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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…
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ICJ calls on Israel to take measures to prevent genocide in Gaza
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, January 26, ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide during its war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. This came…
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Tombstones of 80 graves of Ahmadi community destroyed in Pakistan
Lahore: Police in Pakistan under pressure from religious extremists destroyed the tombstones of 80 graves of the minority Ahmadi community in the Punjab province, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan claimed on Friday. The incident took…
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German minister’s plane makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
German Foreign Minister (FM) Annalena Baerbock and her delegation were forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, due to the inability to obtain permission to use Eritrean airspace. On Wednesday,…
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King Charles III admitted to hospital for a prostate operation
London: Britain’s King Charles III was on Friday admitted to a private hospital here for treatment for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace announced. The procedure will be carried out at the London…
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‘Confident on UK, India ties flourishing…’: King Charles on Republic day
London: King Charles III on Friday congratulated the people of India on its 75th Republic Day and said he looks forward to the UK and India working together to tackle the world’s…
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Over 40% drop in Suez Canal traffic following Houthi attacks: UN
Taipei: The traffic volume of the Suez Canal dropped by more than 40 per cent as Yemen rebels repeatedly attacked merchant ships. According to United Nations data, the Yemen rebels’ Commercial traffic…
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Lina Khan-led FTC probing Microsoft, Google investments into GenAI companies
San Francisco: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued orders to five Big Tech companies, including Microsoft and Google, requiring them to provide information regarding recent investments and partnerships involving generative…
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2023 marked by important milestones in US-India partnership: Blinken
Washington: Greeting the people of India on the occasion of the country’s 75th Republic Day, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US was looking forward to further deepening the…
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CIA, Mossad chiefs to meet Qatar PM to discuss Gaza truce
Tel Aviv: The director of the American spy agency, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the chief of the Israel Spy agency, Mossad, will be meeting the Prime Minister of Qatar in a…
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India denies Pak’s charge of Indian links to killing of 2 Pakistanis
New Delhi: India on Thursday, January 25, dismissed as “false and malicious” propaganda Pakistan’s allegations linking Indian agents to the assassination of two Pakistani terrorists in Sialkot and Rawalkot last year. “It is…
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Rigged Feb 8 polls to damage Pakistan, warns ex-PM Abbasi
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday, January 25, said every election since independence was “stolen” and warned that the general elections slated for February 8 will “damage” the…
