BEIJING: Taiwan’s defense ministry said Saturday that China sent dozens of aircraft and vessels toward the island, just days after the United States approved a $500 million arms sale to Taiwan. The defense ministry said in a statement that 32 aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army and nine vessels from the navy were detected in […]
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Thieves in Switzerland have conquered one of the country’s most challenging protected climbing routes. They ascended to an altitude of 2,350m and traversed gorges on narrow steel cables – all to rob a collection box. The box belongs to a local climbing club, which maintains Switzerland’s longest protected climbing route on the Gemmi pass above […]
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In a deeply concerning development, Jathedar Harpreet Singh of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib has strongly condemned the threatening letters recently dispatched to Sikhs residing in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The Jathedar has urgently appealed to both the Indian and Pakistani governments to take immediate and necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of Sikh families within […]
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NIAMEY: Niger’s military rulers, who seized control of the government in July, gave the French ambassador 48 hours to leave the country, Niamey’s foreign ministry said in a statement. Relations between the new regime in Niamey and several Western powers, as well as the West African bloc ECOWAS, have deteriorated since the coup on July […]
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Denmark on Friday said it planned to ban the Holy Quran’s burnings after a string of desecrations of Islam’s holy book in the Scandinavian nation sparked anger in Muslim countries. Denmark stepped up security earlier this month following the backlash, as did neighbouring Sweden which has also seen a spate of the Holy Quran burnings […]
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RAWALPINDI/ KARACHI: Traders’ associations and general public and on Friday initiated large-scale protests against soaring electricity bills and heavy taxes, with major demonstrations being held in Karachi as well as other parts of the country. The protest in Karachi, which was also supported by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), demanded a reduction in the ever-increasing electricity prices and […]
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Members of the mercenary force reportedly relocated to Belarus after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s abortive mutiny in June. Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the Russian mercenary group Wagner will remain in Belarus, without specifying their purpose or how long they would stay. “Wagner is alive and Wagner will live in Belarus”, claimed the Belarusian President, […]
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A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates to slap him and asking for him to be evicted due to his religion, a video now viral on social media has revealed. The video, which surfaced on Friday, showed Trapta Tyagi, the teacher at […]
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Russia said early Friday that it has downed dozens of drones launched from Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that 42 drones were destroyed over Crimea – nine shot down by air defense forces, 33 by electronic warfare. Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014. There were no immediate reports of fatalities. The U.S. Defense Department […]
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ANKARA; Dily Hurriyet reports: Zeliha Karlı’s application for a visa to visit her son, Yusuf Karlı, a doctoral student at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, has been rejected, citing concerns that she might not return due to her recent displacement caused by the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye. Yusuf Karlı, an academic researching quantum physics […]
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