Category: World
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Taliban seizes key districts as gov’t forces flee
KABUL: The Taliban’s march through northern Afghanistan gained momentum overnight with the capture of several districts from fleeing Afghan forces, several hundred of whom fled across the border into Tajikistan, officials said. More than 300 Afghan military personnel crossed from Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province as Taliban fighters advanced towards the border, Tajikistan’s State Committee for National…
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7 members of Pak family killed in Canada house fire
CHESTERMERE, Canada: At least seven members of a Pakistan-origin family lost their lives when their residence burned down in the Canadian province of Alberta on Friday. Among the casualties were four children. Five of the residents were able to flee from the house during the fire. According to the prayer leader of Calgary mosque, Syed Suharwardy, there…
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Afghan fighting flares up as US forces see exit
KABUL: Hundreds of Taliban fighters were killed in fierce battles with government forces across several provinces of Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, as Washington announced it would finish withdrawing its troops from the country by the end of August. Washington”s announcement came after all US and NATO troops vacated their main Bagram Air Base, from where…
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Anti-India protests as 5 youth martyred in IIOJK
ISLAMABAD: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), people came out of their houses and staged a forceful anti-India and pro-freedom protest demonstration that resulted in clashes with the Indian troops who had martyred five youth in Rajpora area of the Pulwama district, KMS reported. Indian police used brute force and fired tear…
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Saudi Arabia suspends UAE flights for virus variant
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has suspended flights to three countries, including the neighbouring United Arab Emirates, to protect against a coronavirus variant, the interior ministry said Saturday. The move comes seven weeks after the oil-rich kingdom permitted fully immunised citizens to travel abroad, after a ban on foreign trips that lasted more than a year.…
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Iran fears fifth wave of Covid linked to Delta variant
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani expressed fears Saturday that Iran will be hit by a new wave of Covid-19 due to an outbreak of the Delta variant in the Middle East”s hardest-hit country. “It is feared that we are on the way to a fifth wave throughout the country,” Rouhani told a meeting of Iran”s…
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Rafale jets sale to India: French judge tasked to probe corruption
PARIS: A French judge has been tasked with investigating a controversial 2016 multi-billion-dollar sale of Rafale fighter jets to India on “corruption” suspicions, the national financial prosecutors´ office (PNF) said Friday. The 7.8-billion-euro ($9.3-billion) deal for 36 planes between the Indian government and French aircraft manufacturer Dassault has long been mired in corruption allegations.…
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British queens statues toppled in Canada
WINNIPEG: Protesters have toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II in the Canadian city of Winnipeg as anger grows over the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools. A crowd chanted `no pride in genocide` before pulling down the statues of the monarchs. The…
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Rising food prices deepen woes of world’s poorest
PARIS: Global food prices are rising at their fastest rate in a decade, exacerbating the troubles of the world´s most vulnerable nations as they struggle with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The United Nations´ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is worried that soaring prices could foment further social unrest in countries already mired in…
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130 countries, jurisdictions join framework for int’l tax reform
PARIS: A total of 130 countries and jurisdictions, representing more than 90 percent of global GDP, have joined a new two-pillar plan to reform international taxation rules, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced on Thursday. The reform framework, the outcome of negotiations coordinated by the OECD for much of the last…