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China assures Bangladesh assistance for Rohingya repatriation

Dhaka: Beijing has assured Dhaka of assistance for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in Bangladeshi camps after fleeing violent persecution in Myanmar, with China constructing some 3,000 homes…
UK: Johnson allies accuse MPs of conducting ‘witch hunt’

London: Conservative allies of outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have accused a committee of MPs investigating whether he misled Parliament of conducting a “vengeful and vindictive” “witch hunt”. Although he is due…

UNSC to hold emergency meet to discuss escalation across Gaza Strip

New York: United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on Monday to discuss the latest escalation between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip, media reports…
Shift in war’s front seen as ships cleared to leave Ukraine

Kyiv: Four more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine received authorisation on Sunday to leave the country’s Black Sea coast as analysts warned that Russia was moving…
US: White House slams Indiana’s restrictive abortion law

Washington: Indiana’s latest legislation on abortion “institutes a near-total abortion ban” in the US state, said the White House, calling it a “devastating step”. Indiana became the first state to pass a restrictive…
Afghanistan: Cholera outbreak in Jawzjan province kills 12

Kabul: A cholera outbreak in Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province since June has killed so far killed at least 12 people, with 18,000 cases being reported, a health official said. Also ReadUNSC to address…
China begins final day of military exercises around Taiwan

Taipei: China continued its controversial military exercises around Taiwan on Sunday, in what is due to be the last day of the manoeuvres that have considerably increased tensions in the region following US…

World’s first “synthetic embryo”: why this research is more important than you think

Melbourne: In what’s reported as a world-first achievement, biologists have grown mouse embryo models in the lab without the need for fertilised eggs, embryos, or even a mouse using only stem cells…
US: Senate Democrats clear first hurdle on healthcare, climate bills

Washington: US Senate Democrats advanced their long-delayed health care, tax and climate bill following months of uncertainty over whether the major legislation could be passed before the November mid-term elections. The Senate voted…
Three dead in bomb blast on second day of attacks in Kabul

Kabul: Three persons were killed and seven others were injured in a blast in Kabul’s Pol-e-Sukhta area on Saturday evening, according to Mawlawi Zabihullah, commander of PD6 in Kabul, media reports said. Reports…
UNSC to address Gaza airstrikes as death toll reaches 24

Gaza: The UN Security Council (UNSC) is to discuss Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza in a closed doors session in New York on Monday, as the death toll continued to rise, with 24 people…
Dick Cheney calls Trump ‘coward’, ‘greatest threat to Republic’

Washington: Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has attacked ex-President Donald Trump, calling him a “coward who lost big” and who poses the “greatest threat to our Republic” in what appears to…
China’s anti-crime campaign targets ‘disloyal’ Uyghurs

Hotan (Xinjiang): Authorities in China’s far-western Xinjiang region used the Chinese government’s 100-day crackdown on criminals and fugitives to target Uyghurs deemed “religious extremists” and “two-faced”, a police officer said, as per…
Biden denounces Wisconsin Gurdwara shooting on its tenth anniversary

New Delhi: US President Joe Biden has denounced the Gurdwara shooting that took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on August 5, 2012, on its tenth anniversary. Terming it as the deadliest attack…
UK PM race: Rishi Sunak issues stark inflation warning

London: The governing Conservative Party can kiss goodbye to winning the next UK general election, due around 2024, unless soaring inflation is brought under control fast, Rishi Sunak has warned on the…