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Pro-Iran groups hit in Syria
The US military has struck Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria, killing at least 22 fighters according to a war monitor, in what the Pentagon said was a message from the new administration after recent rocket attacks targeting US troops in Iraq.
26 February 2021, 18:00 PM
IS bride loses bid to return to UK to fight for citizenship
A woman who ran away from London as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her bid Friday to return to the UK to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds.
26 February 2021, 13:18 PM
Tech giants must pay for news in Australia
Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation passed yesterday that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Patience on Iran not ‘unlimited’
US President Joe Biden’s administration said Wednesday that its “patience is not unlimited” with Iran as it renewed an offer for talks on its nuclear program.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO warns of long-term Covid
A senior World Health Organization official yesterday urged national authorities to make a priority of understanding the long-term consequences of coronavirus infections as some people show worrying symptoms months later.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Militaries agree to stop LoC firing
The militaries of India and Pakistan yesterday said in a rare joint statement that they had agreed to observe a ceasefire along the disputed border in Kashmir, having exchanged fire hundreds of times in recent months.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden’s CIA pick says China will be his main focus
Veteran US diplomat William Burns, nominated to lead the CIA, pledged Wednesday to keep the agency free of politics and said China would be his main focus if confirmed.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Xi boasts of ‘miracle’ in tackling poverty in China
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday declared his country had achieved the “human miracle” of eliminating extreme poverty, though questions continue to surround the Communist Party’s criteria for making the claim.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
US ban on many green card applicants lifted
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a proclamation from his predecessor that blocked many green card applicants from entering the United States.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
‘US report may single out Saudi crown prince’
A declassified version of a US intelligence report expected to be released soon finds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, four US officials familiar with the matter said.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM
US report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince: sources
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he has read a US intelligence report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that is expected to be released on Thursday.
25 February 2021, 04:41 AM
Nepal PM won’t quit despite court defeat
Nepal’s embattled prime minister, KP Sharma Oli, will not resign but let parliament decide his fate instead, an aide said yesterday, a day after the Supreme Court rejected his decision to dissolve the legislature and call early elections.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
WHO reports 20pc drop in deaths
Global deaths from the coronavirus fell by 20 percent last week compared with the week before, the World Health Organization said yesterday— part of a wider trend that also includes a decline in cases worldwide.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran breaching uranium enrichment rules: IAEA
Iran is producing highly-enriched uranium faster than called for by the law under which it started the process of enriching to 20% fissile purity last month, diplomats and a report by the UN nuclear watchdog said.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
China targets Uighurs with more prosecutions: HRW
China has dramatically increased its prosecution of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang through the formal court system, handing out long prison terms for dubious charges such as “picking quarrels” and giving gifts to overseas relatives, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Worse fate than Trump awaits Modi: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday stepped her attack on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party as the Indian state prepares for high-stake assembly elections due by April.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
41 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean
At least 41 migrants are feared dead following a weekend shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea route from Libya to Italy, two United Nations agencies said yesterday.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Asean pushes diplomacy
Indonesia is holding intensive talks with both the Myanmar military and representatives of the ousted elected government in a bid to end a crisis over a Feb. 1 military coup, Indonesia’s foreign minister said yesterday.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Prison riots in Ecuador
Prison riots in Ecuador
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
China court orders man to pay ex-wife for housework
A Chinese man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife almost $8,000 for years of unpaid housework, in a landmark divorce case that has sparked furious debate in China.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM