Category: FOREIGN
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Fears rise as multiple hoax bomb threats received across India
Following a blast outside a Central Reserve Police Force school in Delhi on Sunday, multiple hoax calls of bomb threats have been received by schools acoss the country, raising tension among the masses in India. Along with the CPRF, airlines have also been receiving bomb threats. Times of India reported that several schools, ten flights…
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Erdogan’s rival Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen dies in exile
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of organising a failed 2016 coup, has died in exile in the United States aged 83, his movement and the Turkish government said Monday. Turkish-born Gulen, who had lived in the United States since 1999, was once a close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
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BJP leader’s son marries Pakistani girl online
Indian ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party’s leader Tehseen Shahid’s son got married to a Pakistani girl through an online Nikkah. Mohammad Abbas Haider, the son of the Uttar Pradesh leader of India’s ruling party, fell in love with a Pakistani girl, Andaleeb Zahra, from Lahore. The wedding was attended by local BJP leaders, including Brijesh…
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$1000 for flour, $73 for a dozen eggs; sky-high prices of food in Gaza
Israel has closed the Rafah crossing, which has resulted in a food blockade in Gaza, leaving almost 400,000 Palestinians facing starvation. A recent report by Maram Humaid and Alia Chghtai of Al Jazeera elaborates that at least 2.15 million people, or 96 per cent of the population, are facing high levels of food shortages, with…
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Hezbollah drone hits Netanyahu’s home in Israeli town
A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in northern Israel on Saturday, his spokesman informed, adding that he was not in the vicinity and there were no casualties. Earlier, the Israeli military announced that a drone was launched from Lebanon and that it had hit a building. It was not immediately…
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Legend in death: Sinwar’s last moments shows him defiantly fighting Israel
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have released a video of the last moments before the martyrdom of Yahya Sinwar-head of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, who took charge of the organization after the assassination of its leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran. Yesterday, the Israeli army claimed that they had targeted a building in Gaza where…
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‘India made horrific mistake by violating Canada’s sovereignty,’ warns furious Justin Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Justin Trudeau has accused India of making a “horrific mistake” by violating his country’s sovereignty by killing Canadian citizens. Testifying at a public inquiry into foreign interference on Wednesday, Justin Trudeau angrily remarked, “The Indian government made a horrific mistake in thinking that they could interfere as aggressively as they did…
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Trudeau attacks Modi govt as Canada expels six Indian diplomats
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau has once again accused Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian citizen. Talking to the media on Tuesday, Justin Trudeau said that the Canadian government has “clear and compelling evidence that agents of the government of India have engaged in and continue to…
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Trio wins Economics Nobel for work on wealth inequality
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded on Monday to Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu and British-Americans Simon Johnson and James Robinson for research into wealth inequality between nations. By examining the various political and economic systems introduced by European colonisers, the three have been able to demonstrate a relationship between institutions and prosperity, the jury said.…
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US expands sanctions against Iran’s oil industry over Israel strikes
The United States hit Iran’s oil and petrochemicals sectors with new sanctions Friday in response to Tehran’s October 1 attack against Israel, designating dozens of new companies and firms. The US Treasury Department said it was going after Iran’s so-called “shadow fleet” of ships involved in selling Iranian oil in circumvention of existing sanctions, designating…