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UK deports Indian student for sending sexual messages to local minor girls
An Indian student studying in London was deported after he was accused of sending sexual messages to two local minors. A video of the Indian student being interrogated by UK police has…
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Sixth round of Iran-US nuclear negotiations set for Muscat: Omani FM
Muscat: Iran and the United States will hold a sixth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme this Sunday in Oman, the sultanate’s foreign minister said Thursday, as regional tensions…
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90 pc Gaza schools completely destroyed: UN report
United Nations: A new report by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) has raised alarm over the scale of destruction in Gaza, accusing Israeli forces of damaging or destroying…
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US on high alert over possible Israeli strike on Iran: Reports
Washington: The United States has reportedly gone on high alert amid growing concerns of a potential Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, local media reported. The Trump administration is fearing that Israel…
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Trump confirms US pullout from Middle East amid tensions with Iran
Washington: The White House has decided to pull some American personnel from several Middle Eastern countries, citing growing regional tensions amid the halt in the nuclear talks between the US and Iran.…
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Indian-origin man sentenced in call centre fraud targeting US senior citizens
New York: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to over six years in prison for his involvement in a nearly $2 million scheme to defraud senior citizens by using call centres abroad.…
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Trump says trade deal with China ‘is done’, US to get rare earth minerals
Beijing: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that a deal with China “is done” after two days of talks in London, marking a turnaround in the trade war between the two…
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Bangladesh: Mob vandalises Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home
Dhaka: A mob attacked and vandalised the ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district, leading authorities to constitute a three-member committee to investigate the incident, according to media…
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Over 1,200 soldier bodies returned to Ukraine
Kyiv: A total of 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian servicemen killed in the conflict with Russia have returned home, Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said Wednesday. The repatriation…
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New Zealand places travel bans on extremist Israeli politicians
Auckland: New Zealand has joined Australia, Canada, the UK and Norway in placing travel bans on two extremist Israeli politicians, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. The bans will prevent Israel’s Finance Minister…
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US rakes up Trump’s Kashmir mediation claim despite India’s firm dismissal
Washington: Despite India’s repeated dismissal of external involvement in the bilateral Kashmir dispute, US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce raked it up, saying that it wouldn’t be a surprise if US President…
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US imposes sanctions on alleged sham Palestinian charities
Washington: The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on five people and five entities across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, accusing them of being prominent financial supporters of Hamas’ military…
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‘No right to visit US’: Embassy on video of Indian student handcuffed
The US Embassy issued a warning over illegal immigration and visa abuse on Tuesday, June 10, after a video of an Indian student being handcuffed and deported from the Newark Liberty International…
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Russia ready to transfer bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers: Kremlin
Moscow: Russia is ready to hand over the bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, and has been waiting for the Ukrainian side for several days at the border, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said…
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Global religious landscape shift: Growth in Islam, non-religious populations
Between 2010 and 2020, Christianity, which is still the world’s biggest religious group, saw a decline while Muslims have relatively increased. A new report by Pew Research Centre, titled How the Global…
