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Germany’s move to freeze Syrian asylum applications cloud celebrations of the Assad regime’s fall Imad Al Suliman, 37, did not even catch a wink between December 7 and 8. As news emerged that the 54-year dictatorial regime led by the Assad family was brought to an end by militant forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham…
The Amnesty report comes as President Aleksandar Vucic is facing one of the biggest challenges to more than a decade of his increasingly autocratic rule, with widening anti-government protests that so far have been largely peaceful. | Photo Credit: Reuters Serbia’s secret service and police have been spying on journalists and opposition activists by installing…
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Doha: Israeli negotiators have never been closer to a deal for the release of hostages in Gaza since the November 2023 truce in the war between Israel and Hamas, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Monday. A source later told AFP that an Israeli technical team had arrived in Doha, Qatar, on Monday “to discuss…
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. | Photo Credit: AP President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky about bringing the war in Ukraine to an end, saying he is troubled by images of carnage from the…
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Ottawa: Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland quit Monday in a surprise move after disagreeing with Justin Trudeau over US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Freeland also stepped down as finance minister, and her resignation marked the first open dissent against Prime Minister Trudeau from within his cabinet and may threaten his hold on power….
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Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell. File. | Photo Credit: AFP The senior clergyman who is due to take temporary charge of the Church of England faced calls to resign on Monday over his handling of the case of a priest accused of sexual misconduct. The BBC reported that Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell let a…
Washington: Donald Trump said Monday that he would speak to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin to end the “carnage” of almost three years of war, as the Kremlin leader lauded Russian army successes on the ground. Both sides have rushed to gain an advantage on the battlefield ahead of Trump entering the White…
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The Manipur Police filed 2,351 narcotics-related cases between 2017 and 2023 New Delhi: Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav said as reported by the state government in a…
New Delhi: India and China have shown a sudden zeal to improve ties since the disengagement along the Line of Actual Control a little over a month ago. The relationship between the two most populous nations in the world was on reverse gear since the military stand-off in Ladakh more than four years ago. However,…
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New Delhi: India and China have shown a sudden zeal to improve ties since the disengagement along the Line of Actual Control a little over a month ago. The relationship between the two most populous nations in the world was on reverse gear since the military stand-off in Ladakh more than four years ago. However,…
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