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Israel-Hamas War: Putin said certain unnamed forces were seeking to provoke further escalation. Moscow: President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Israel’s conflict with Hamas could spread well beyond the Middle East and said it was wrong that innocent women, children and old people in Gaza were being punished for other people’s crimes. Putin, who…
“The fault will be examined,” PM Netanyahu said over Israel’s massive intelligence failure. Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time that he would “have to give answers” for security lapses exposed in the deadly October 7 attacks by Hamas. “We will examine in detail, we will get to the…
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The UK MP was found to have “committed many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct”. London: A lawmaker from Britain’s ruling Conservative Party was suspended from parliament on Wednesday for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct against a staff member. The sanctioning of Peter Bone is likely to trigger another…
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Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House Speaker on October 25, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority. Mr. Johnson, 51, of Louisiana, swept through on the first ballot with support from all Republicans anxious to put the…
At least 1,400 Israelis killed in Hamas attack on 7 October. Washington: Speaker Mike Johnson called up a resolution supporting Israel in his first action as leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, after a three-week leadership vacuum that left the Republican-led chamber unable to respond to the Middle East crisis. “The first…
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The campaign started in early August and accelerated in September. Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several other Canadian MPs have been targeted by a ‘Spamouflage’ campaign connected to China, Canada-based CTV News reported. Under this campaign, a bot network leaves thousands of comments on their social media accounts, making nefarious claims. However, despite…
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The decision by the top court’s 15-judge Grand Bench was its first on the constitutionality of Japan’s 2003 law requiring the removal of sex organs for a state-recognised gender change. File | Photo Credit: AFP Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a law requiring transgender people to undergo sterilisation surgery in order to officially…
In this image from a video taken on October 25, 2023, and released by Hong Kong Legislative Council, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee delivers a policy address at the Legislative Council meeting room in Hong Kong. | Photo Credit: AP Hong Kong leader John Lee said on October 25 the semi-autonomous city would create…
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China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China on October 25 refused to explain why Defence Minister Li Shangfu was removed from office, a day after he was fired following weeks out of the public eye. In a major reshuffle of top leadership, Beijing announced on October 24 that Mr. Li and…
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The battle between Israel and Hamas now threatens to engulf the entire region. A major conference of international business and finance leaders in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh about economic transformation has been overshadowed by the only thing on everyone’s mind: war involving Israel. The battle between Israel and Hamas, the group that attacked…
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