Fri 29 September 2023: This week, the Canadian government has been dealing with cyberattacks as an Indian hacking group claims to have created chaos in Ottawa. CTV reported. However, Canada’s signals-intelligence agency says it’s likely that the “nuisance” attacks haven’t put sensitive information at danger. The government-controlled institutions appear to have been targeted by the […]
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Fri 29 September 2023: The European Union’s top migration official said the bloc was set to agree on how to handle irregular immigration soon after ministers’ talks yielded no final deal on Thursday with Berlin and Rome worried over rising arrivals ahead of key elections, Reuters reports. The ministers were searching for agreement on a long-stalled system for the […]
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China-Russia joint naval exercise, Joint Sea-2021 (File Photo) Fri 29 September 2023: China and Saudi Arabia will conduct a joint naval military drill in October, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced on Thursday. The military exercise, called “Blue Sword 2023,” will be held in Zhanjiang city of South China’s Guangdong province, a ministry spokesman told […]
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Fri 29 September 2023: Calls for accountability grew on Thursday for the victims of a deadly fire at an Iraqi wedding celebration in a Christian town as grief-stricken mourners attended a packed memorial service and families buried their loved ones, Reuters reports. More than 100 people died and at least 150 were injured on Tuesday evening in an inferno […]
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Thu 28 September 2023: Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, described Armenia’s decision to join the Rome Statute as “extremely hostile,” putting the country under power of the Hague-based tribunal, Anadolu Agency reported. “Armenia is a sovereign state, and we certainly hope that such decisions will not negatively affect our bilateral relations, because here we are […]
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Thu 28 September 2023: Cabinet has assured South Africans that control measures to manage the spread of the Bird Flu outbreaks are in place and farmers are encouraged to observe prescribed biosecurity measures. This comes after Cabinet noted the current outbreaks of highly pathogenic influenza (HPAI) H5 and H7 in the poultry industry in South […]
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Thu 28 September 2023: British defence secretary Grant Shapps discussed how to bolster Ukraine’s air defences during talks in an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president’s office said on Thursday. The visit to the Ukrainian capital was Shapps’s first to Kyiv since he became defence secretary last month, Reuters reports. […]
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Thu 28 September 2023: The UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan said Tuesday that dialogue and engagement with the Taliban administration does not mean condoning its policies. “On the contrary: dialogue and engagement are how we are attempting to change these policies,” Pointing out that the UN Afghanistan Assistance Mission’s view is to continue to engage […]
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Thu 28 September 2023: Georgetown University in Qatar plans to hold an international conference on Saturday to explore the root causes of the rising anti-Islamic sentiments. Themed “Global Histories and Practices of Islamophobia”, the two-day event will bring together a host of scholars, activists, policymakers, and journalists. “This GU-Q conference promises to be an intellectually […]
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Wed 27 September 2023: Algeria has pulled out of the race to host the 2025 and 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) football tournament. The decision by the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) yesterday to inform the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was made one day ahead of the delayed decision to name the country who […]
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