Fri 28 June 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that the country would not hesitate to launch attacks on the territory of Afghanistan, its neighbour, amid rising tensions between the two over security concerns. When asked whether Pakistan would consider cross-border attacks to control perpetrators, the Asif replied to an interviewer, […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: In their first debate since the 2020 election, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump exchanged sharp barbs on a range of issues including global conflicts, immigration, and US democracy. Held at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, the debate took place unusually early in the election cycle, before either candidate […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expelled former Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who disappeared and was dismissed last year, along with his predecessor, Wei Fenghe, as part of an ongoing anti-corruption campaign, state media reported. Li and Wei were removed for “serious violation of party discipline and the law,” according to […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: In their first debate since the 2020 election, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump exchanged sharp barbs on a range of issues including global conflicts, immigration, and US democracy. Held at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, the debate took place unusually early in the election cycle, before either candidate […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: The number of global drug users reached 292 million in 2022, marking a 20% increase over the past decade, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). In its World Drug Report 2024, which compiled data from 2022, the UNODC noted that one in 18 people worldwide aged 15-64 […]
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Fri 28 June 2024: Israel’s Walla website reported that the Israeli occupation army is suffering from a shortage of soldiers and is seeking to form a new division to carry out various tasks. The website added that the army will name the unit the “David Division” and it will include male and female soldiers who have reached […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: A French court on Wednesday upheld an arrest warrant against Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad, accusing him of complicity in a 2013 chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta. The Paris Court of Appeal rejected an application by France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) to annul the warrant, which argued that Assad has […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has rejected an appeal by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to suspend a February ruling that their 2018 marriage violated Islamic law. The decision by the court in Islamabad on Thursday means that Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, will remain […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday called on Israelis not to leave Israel, “which is going through its most difficult times since 1948”. “We are in the most difficult period since the War of Independence: Change in the war, international boycotts, damage to deterrence, 120 Israelis in captivity, thousands of […]
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Thu 27 June 2024: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer faced off in a heated debate on Wednesday, exchanging personal attacks as they made their final pitches to voters ahead of next week’s election. Trailing in the polls by around 20 points, Sunak accused Starmer of dishonesty on issues like migration, […]
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