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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…
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Prez Alvi calls for ‘forgiveness’ & efforts to ‘strengthen democracy’ in poll-bound Pak
Islamabad: As Pakistan gears up for general elections in January, President Arif Alvi on Tuesday stressed the need to “end bitterness” and make way for “cooperation and forgiveness” so that all political…
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All Nepali students in Israel shifted to secured location, says govt
Kathmandu: The Nepal government on Tuesday said all Nepali students who are in Israel have been shifted to a secured location, a day after it confirmed the death of 10 students when…
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Putin’s ally Ramzan Kadyrov offers to send his army to fight alongside Palestinians
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov declared his support for Palestinians and offered to send his soldiers to “mediate in the conflict” between Israel and the Hamas. In a video recorded on Monday and…
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Understanding failure of Israeli intelligence in recent India-Canada crisis
While discussing the utter failure of Israeli intelligence agencies, one needs to learn a lesson from the recent development in India-Canada Relationship and the role Five Eyes played in sharing information. Five…
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Nawaz Sharif to perform Umrah before returning to Pakistan
Islamabad: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would leave London for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to perform Umrah pilgrimage before returning to Pakistan next week, ending a four-year “self-imposed exile”, a senior leader…
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19 mn Sudanese children out of school as war continues
United Nations: An estimated 19 million children in Sudan are out of school as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) approaches the six-month…
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Ramaswamy takes a dig at Haley’s ‘finish them’ remarks on Hamas
New York: Taking a jibe at former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s “finish them” remarks on the Hamas militant group, fellow Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy has said that this is…
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X removes Hamas-affiliated accounts as its CEO drops out of key tech event
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run X on Tuesday said it has removed newly-created Hamas-affiliated accounts and purged tens of thousands of posts for sharing graphic media, violent speech, and hateful conduct amid the…
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11 Americans dead amid Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Biden
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that 11 Americans were killed in the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel. The President’s announcement raised the death toll of Americans in the ongoing…
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220 cr people in India, Pak to face deadly heat if global temperature rises: Research
New Delhi: If global temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, around 2.2 billion (220 crore) people living in the Indus River Valley in northern India and eastern Pakistan may…
