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Canadian FM, Jaishankar held ‘secret meeting’ in Washington last month: Report
New Delhi: Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly held a “secret meeting” with her Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in Washington last month, a media report has said, amid a diplomatic row between the…
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UAE: Chef, govt employee, IT professional win Rs 22L each in Mahzooz draw
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) national, an Egyptian, and a Filipino expat won a guaranteed raffle prize of 100,000 dirham (Rs 22,63,086) each in the recent Mahzooz prize restructure. The winners —…
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Air Canada suspends pilot for wearing pro-Palestinian colours in uniform
Ottawa: The Canadian Airline, Air Canada grounded a pilot to a Montreal-based B787 for wearing pro-Palestinian colours while in Uniform, The Toronto Sun reported on Tuesday. As per the Toronto Sun, the…
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Jaishankar speaks to UAE counterpart, discusses Israel-Hamas war
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday spoke to his counterpart from the UAE Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and discussed the “crisis” in West Asia triggered by the…
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Suella Braverman warns against waving Palestinian flags in UK
London: Home Secretary Suella Braverman has warned that activities that are considered legitimate under usual circumstances may not be legitimate, including the waving of Palestinian flags on British streets if the purpose…
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Pathankot attack mastermind Shahid Latif killed outside Pakistan mosque
New Delhi: Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Shahid Latif, the mastermind of the 2016 attack on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, and his brother were gunned down by unidentified assailants outside a mosque…
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‘To brothers & sisters in Gaza’: Pakistan player after Hyderabad win vs SL
Hyderabad: Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batter Mohammed Rizwan, on Wednesday, dedicated his team’s record-breaking performance against Sri Lanka in the World Cup to “brothers and sisters in Gaza”. Rizwan (131) had conjured an unbeaten…
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Russian President Putin clears stand on Israel-Palestine conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cleared his stance on the ongoing unrest in Israel and Palestine following Hamas attacks. He blamed the United States for the crisis in the Middle East, stating,…
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EU warns Musk to stop disinformation on X after Hamas attacks in Israel
London: EU commissioner Thierry Breton has warned Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, saying that his X platform “is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU” after Hamas…
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Malala Yousafzai, Gigi Hadid break silence on Israel-Palestine conflict
Palestinian-American supermodel Gigi Hadid and Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, have broke their silence on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine which has claimed at least 1900 lives on both sides.…
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Massive 6.3-magnitude quake hits Afghanistan, 80 injured
Kabul: Just five days after a massive earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Herat province killing more than 2,000 people, another temblor measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the same region on Wednesday, injuring…
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US govt seeks industry feedback on reciprocal defence procurement agreement with India
Washington: The US government on Tuesday sought feedback from its defence industry community on the reciprocal defence procurement agreement it is planning to have with India. “On behalf of the US government,…
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PM Hasina inaugurates Bangladesh’s largest infra project built with Chinese loan
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday inaugurated the 82-km Padma Bridge Rail Link, the country’s largest infrastructure project built under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Hasina unveiled the Dhaka-Bhanga section…
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Biden urges Israel security funding from Congress as American deaths rise to 14
Washington: The number of US citizens killed amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine has risen to 14, according to US President Joe Biden, who in a speech has also said…
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First plane laden with US armaments arrives in Israel
Tel Aviv: The first plane carrying US armaments landed in southern Israel on Tuesday evening, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said. “The first plane carrying US armaments has since arrived at the…
