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Turkey on high alert against possible terror attacks on Western targets
Ankara: Turkey has raised its security measures to highest level against possible Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaida retaliation on Western targets in the country, the Turkish Interior Ministry said. “Evaluations were made…
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New book documents revival of Gandhi’s Tolstoy Farm in South Africa
Johannesberg: A new book documenting the revival of the historic Tolstoy Farm, the commune started by Mahatma Gandhi during his tenure in Johannesburg at the turn of the 19th century, was officially…
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Russia’s Lavrov to participate in G20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in the meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on March 1-2, his deputy said on Monday. India officially assumed the G20 presidency…
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Asif Ali Zardari sends Rs 10 bn legal notice to Imran Khan
Islamabad: Former President and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday sent a Pak Rs 10 billion legal notice to former premier and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan,…
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Indian-origin man in UK convicted of killing father with champagne bottle in 2021
London: An Indian-origin man was found guilty of killing his 86-year-old father with a bottle of champagne in an inebriated state in north London in 2021. Deekan Paul Singh Vig, 54, was…
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UAE: 2 Filipino, Nepali expats take home Rs 22L each in Mahzooz Draw
Abu Dhabi: Three United Arab Emirates (UAE) based expatriates from the Philippines and Nepal won the grand prize of Dirhams 100,000 (Rs 22,21,113) in Mahzooz’s 113th Super Saturday draw. The winner of…
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PagerDuty CEO faces backlash after quoting Martin Luther King Jr in layoff memo
San Francisco: US-based cloud computing company PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada has faced a backlash after quoting Martin Luther King Jr in a layoff email to employees in which she announced to cut…
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Indian-American named chair of Washington state Democrats
Washington: The Washington State Democratic Party has chosen Shasti Conrad as its new chair, making her the youngest and first Indian-American woman to serve as a state party chair anywhere in the…
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Pakistan: 46 killed, over 100 injured in Taliban suicide blast at Peshawar mosque
Peshawar: A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 46…
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Iran worried over Chinas recent embrace of Saudi Arabia
Tehran: Iran which is facing its lowest level of domestic legitimacy and international acceptance, seems to have lost China as well, reported The Jakarta Post. Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia…
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Turkey may respond ‘differently’ to Finland’s NATO bid: Prez
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey may respond “differently” to Finland’s NATO bid in a way that would “shock” Sweden, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. “We may respond…
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Cyberattack may be behind power breakdown: Pak Minister
Peshawar: Pakistan’s Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir said the government is probing the massive January 22 electricity outage across the country from different angles as the possibility of a cyberattack on the…
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British-Indian found guilty of killing father with champagne bottle
London: A British-Indian man has been found guilty of bludgeoning his father to death with a champagne bottle in a drunken rage two years ago. Deekan Singh Vig, 54, murdered his 86-year-old…
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Over 200 drug suspects arrested in special operation in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Police in Sri Lanka announced the arrest of over 200 drug suspects in a special operation conducted in parts of the island country. Police spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said the operation was…
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Boris Johnson says Putin ‘threatened him with missile strike’ before war
London: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “threatened him with a missile strike during an extraordinary phone call” ahead of Moscow launching its invasion of…
