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Malaysia’s Queen Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah hugs her brother Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor after the election for the next Malaysian king at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Malaysia’s royalty on Friday chose an influential sultan from the southern state of Johor to be the country’s next king….
A Pakistani court on October 27 rejected petitions by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan seeking bail and cancellation of the first FIR in the cipher case for allegedly leaking state secrets and violating the laws of the country. | Photo Credit: AP A Pakistani court on October 27 rejected petitions by jailed former Prime…
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Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics. The weeknight turnout surprised and heartened Dasha Yakovleva, one of the organizers, amid recent crackdowns on political activism under President Vladimir…
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A White House Commission has recommended issuing an employment authorisation card and other necessary travel documents at the preliminary stage of the Green Card application processing system, a proposal if approved by the U.S. President would be a big relief to thousands of foreign professionals, an overwhelming majority of whom are Indians. A recommendation on…
Eminent technology experts hailing from India have been named to a new global advisory body announced by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to support the international community’s efforts to govern artificial intelligence. The High-Level Multistakeholder Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, announced by the UN Chief here on October 26, brings together experts from the government, the…
45% of housing units in Gaza Strip have been destroyed in Israeli air strikes New Delhi: At least 22 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis as fighting in the war-torn Gaza Strip continued on Thursday. Over 100 people were rescued from under the rubble of a family house and its surroundings…
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Israeli fighter jets carried out overnight airstrikes over 250 Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip Tel Aviv: The deputy chief of Hamas’s intelligence bureau, Shadi Barud was killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip today, according to the Israel Defence Forces. The IDF accused Barud of working with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to prepare…
Wael Al Dahdouh is a senior Al Jazeera journalist based in Gaza. New Delhi: Jazeera journalist Wael Al Dahdouh – who 24 hours ago mourned the death of his wife, son, daughter and nine other family members in an Israeli air strike – has vowed to continue reporting on Tel Aviv’s war on Gaza. Mr…
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The IDF killed the commander of the Darj Tafah battalion ofHamas, Rafat Abbas The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said its fighter jets struck three senior Hamas operatives who played a “significant role” in October 7 mass breach that killed more than 1,400 people – mostly civilians. Here are 10 points on the big story Commander…
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US forces have been hit more than a dozen times in Iraq and Syria in the past week (File) Washington: The US military struck two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday. “The precision self-defense strikes are a response to a…
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