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LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked his interior minister, Suella Braverman, part of a wider reshuffle after she criticised the police's handling of a pro-Palestinian march. Under fire from opposition lawmakers and members…
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WASHINGTON: Former US astronaut Frank Borman, who made history by commanding the first manned flight to circle the moon and later piloted Eastern Airlines as chairman in severe economic turbulence, has died at the age of 95. Borman, who…
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WASHINGTON: Amid escalating Israeli air and ground attacks against besieged Gaza, the United States will transfer $320 million worth of precision bombs to Israel, as calls for a ceasefire grow. The news comes shortly after the White…
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NABI SALEH, West Bank: Israeli troops arrested a Palestinian activist, regarded in the occupied West Bank as a hero since she was a teenager, on suspicion of inciting violence, but her mother denied the claim and said it was based on a fake…
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WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives passed a Republican plan to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel and cut funding of the Internal Revenue Service, despite Democrats' insistence it has no future in the Senate and the White…
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the one-time cryptocurrency golden boy accused by US prosecutors of stealing billions of dollars of his customers' money, was found guilty on all counts and faces up to 110 years behind bars. The jury reached its…
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he was moving to his childhood home of Miami from Seattle to be near his parents and his space firm Blue Origin's Cape Canaveral operations. "As exciting as the move is, it's an emotional decision for me.…
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LONDON: King Charles will give the opening address at the COP28 UN global climate summit in Dubai, Buckingham Palace said. It will be the third time that the 74-year-old British monarch, who has campaigned on environmental issues for…
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AMMAN: Jordan announced it had recalled its ambassador from Israel and told the Israeli ambassador to stay away in protest at the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, saying the attacks had killed innocents and caused a humanitarian catastrophe.…
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JERUSALEM: More foreigners prepared to leave the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday as its Hamas-run government said at least 195 Palestinians died in Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp. At least 320 foreign citizens on an initial…
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JERUSALEM: Israel said its forces attacked Hamas gunmen inside the vast tunnel network beneath Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed calls for a halt to fighting to ease humanitarian crisis. The tunnels are a key…
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Mumbai has bid farewell to the ‘Premier Padmini’ taxis which have stopped plying the roads from October 30. These black-and-yellow taxis are being taken over by the legendary red double-decker diesel buses. The public carriers, fondly…
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MOSCOW: Russian police have taken over an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region and arrested 60 people after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed the facility on Sunday when a plane from Israel arrived, the interior…
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JERUSALEM: Israeli troops and armor pushed deeper into northern and central Gaza on Monday, as the UN and medical staff warned that airstrikes are hitting closer to hospitals where tens of thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter…
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A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country's hijab law, is said to be "brain dead", state media reported. Armita Geravand, 16, collapsed after…
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