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BEIRUT: Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday and vowed to ramp up its attacks in retaliation for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, as the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli…
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ISTANBUL: Expressing “strong dissatisfaction” after the EU Commission announced higher tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV), Beijing called the move a “protectionist act.” “This is a naked protectionist act, creating and…
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Group of Seven leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with $50 billion via the use of frozen Russian assets by the end of the year, the French presidency said on Wednesday. "We have an agreement," a presidency official said, ahead of a…
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United States (US) President Joe Biden will sign a new security agreement with Ukraine on Thursday to pledge America's long-term support to the country, during his trip to Italy to meet with the Group of Seven leaders, a top US official…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes, some unworkable, to a US -backed proposal for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, but that mediators were determined to close the gaps. Senior…
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RIYADH: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Saudi state media reported, his latest visit to the Gulf kingdom which has sought to stay neutral in Ukraine’s war with Russia. Zelensky landed in…
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SRINAGAR: Pakistan was blamed by police in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Wednesday for a spurt in separatist attacks that killed 12 people and injured dozens over the last three days, just weeks after a large…
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WASHINGTON: Partisan websites masquerading as media outlets now outnumber American newspaper sites, a research group that tracks misinformation said Tuesday, highlighting a local news crisis in a year of high-stakes elections.…
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A United Nations inquiry found on Wednesday that both Israel and Hamas had committed war crimes early in the Gaza war, and that Israel's actions also constituted crimes against humanity because of the immense civilian losses. The…
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A petition seeking to register a sedition case against the Pakistan cricket team and its captain, Babar Azam, was submitted to a local court in Gujranwala on Wednesday, Express News reported. The petition was filed under sections 22A…
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