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Moscow concert hall attack: Nine detained in Tajikistan, Russian state media reports

March 29, 2024 admin

People gather near a makeshift memorial near the Crocus City Hall following a deadly attack on the concert venue outside Moscow, Russia, March 29, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina | Photo Credit: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA Nine persons have been detained by Tajikistan’s state security service over suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on…

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Five dead and over 100 hospitalised from recalled Japanese health supplements

March 29, 2024 admin

Akihiro Kobayashi, president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. | Photo Credit: AP Five persons who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalised as of March 29, a week after Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co issued a recall of the products, officials said. The pharmaceutical company came under fire for not…

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Moscow to begin spring military draft amid mobilisation fears

March 29, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: AP Russia will begin calling up tens of thousands of soldiers next week in a conscription drive to replenish its armed forces and build up its military reserves. Moscow says conscripts are not sent to fight in Ukraine but the draft — which happens twice a year —…

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Watch | Ukrainian FM in India | Could it change India’s position on the war?

March 29, 2024 admin

2 years After the Russian war in Ukraine began, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is finally invited to India- does the visit signify a u turn, a rethink or simply rebalancing by New Delhi and Kiev? And given close India Russia ties, What is on the Ukrainian wishlist for India? This week New Delhi had…

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Russia Sends Journalist To 2-Month Custody For Links To Alexei Navalny Group

March 29, 2024 admin

Alexei Navalny’s team has condemned the case (File) Moscow, Russia: A Moscow court on Friday ordered a journalist who covered the trials of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be held in pre-trial detention on “extremism” charges. Prosecutors say Antonina Kravtsova, a correspondent for the independent SotaVision outlet, participated in an “extremist organisation”, charges which…

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4 Arrested Over Moscow Attack That Killed 143, Says Islamic State Group

March 29, 2024 admin

Moscow has detained 12 people and charged eight with “terror-related offences” Baghdad, Iraq: The Islamic State group said Friday four of its members had been arrested after they attacked a concert hall near Moscow killing 143 people, a day after Russia blamed Ukraine. On March 22, gunmen opened fire at the Crocus City concert hall…

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Pakistan official says China halts work on two projects after deadly attack

March 29, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a high level security meeting with Pakistan’s Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir and other officials after a suicide attack, in Islamabad. | Photo Credit: AFP Chinese contractors have halted construction on two major dam projects in Pakistan after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani…

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Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

March 29, 2024 admin

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett’s nephew told The Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed. Gossett always…

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Jeffrey Donaldson, head of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, steps down amid police probe

March 29, 2024 admin

Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson. File | Photo Credit: AP The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party has stepped down after being charged with allegations of a historic nature, the party said in a statement on Friday. Jeffrey Donaldson left his post with immediate effect pending the outcome of the judicial process, the…

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Israel’s Netanyahu Approves New Round Of Gaza Ceasefire Talks

March 29, 2024 admin

The war began when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel (File) Tel Aviv, Israel: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Friday new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world’s top court ordered Israel to ensure urgent humanitarian aid reaches people in the Palestinian territory. But despite a binding United Nations Security…

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