08-04-2024 NAYPYIDAW: The military regime which seized power in Myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with Thailand. Troops had suffered weeks of attacks by ethnic Karen insurgents, allied with other anti-coup forces. Hundreds of troops guarding the vital border town of …
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07-04-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli military said Saturday that it had recovered the body of an Israeli hostage during an overnight raid in the Gaza Strip. The body of Elad Katzir was returned to Israel after an operation in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, the Israel Defense …
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07-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Flood waters are expected to rise in Sydney after torrential rainfall on Friday caused flash flooding in parts of Australia’s second-largest city, the authorities have warned. Heavy rain pummelled parts of the city for 24 hours, forcing thousands to evacuate the city’s outskirts. The …
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07-04-2024 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s week began with the chants of thousands of protesters demanding a hostage deal and early elections outside the Knesset and his official residence. It ended with a scolding from US President Joe Biden over the Israeli military’s killing of seven humanitarian aid workers …
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07-04-2024 ABUJA/ KANO, Nigeria: Gunmen have killed dozens villagers in Nigerian state of Kogi, residents said on Friday, the latest clash between herders and farmers in Africa’s most populous nation fueled by growing pressure on land resources. Edibo Ameh Mark, chairman of Omala local government area of Kogi, where the …
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07-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India will enter Pakistan to kill anyone who escapes over the border after trying to carry out terrorist activities in the country, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told broadcaster CNN News18 on Friday. The minister’s comments come a day after Britain’s Guardian newspaper published …
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07-04-2024 ORSK: Thousands of people are being evacuated in the Russian Urals after a section of the embankment dam burst in the mountain city of Orsk, officials say. Heavy earth-moving machinery is on site trying to shore up the dam. Earlier, an emergency was declared across the entire Orenburg region …
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07-04-2024 PARIS: There are renewed concerns over levels of violence in French schools after two young teenagers were the victims of attacks, one of them fatal. A 15-year-old boy named as Shamseddin died in hospital on Friday. The news came a day after he was beaten by a group of …
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07-04-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: An aid organization has called for an independent investigation into the killing of seven of its workers by Israeli drone strikes in Gaza. It comes after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “grave mistakes” led to the fatal targeting of staff from charity World Central Kitchen …
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06-04-2024 WASGINGTON/ LEUVEN, BELGIUM: The United States and the European Union committed to extend by three years their cooperation on identifying disruptions in the semiconductor sector, with a particular emphasis on mainstream “legacy” chips from China. The two sides concluded a two-day session of their Trade and Technology Council on …
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