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Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 jolts Japan
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 jolted Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture and other surrounding areas in Japan on Sunday morning, the country’s weather agency said. The quake occurred at 8:59…
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UK to pause funding for UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees
London: The UK is “temporarily pausing any future funding” for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the British government has said in a…
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At least 9 Pakistanis killed in attack on vehicle repair shop in Iran
Islamabad: At least nine Pakistani nationals were killed while three others were critically injured in an attack on a vehicle repair shop in the Sirkan area of Saravan City in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan…
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Covid-19 no longer perceived as serious health problem: Study
London: Covid-19 infection is no longer perceived as a serious health problem, finds a large study that showed people still care about the health problems they were facing before the pandemic. Over…
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Houthi attack: Indian Navy responds to distress call from British oil tanker
New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Saturday said its guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam has deployed a team to help fire-fighting efforts on board British oil tanker MV Marlin Luanda which has…
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Eleven suspected terrorists arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab
Lahore: As many as 11 suspected terrorists of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and TTP have been arrested from different parts of Punjab province of Pakistan, the police said on Saturday, January 27, and claimed…
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US, UK launch retaliatory strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen’s Red Sea port
Sanaa: The US-British maritime coalition launched two strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Saturday morning, the media reported. The strikes, which came a few hours…
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UN chief hopes Israel will ‘duly comply’ with ICJ ruling on Gaza
United Nations: The UN Chief Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that he hopes Israel will “duly comply” with the ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ordering it to take action…
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British-Indian student acquitted after ‘Taliban’ joke to blow up plane
London: A British-Indian student has been acquitted by a Spanish court after he was accused of public disorder for joking about blowing up a plane in which he was travelling along with…
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UNRWA sacks several staffers for ‘role’ in Oct 7 attacks on Israel
Tel Aviv: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has sacked several of its employees suspected of involvement in the October 7 terror attacks…
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Indian-origin man jailed for molesting domestic worker, hurting man in Singapore
Singapore: A 61-year-old Indian-origin man was sentenced to 10 months in jail in Singapore for molesting a domestic worker in a lift and punching a man with a metal chain wrapped around…
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Red Sea: PM Modi, French Prez express ‘grave concerns’ over expansion of conflict
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron expressed “grave concerns” at the possibility of further expansion of the conflict in the Middle-East, including in the Red Sea. A…
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Trump ordered to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 mn in defamation case
New York: Former US President Donald Trump should pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defamatory statements he made against her in 2019, a Manhattan federal jury has determined. The…
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Iranian, Pakistani Ambassadors return to embassies
Tehran: Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moqaddam has returned to Islamabad to resume his diplomatic duties after a brief tension between the two neighbours. He left Islamabad for Iran on January…
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Genocide case against Israel: ICJ ruling vindicated us, says South African Prez
Johannesburg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the International Court of Justice has vindicated his country’s decision to charge Israel of genocide during its military offensive in Gaza. The top UN…