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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…
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Five Indian tourists from Qatar killed in Kenya road accident
Doha: At least five Indian nationals were killed and several others injured when a bus carrying a group of 28 Indian tourists from Qatar met with an accident in Kenya on Monday,…
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8 people, suspected gunman reported dead in shooting at school in Austria
Vienna: Eight people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, June 10, and the suspected perpetrator also died, the city’s mayor said. Mayor…
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Photos: Trump sends Marines, more National Guard members to Los Angeles
Los Angeles: Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines are headed to Los Angeles on orders from President Donald Trump, escalating a military presence local officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom…
