World
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Trump expands US travel ban to 20 more countries
Washington: US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to expand US travel restrictions, adding 20 more countries and the Palestinian Authority to the list. The move sharply widens limits on who can…
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Showcase Pakistan’s atrocities in Balochistan: Baloch leader’s to Bollywood
Washington: Tara Chand, President of Baloch American Congress, has urged Bollywood actors and the Indian film industry to make a powerful film highlighting Pakistan’s “forced occupation” of Balochistan. In a post on…
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Cyclone Ditwah causes nearly Rs 75 bn damage to Sri Lanka’s infrastructure
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Road Development Authority has incurred a loss of nearly Rs 75 billion due to the destruction of roads and bridges caused by the devastating Cyclone Ditwah, a parliamentary oversight…
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Victory Day: Sheikh Hasina’s son warns of Pakistan-backed proxies in Bangladesh
Dhaka: As Bangladesh observes Victory Day on Tuesday, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed warned that the “proxies of Pakistani occupational forces” have been emboldened across the country to an…
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Healthcare buildings to be built with Indian assistance in Nepal
Kathmandu: Two health post buildings will be constructed in Indrawati Rural Municipality of central Sindhupalchowk district with Indian grant assistance, the Indian Embassy in Nepal said on Tuesday. Jhamka Nath Nepal, Chairperson…
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Australia: GoFundMe crosses millions for Bondi hero who tackled gunman
Sydney: The 43-year-old man from the Bondi attack Ahmed Al Ahmed, who is being hailed as a hero for disarming one of the gunmen involved in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting, has received widespread…
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ICC rejects Israel’s bid to halt Gaza war crimes probe
The International Criminal Court on Monday, December 15, rejected Israel’s petition to block an investigation into war crimes committed in Palestine. The judges at the ICC refused to overturn a lower court…
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Australia beach shooting suspect originally from Hyderabad: Telangana police
Hyderabad: Sajid Akram, one of the suspects in the recent mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia, is a native of Hyderabad, the Telangana Police said on Tuesday, with his brother, who…
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Bondi Beach mass shooting inspired by Islamic State: Australia police
Melbourne: A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett…
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Trump signs executive order classifying fentanyl as ‘weapon of mass destruction’
Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order, classifying fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction”. The order was signed in the Oval Office on Monday in the presence of…
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Elon Musk on way to becoming world’s first trillionaire
New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken another step towards becoming the world’s first trillionaire, according to reports. With his company SpaceX reportedly launching a tender offer, valuing the…
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India mocks Pak’s ‘unique democracy’ of ‘jailing PM, shielding army chief’ at UN
United Nations: In a sharp retort, India ripped through Pakistan’s “divisive agenda” at the UN Security Council, calling out Islamabad’s “unique” way of respecting the will of its people by jailing a…
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Pakistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign
Peshawar: Pakistan on Monday launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, targeting 45.5 million children under five years of age. The week-long drive will involve more than 400,000 frontline polio workers, the National…
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Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid but rejects US push to cede territory
Berlin: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the US push for ceding territory to…
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Terror attack in Australia: Pakistani man wrongly identified as shooter
A Pakistani man was wrongly identified as one of the shooters in the terror attack on Bondi Beach in Australia’s Sydney on Sunday, December 14. The man identified as Sheik Naveed Akram,…
