic State group detainees on the outskirts of Raqqa city. Earlier, the government alleged that some groups from the rebel forces had targeted and killed three army troops in Aleppo …
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21-01-2026 CONAKRY: Mamady Doumbouya, a general who led a 2021 military takeover in Guinea, has been sworn in as the West African country’s president. The Saturday event, which took place in front of tens of thousands of supporters and several heads of state, came after Doumbaya was declared the victor …
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20-01-2026 WASHINGTON: A threat by US President Donald Trump to impose fresh tariffs on eight allies opposed to his proposed takeover of Greenland has drawn condemnation from European leaders. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the move was “completely wrong”, while French President Emmanuel Macron called it “unacceptable”. The comments …
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20-01-2026 MANILA: The Philippines and Japan signed two defence pacts on Thursday, including a deal allowing their forces to exchange supplies and services, with both countries seeking to strengthen security cooperation in response to rising regional tensions. The Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement, designed to enable the swift provision of supplies …
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20-01-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s aviation regulator on Saturday fined IndiGo a record $2.45 million, issued warnings to senior executives and directed the airline to remove the head of its operations control from his duties after mass flight cancellations last month. India’s largest airline scrapped about 4,500 flights in …
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