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Doctors mourned unborn child of a woman from Gaza killed in Israeli strikes. (File) Rafah, Palestinian Territories: Eight sleeping children killed in one strike, doctors fighting but failing to save an unborn child — such were the stories recounted by Gaza medics on Thursday as Israel stepped up its air strikes. Gaza’s Hamas-run government said…
Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared as safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe. In the nearly two weeks since a devastating Hamas rampage in southern Israel, the Israeli military has…
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The United States will ease some oil and gas sanctions against Venezuela after the South American country’s government and opposition agreed to hold elections next year. In response to those “democratic developments,” the U.S. Treasury Department “has issued General Licenses authorizing transactions involving Venezuela’s oil and gas sector and gold sector,” and is “removing the…
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People take part in a protest against the Islamic regime of Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Berlin, Germany, on December 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country’s conservative Islamic theocracy, was awarded…
Israel-Hamas war erupted on OCtober 7 after the Paletinian group attacked Israel. (File) Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Sixteen Palestinian journalists have been killed in the war in Gaza since Israel began bombarding the coastal enclave, the Palestinian journalists’ union said Thursday. Dozens of other journalists have been wounded in the war since it erupted on October…
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England’s Ben Stokes during practice. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ben Stokes declared himself ready Thursday to play in England’s crucial Cricket World Cup match against South Africa after missing the first three games because of injury. Stokes, the match-winner in the 2019 final, has been struggling with a hip problem sustained a week before the…
Motorcyclists drive past welcoming banners for Pakistan’s self-exiled former PM Nawaz Sharif, installed along a highway in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on October 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP A Pakistan court granted bail Thursday to former prime minister and graft convict Nawaz Sharif, removing the threat of arrest when he returns to the country from self-imposed…
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Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews. | Photo Credit: AFP Veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews and pacer Dushmantha Chameera will join Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad in Lucknow on Friday as travelling reserves, country’s cricket board announced on Thursday. Both Mathews and Chameera last played in an ODI series against Afghanistan in June. The 36-year-old Mathews is a…
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The Allahabad high court made the ruling. (Representational) Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a person’s application for a passport cannot be withheld merely on the ground that the applicant has a pending criminal case. Disposing of a writ petition filed by Akash Kumar of Jaunpur district, a division bench comprising Justice Mahesh…
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File photo of Brazilian footballer Neymar© AFP Al-Hilal star striker Neymar will miss out on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League match against Mumbai City FC. As per Olympic.com, Neymar sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee during Brazil’s FIFA World Cup qualifier game against Uruguay on Tuesday…
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