Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir Assembly Seeks Statehood in Challenge to Centre
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Legislative Assembly on Monday passed a resolution calling for the “immediate and urgent” restoration of the region’s full statehood, after opposition Bharatiya Janata Party members protested and walked out of the House. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah moved the resolution last Friday, but the vote was delayed after several lawmakers sought to […]
Europe
Hungary, Russia Trade Diplomatic Expulsions in Sharp Policy Shift
MOSCOW: Russia has ordered Hungarian diplomats to leave the country, escalating a dispute that marks a sharp break from the era of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who kept closer ties with Moscow than any other EU leader. The move comes weeks after Budapest expelled 10 Russian diplomats on national security grounds in September, the […]
Romania’s Political Deadlock Deepens After PM Vote
BUCHAREST: Romania’s political crisis deepened on Wednesday after Parliament rejected the centre right government proposed by Prime Minister designate Siegfried Mureșan, increasing the possibility of early elections and giving fresh momentum to the country’s far right. Mureșan, a liberal member of the European Parliament, won 182 votes, well below the 233 needed to form a […]
International News
105 Palestinians Buried in Gaza City After Years Under Rubble
Gaza City: Hundreds of Palestinians gathered on Thursday in Gaza City to bury 105 people whose remains were pulled from the rubble of homes destroyed in Israeli airstrikes during the early weeks of the war. Families recited funeral prayers before carrying the dead to the Martyrs Cemetery in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of northwestern Gaza […]
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