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China holds about 52 per cent of Sri Lanka’s $46 billion external credit. Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has confirmed that it has concluded a preliminary deal with China on the restructuring of its debts to Beijing, seen as a “big step” in the cash-strapped country’s economic recovery. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the…
The British royal family is expressing solidarity with Israel following the unexpected attacks by Hamas operatives that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 civilians over the past weekend. While the King and other senior members of the royal family have denounced the attacks, Prince William and Kate Middleton issued a joint statement on…
Israeli forces pushed back, besieging Gaza, pounding it with air strikes and fighting militants. Yifat Zailer wishes she could travel back in time to Friday. On that day, the Tel Aviv resident was happy. Members of her close extended family were at their homes in the Nir Oz kibbutz, near the Gaza border. Then Saturday…
Palestinians evacuate a neighbourhood in Gaza City as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue, on October 11, 203.. | Photo Credit: AFP More than 338,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said, as heavy Israeli bombardments continue to hit the Palestinian enclave. “Mass…
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Prince Mohammed stressed tha “the kingdom’s firm position towards supporting the Palestinian cause”. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler and Iran’s president spoke by phone about the war between Israel and Hamas, Saudi state media said early Thursday, their first call since a surprise rapprochement in March. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus along with his lawyers at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) office in Dhaka on October 5. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: In May this year, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against several members of the board of directors of Grameen Telecom, that included Nobel laureate Dr. Mohammad…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created a wartime Cabinet to oversee the fight to avenge the gruesome weekend attack Source link
Israel-Hamas War Updates: Attacks by Israel hit the main exit point from the Palestinian region. Nearly 3,600 people have been killed in Israel and Gaza, five days after the sudden Hamas strikes triggered a catastrophic war in the region. The United Nations said that more than 3,38,000 people have been forced to flee their homes…
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A site of the accident after three bogies of North East Express derailed near Raghunathpur railway station in Bihar’s Buxar district, Wednesday evening, Oct. 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI ‘Operation Ajay’ set to evacuate Indian nationals from Israel India is putting in place a major operation to evacuate its citizens who wish to return…
Saudi Prince affirmed that the Kingdom is making all possible efforts to stop ongoing escalation. Riyadh: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on Wednesday, in the first telephone call between the two leaders since a China-brokered deal between Tehran and Riyadh to resume ties. Raisi and…