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Malala slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders to take action
New Delhi: Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued a decree making the hijab compulsory for women in Afghanistan. She urged…
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Guterres calls for dialogue to solve Sri Lanka crisis
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants Sri Lankans to find a solution through dialogue to the crisis in their country, whose Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned amid violent clashes spurred…
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China bans minors from live streaming on social media
Beijing: Chinese regulators have moved to ban minors from live-streaming on various social media platforms to protect their physical and mental health, the media reported on Monday. The new rules completely prohibit…
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Imran Khan vows to bring 3 mn people to Islamabad for protest march
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday vowed to bring more than 3 million people to Islamabad after May 20 for a protest march, local media reported. Addressing a political…
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Putin ‘shocked’ to discover his gymnast lover is pregnant again
London: Russia President Vladimir Putin has been ‘shocked’ to discover his gymnast lover is pregnant again, sources have claimed, Daily Mail reported. The Russian leader, 69, is said to have been in…
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Singapore to ban ‘The Kashmir Files’ film for its one-sided portrayal of Muslims
Singapore: The Kashmir Files’, a Bollywood movie on the exodus of Hindus from the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley, will be banned in multi-racial Singapore as the film has been assessed to be beyond…
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Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid ongoing economic crisis
Colombo: Amid a nation-wide stir demanding his removal, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday quit from his post, media reports said. The development came in the wake of island-wide curfew…
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Sri Lanka stops supplying gas for domestic use
Colombo: Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s leading liquefied petroleum gas supplier Litro Gas Lanka Limited on Monday said that they are unable to supply gas to domestic consumers until new…
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Pakistan blames India for delay in water talks
Islamabad: New Delhi’s “stubbornness” over Pakistan-India water disputes persists as it is yet to respond to a letter sent from Islamabad even after the passage of a month, the media reported. A…
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Lanka crisis: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer resignation today
Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to stand down as the prime minister on Monday, political sources said, as pressure mounts on the embattled government led by his younger…
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US announces new sanctions, G7 to phase out Russian oil imports
Washington: The US on Sunday announced new sanctions on Russia, targeting management consultancies and accounting services and media outlets funded directly or indirectly by the state. Also, among the new curbs, were…
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Justin Trudeau makes unannounced visit to Ukraine
Kyiv: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made an unannounced visit to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. He is scheduled to meet Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to show Canada’s support for the…
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Social media platforms fail to control anti-Muslim posts: Report
On March 15, 2019, a 28-year-old gunman named Brenton Harrison Tarrant, stormed into two mosques – Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre – situated in New Zealand and started firing indiscriminately…
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Vax to curb Covid spread should now be top priority: UK scientist
London: While existing Covid-19 vaccines have largely helped prevent deaths, scientists must now train their focus on developing a jab that stops transmission of the virus, according to leading scientist at Oxford.…
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Russia will destroy NATO countries in half an hour in case of nuclear war: Roscosmos chief
Moscow: The chief of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that Russia would destroy NATO countries in the event of a nuclear war in half an hour, so he urged them…
