Representational image. AP Sun 09 Apr 2023: The Israeli army targeted various locations on the claim that rockets were fired from Syria into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights early Sunday. The cross-border exchanges early on Sunday came as Israel escalates violence on multiple fronts, including in Gaza, Lebanon, occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. […]
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Sun 09 Apr 2023: Ukraine will “disappear” as “no one needs it, ” a top Russian security official said on Saturday. In a statement on Russian social network VK, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, said Europe does not need Ukraine because it is already experiencing “a financial and political hell” provoked by […]
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Sun 09 Apr 2023: Hamburg’s fire brigade has issued an “extreme danger” alert as a cloud possibly containing “chemical components” drifts towards the city centre. The German city’s authorities are advising people to avoid the area and told residents to close doors, windows and ventilation. Two warehouses have been on fire in the northern German port city […]
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An armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy compound in Iran, on Friday 27 January 2023 (File Photo) Sun 09 Apr 2023: Tehran has warned it cannot ignore what it considers a security threat emanating from growing Azerbaijan-Israel ties. Tehran, Iran – Tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan have been steadily ramping up in recent months, and divisive […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: Vladlen Tatarsky – who was killed in a bomb blast – has been laid to rest in Moscow today. Hundreds of people gathered in Moscow for the funeral of high-profile Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed in a bomb attack in Saint Petersburg. Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, was […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the global economy is predicted to grow by less than 3% this year, down from 3.4% last year, raising the risk of hunger and poverty around the world. Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday that growth is expected to remain about 3 […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: Turkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is campaigning across the country to encourage voters to re-elect President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Campaign meetings have no songs or music out of respect for the bereaved families who lost loved ones in the devastating earthquakes in February that killed more than 50,000 […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: in response to US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California. China has begun three days of military exercises around Taiwan. The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command announced on Saturday that “combat readiness patrols” would continue until April 10 in China, which claims Taiwan […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: India today recorded 6,155 fresh COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases increased to 31,194, according to Union health ministry data. India’s COVID-19 tally now stands at 4.47 crore (4,47,51,259). The death count climbed to 5,30,954 with 11 deaths, including two reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: During a first official state iftar on Friday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Russia for its treatment of the Muslim Tatar community in Crimea, which is under the control of the Kremlin, and vowed to retake the peninsula from Russia. In 2014, Russia took over the territory bordering the Black Sea […]
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