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Israel targeted aid workers ‘systematically, car by car’, says Chef Jose Andres
Celebrity chef Jose Andres said that an Israeli attack that killed seven of his food aid workers in Gaza had targeted them "systematically, car by car."
In an emotional interview to Reuters news agency, Andres said the World Central…
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White House hosts muted Iftar dinner as Muslims decline invite
WASHINGTON: The White House held a scaled-down iftar dinner on Tuesday to celebrate Islam's holy month of Ramadan, after some invitees turned the president down over frustrations in the Muslim community over his policy toward the…
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Biden ‘outraged’ by Israeli airstrike that killed aid workers in Gaza
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said he was "outraged and heartbroken" by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed seven people working for World Central Kitchen (WCK) and he called on Israel to do more to protect aid workers.…
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Israel admits airstrike ‘unintentionally’ killed aid workers in Gaza
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israel mistakenly killed seven people working for the aid charity World Central Kitchen in a Gaza airstrike, and the US and other allies called for explanations amid widespread…
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7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan, triggers tsunami in Japan
TAIPEI: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, killing four people, injuring dozens and sparking a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines that was…
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Salwan Momika, who burned Holy Quran in Sweden, found dead
Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who committed the blasphemous act of burning the Holy Quran several times, has been found dead in Norway.
According to reports, Momika had recently left Sweden and had sought asylum in Norway and was…
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Trump posts $175 million bond in civil fraud case, averting asset seizures
NEW YORK: Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case, averting asset seizures by state authorities that could have hobbled the former US president’s business empire.
Trump, set to face President Joe Biden in…
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Israel bombs Iranian embassy in Syria, kills commanders
DAMASCUS: Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's embassy in Syria on Monday in a strike that Iran said killed seven of its military advisers, including three senior commanders, marking a major escalation in Israel's war with its regional…
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Israeli airstrike on Gaza kills seven working for food aid NGO
GAZA: Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday, the NGO said.
The workers, who…
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Turkey’s opposition thumps Erdogan in local elections
ISTANBUL: Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the…
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Niagara region declares state of emergency ahead of rare eclipse
TORONTO: Canada's Niagara region has proactively declared a state of emergency ahead of a rare total solar eclipse on April 8 that is expected to gather massive crowds to areas in and around the region's popular waterfalls with around a…
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World court orders Israel to ensure food supplies in Gaza
THE HAGUE: Judges at the International Court of Justice unanimously ordered Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies arrive without delay to the Palestinian population in Gaza.
The ICJ said the…
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F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine, warns Putin
MOSCOW: Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin…
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Mumbai overtakes Beijing to become Asia’s billionaire capital
Mumbai has overtaken Beijing and is now the Asian capital with the most number of billionaires, according to Hurun Research Institute’s global rich list.
This is the first time that India’s most populous city has taken the top spot in…
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Southeast Asia human trafficking now a global crisis: Interpol
SINGAPORE: Organised crime rings who fuelled an "explosion" of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to $3 trillion a year, the head of Interpol said.…
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