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A drone attack struck a packed graduation ceremony for military officers in the Syrian city of Homs | Photo Credit: AP A drone attack struck a packed graduation ceremony for military officers in the Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, killing and wounding dozens, including civilians and military personnel, reports said. No one immediately claimed…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus along with his lawyers arrives at the Anti-Corruption Commission office in Dhaka on October 05, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus appeared before Bangladesh’s anti-graft watchdog Thursday over corruption charges that his lawyers said were part of a campaign of government harassment. Yunus, 83, is credited with…
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This photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a video-linked ceremony dedicated to the first uranium delivery for the Russia-backed nuclear plant at Rooppur in Bangladesh, in Sochi on October 05, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladesh received the first uranium delivery on Thursday for its Russia-backed nuclear…
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Afghans wait inside the passport office in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 30, 2021. File | Photo Credit: AP A day after the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan slammed Pakistan’s decision to expel its undocumented nationals and termed it “unacceptable”, Islamabad on Thursday clarified that its ongoing operation against illegal immigrants was not targeted against people of…
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In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Aslan Bzhania, leader of Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia pose for a photo prior to their talks in Sochi, Russia, on October 03, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Russia will set up a naval base on the Black…
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Russian mercenary group Wagner in 2022 signed a contract with a Chinese firm to acquire two satellites and use their images, aiding its intelligence work as the organisation sought to push Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a document seen by AFP. The contract was signed in November 2022, over half a year into Moscow’s…
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October 05, 2023 10:03 pm | Updated 10:03 pm IST – Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the Israeli army confirmed its soldiers had been engaged in a shootout. The army also said five Israeli police officers were wounded…
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A general view of ADNOC headquarters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Emirati energy giant ADNOC said Thursday it had awarded contracts to build a major gas project, just a few weeks before the Gulf state hosts the COP28 climate conference. The company said it would invest in the Hail…
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Azeri sappers inspect a village outside the city of Stepanakert, known as Khankendi in Azerbaijani, in Azerbaijan’s controlled region of Nagorno-Karabakh on October 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP EU lawmakers on Thursday accused Azerbaijan of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” against the Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urged the bloc to impose sanctions on Baku….
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Imran Khan, who turned 71 on Thursday, is currently jailed in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan masterminded the May 9 violence and planned the attacks on sensitive military installations with an aim to remove Army Chief General Asim Munir, his close aide Usman Dar has said. Dar, regarded as…
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