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Incidents involving Russian aircraft and US drones have increased in recent months. (Representational) Moscow: Moscow said Monday that it had scrambled two fighter jets to intercept two US reconnaissance drones near Crimea. The Russian defence ministry said on Telegram that it mobilised the two jets after it “detected a flight in the direction of the…
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Mourners attend a prayer vigil a day after a white man armed with a high-powered rifle and a handgun killed three Black people at a Dollar General store before shooting himself, in what local law enforcement described as a racially motivated crime in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. on August 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters White…
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Donald Trump is accused of leading a criminal conspiracy to overturn his 2020 defeat. Washington: Former US president Donald Trump reacted angrily Monday to a court allocating March 4 next year for his federal election conspiracy trial, complaining that the timing amounted to “Election Interference.” Trump, who is accused of leading a criminal conspiracy to…
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A Bangladesh court ordered the state-run telecoms regulator to delete speeches of an exiled opposition leader from social media as the country readies for general elections, officials said on Monday. Tarique Rahman, 55, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is a leading figure and staunch critic of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, but the…
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Army jawans walk through the snow and keep vigil at India-China border, in Arunachal Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar China’s government on August 28 released the “2023 edition of the standard map of China”, which continues to show the entire State of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region within China’s borders….
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Pakistan police re-arrested human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari outside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Monday, hours after an Islamabad anti-terrorism court granted her bail in a sedition case. Confirming the arrest on X, formerly Twitter, the Islamabad police said Ms. Imaan was arrested in a terrorism case registered at the Bara Kahu police station….
Iranian police arrested pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi on August 28 for releasing a song against women’s compulsory wearing of the veil, the judiciary said. A day earlier, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website announced that a “legal case” had been filed against Yarrahi “following the release of an illegal song which defies the morals and customs…
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Smoke rises from the Iraqi Kurdistan headquarters of the Kurdish Democratic Birthday party of Iran, later Iran’s Modern Guards’ accident at the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq September 28, 2022. | Picture Credit score: Reuters Iran and Iraq have reached an commitment to disarm participants of Iranian Kurdish dissident teams primarily based in northern Iraq and…
Breeze walk to and from the rustic necessarily crispy up all over Covid. (Representational) Untouched Delhi: Travellers to China will now not be required to rush COVID-19 assessments inauguration Wednesday, the rustic’s Overseas Ministry introduced on Monday. The exit is discoverable as a milestone within the nation’s efforts to reopen to the remains of the…
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Airports throughout UK mentioned they have been running to grasp the have an effect on (Representational) London: Britain’s Nationwide Wind Visitors Provider (NATS) was once pressured to limit the current of airplane on Monday as it really works to deal with a technical factor, it mentioned, with airways and airports blackmail of delays and cancellations….