EINDHOVEN/ COPEHAGEN: The Netherlands and Denmark will supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine with first deliveries due around New Year, the prime ministers of the two NATO countries announced on Sunday during visits by Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy. The pledge is the first real promise of F-16’s for Ukraine’s armed forces and comes a few […]
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Former secretary-general of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Asad Umar has been taken into custody by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The counter-terrorism wing of the FIA had registered the case against the former prime minister — who was ousted from office after a no-confidence motion in April last year — after ascertaining his deliberate involvement in misusing […]
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on social media that the government continues to urgently mobilize resources in the Northwest Territories and stands ready to provide support in Kelowna. Kelowna, a city in British Columbia with a population of about 150,000, has declared a state of emergency amid wildfires. The City of West Kelowna, with […]
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Srinagar, August 19: The exquisite Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, nestled in the foothills of the Zabarwan mountain range, today earned a prestigious spot in the World Book of Records (London). This coveted recognition hails the garden as Asia’s largest tulip paradise, adorned with breath-taking array of 1.5 million tulip bulbs, representing a stunning ensemble […]
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Two Israelis have been shot dead south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank by a suspected Palestinian gunman. Israel’s ambulance service said a 60-year-old man and his 29-year-old son were shot in the Palestinian village of Huwara. Paramedics said the two people were targeted inside a carwash. “Both were unconscious and had sustained gunshot […]
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Srinagar: Post G20 meeting, Jammu and Kashmir government is hosting a mega two-day fair to promote handloom and handicrafts products globally. Department of Industries and Commerce in collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization is holding the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Textile Sourcing fair, 2023’ on Monday and Tuesday. As per the officials over […]
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ISLAMABAD: Former foreign minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was arrested by a heavy contingent of police from his residence in Islamabad on Saturday, sources said. The senior PTI leader was arrested following a press conference in which he announced moving the Supreme Court over the likely delay in general elections. […]
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Chinese armed forces launched a drill Saturday around Taiwan in response to Vice President Lai Ching-te’s “stopover” in the US before visiting Paraguay earlier this week. The drills were aimed at “seizing control of air and sea spaces,” by the Eastern Theater Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which included maritime and aerial combat […]
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Seven people, including a six-year-old child, were killed when a Russian missile struck a theatre in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, officials say. Fifteen children were among 129 people wounded, the interior ministry said. At least 25 people were in hospital. Among the victims were people who had been celebrating an Orthodox Christian holiday […]
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KYIV: Kyiv on Friday welcomed a US decision to let Denmark and the Netherlands hand F-16 fighter jets over to Ukraine once its pilots are trained to use them. In Russia, the authorities shut down respected rights group the Sakharov Center and announced fresh international sanctions against its critics abroad. And earlier Friday Russian forces […]
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