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US commends India’s parliamentary elections, stays neutral on results
Washington: The US on Tuesday praised India’s parliamentary elections as the “largest exercise of democracy in history”, while refraining from commenting on the outcomes of the polls. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller…
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Guterres congratulates Indian people for ‘massive exercise of democracy’
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres congratulates the people of India for the “massive exercise of democracy”, his Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino said on Tuesday. “We, of course, want to congratulate…
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SL Prez, Nepal PM congratulate PM Modi on victory of BJP-led NDA coalition
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the victory of the BJP-led NDA coalition in the general…
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Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s first woman President
Mexico: Climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, has been elected as the first woman to be elected as President of Mexico. She will also be the first Jewish…
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Two US restaurants attacked in Iraqi capital
Baghdad: Dozens of “protesters” on Monday evening stormed two American restaurants in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, causing damages, a security source said. Angry protesters broke into a KFC restaurant on Palestine Street…
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Israeli operations force 1 mn people to flee Rafah: UN agency
Gaza: A UN agency said on Monday that the Israeli operations in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah have forced more than 1 million people to flee. The United Nations Relief and…
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4 injured as mob attacks polio team in Pak’s Balochistan province
Karachi: Four people, including a woman and a policeman, were injured when a mob armed with sticks and batons attacked a polio vaccine team in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Monday, police…
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Christian man critically injured by mob in Pakistan’s Punjab province dies
Lahore: An elderly Christian man who was critically injured last week by a violent mob over a blasphemy allegation in Pakistan’s Punjab province has died, police said on Monday. An enraged mob…
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Watch: Khabib urges Donald Trump to stop war in Gaza
A renowned Russian former UFC champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, purpotedly urged former United States (US) President Donald Trump to do everything in his power to stop the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. This…
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10 killed, 5 missing as heavy rains continue in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Ten people were killed and five others missing during the past 24 hours as heavy rains and strong winds lashed out across Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said. Most…
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Israel advises citizens in Maldives to leave following entry ban
Jerusalem: The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Israeli citizens currently staying in the Maldives to consider leaving the country, following the Maldivian government’s announcement of a decision to amend its laws…
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Sri Lanka Prez calls for cross party support for economic transformation bill
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday urged all political parties to support the economic transformation bill in Parliament as an urgent measure to help the crisis-hit island nation sustain its…
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Maldives to impose a ban on Israeli passports
The Madlives government has decided to amend its laws to facilitate banning Israel’s passport in the country. The decision was announced by the Minister of Homeland Security and Technology Ali Ihsaan at…
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Far-right Israeli ministers threaten to quit if Netanyahu agrees to Biden’s proposal
Two far-right Israeli ministers has threatened to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau’s government if he agrees to US President Joe Biden’s proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Taking to X,…
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Netanyahu accepts invitation to address US Congress
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he accepted the invitation to address a joint meeting of the US Congress in Washington. In a statement, the Israeli Prime Minister said…
