24-12-2020 ADDIS ABABA: More than 100 people have been killed in Ethiopia’s western region of Benishangul-Gumuz, in the latest massacre along ethnic lines in the country. Witnesses and officials said that at least 102 people were killed in the attack early on Wednesday in the Metekel zone. The attack occurred …
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24-12-2020 PARIS: A man suspected of killing three police officers in central France has been found dead, the country’s Interior Minister has said. Three gendarmes were shot dead and a fourth injured after they responded to a domestic violence incident in Puy-de-Dôme, west of Lyon, in the early hours of …
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23-12-2020 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has rejected a nearly $900bn emergency spending legislation to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, telling Congress to amend the bill and increase the amount of relief to Americans, among other demands. In a video message posted on social media on Tuesday night, Trump also claimed …
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23-12-2020 JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament dissolved on Wednesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fractured ruling coalition failed to pass a budget, triggering a fourth election in two years and renewing an unprecedented political crisis. The coalition led by Netanyahu and his former election rival, Defence Minister Benny Gantz, had been inching …
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22-12-2020 By SJA Jafri LONDON/ NEW DELHI/ PAKISTAN: Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has imposed a heavy fine of £20,000 on Republic Bharat TV (Worldview Media Network Limited) in the UK for serious broadcast breaches. The Republic Bharat channel broadcasts rolling news and current affairs to the Hindi speaking community in …
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22-12-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report WASHINGTON/ GENEVA/ LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom has been shut off from much of Europe after its closest allies cut transport ties due to fears about a new strain of the coronavirus. Officials from the World Health Organization …
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22-12-2020 LONDON: Britain could face shortage of fresh food and greens after a more contagious variant of the novel coronavirus has emerged in the country, promoting states across the globe to close its borders to it. The lingering Brexit talks aren’t helping the situation either. France on Sunday decided to …
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21-12-2020 By SJA Jafri + Al-Jazeera + Bureau Report DOHA/ JERUSALEM/ RIYADH/ MELBOURNE: It is very shocking and alarming that dozens of journalists especially Al-Jazeera, PMI and Messenger have been targeting since a long by Saudi, Indian, Pakistani, Australian, American and Britain governments and agencies while the said journalists always …
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21-12-2020 BAGHDAD: At least three Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in an attack targeting the US Embassy, two Iraqi security sources said on Sunday. The Iraqi military said that an “outlaw group” fired rockets at Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday. The rockets hit a …
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21-12-2020 Bureau Report DUBAI/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says it has been assured by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that the abrupt visa ban imposed last month is “temporary in nature” and were imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. A statement released on Sunday by the Pakistani foreign office said the Gulf …
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