Armed officers descended on Whitehall after a car crashed into the gates of Downing Street. The Met said a suspect is being held on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. One witness said he saw officers pointing Tasers at a man, who was held […]
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LONDON: Britain said on Tuesday it would remove the right of some international students to bring family members into the country, part of measures to bring down annual net migration which reached a record last year. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to bring down legal migration and said last week that he was considering […]
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The 3rd G20 Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting under India’s G20 presidency culminated successfully with foreign delegates hoping that the summit will help bring more foreign tourists to Jammu and Kashmir UT in the ensuing year. The meeting, held in Srinagar from May 22 to 24, was attended by more than 122 delegates, including 60 […]
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Ukraine said Thursday its forces shot down 36 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia used to attack areas in western Ukraine. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces “presumably aimed to attack critical infrastructure and military facilities.” Russia has repeatedly used aerial attacks, including attacks involving crashing drones into targets to damage infrastructure sites in Ukraine. Ukrainian […]
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China has called on Israel to “stop encroaching” upon the land and resources of the Palestinian people. “Since the beginning of this year, Israel has continued to advance unilateral actions on approving returns, building new settlements, and legalizing settlements,” Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN told the UN Security Council on Wednesday. […]
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One of Russia’s top spy chiefs on Wednesday said the West had sown the seeds of its own destruction by turning away from what he called its core traditions and told it to “go to the devil” and stop interfering in global affairs. In remarks at a security forum outside Moscow attended by foreign security […]
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SRINAGAR: India began showcasing the Himalayan region of Kashmir to tourism officials of Group of 20 countries on Tuesday, hoping to attract foreign visitors to the picture-postcard territory troubled by a three-decade Islamist insurgency. The federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been roiled by militant violence since 1989, disrupting a thriving tourism sector in […]
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The European Commission said on Wednesday that if energy prices were to flare up again, any support measures rolled out should be “targeted at protecting vulnerable households and firms.” The European Commission on Wednesday called on governments across the European Union to end their support measures for energy prices by the end of this year. […]
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Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has appointed senior judicial official Ioannis Sarmas as the caretaker prime minister to form a government that will lead the country to a repeat election on June 25 after last weekend’s inconclusive vote. Sarmas is president of the Hellenic Court of Audit, one of the country’s three senior courts. “It is […]
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Srinagar: Kashmir artisans have appealed to the government to hold international to cash in on the success of the G20 meeting. During the ongoing G20 summit, the delegates praised the Kashmir artisans for their skills and products. Arshid Ahmad, District Program Manager at Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission said the delegates shopped for over […]
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