NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces voter fatigue and some resistance from a resurgent opposition in India’s mammoth general election, foot soldiers of his party’s Hindu nationalist parent have stepped in to help regain momentum, insiders said. With less than two weeks left of a six-week voting schedule, voter turnout has been lower […]
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William Lai has been inaugurated as Taiwan’s new president, promising to deepen ties with other democracies around the world. China’s long-held ambitions to bring Taiwan under its control will remain a threat to global security even if the self-ruling island bows to all Beijing’s pre-conditions, President William Lai warned on Monday in his first speech […]
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Kupwara, May 20: National Conference (NC) Vice President and party candidate for Baramulla parliamentary constituency Omar Abdullah today said that his party’s fight in the elections is against central governmenti and not against any individual. He was talking to media persons in Langate area of Kupwara. Omar said that it was good to see people […]
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Islamabad High Court (IHC) senior puisne judge Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani on Monday said that the intelligence agencies should shed the perception of their involvement in forced abductions. The IHC judge was hearing a petition seeking the recovery of Kashmiri poet Ahmed Farhad Shah. Shah was allegedly abducted from his home last week. The Human […]
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A funeral procession for President Ebrahim Raisi would be held in Tehran on Tuesday, following his death in a helicopter crash, Iranian officials announced on Monday “On [Tuesday] morning, we will have the funeral procession in the city of Tehran” for Raisi and other members of his entourage killed in the crash, Mohsen Mansouri, vice […]
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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has called for “vigilance” as it warned of thousands of instances of radioactive materials going missing. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Incident and Trafficking database reported on Monday that 31 countries reported 168 incidents in which nuclear or other radioactive material was lost, stolen, improperly disposed of or otherwise […]
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KARACHI: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said that the hybrid government have no place in the constitution. Talking to media outside the accountability court in Karachi, he said the country will not run smoothly without drastic changes in the system. He urged for handing powers to capable people for solution of the […]
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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Karim Khan said he was seeking warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes including “starvation”, “wilful killing”, and “extermination and/or murder”. “We submit […]
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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed in a helicopter crash, state media confirm. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was also killed in Sunday’s crash, along with several others. The helicopter – one of three travelling in a convoy – crashed in heavy fog in the north of the country. Raisi was heading to the city […]
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Police have beaten and arrested several demonstrators at a pro-Palestine protest in New York’s Brooklyn in the latest crackdown on voices speaking against the war on Gaza in the United States. Protesters gathered on Saturday in the Bay Ridge neighbourhood in southwest Brooklyn, home to a large Muslim community, including people of Palestinian and Yemeni […]
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