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06-04-2023 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: The US is “going to hell”, Donald Trump has said in a defiant address after pleading not guilty to falsifying business records to hide damaging information ahead of the 2016 election. The former president was charged with 34 counts in a Manhattan court in New York …

06-04-2023 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has said artificial intelligence (AI) “could be” dangerous but it remains to be seen how the technology will affect society. Speaking at the start of a meeting with science and technology advisers on Tuesday, Biden said technology companies had a responsibility to ensure …

06-04-2023 JEDDAH/ NEW DELHI: A prominent Muslim body has denounced the “provocative acts of violence and vandalism” during the Hindu festival of Ram Navami in India, which has accused the organization of an “anti-India agenda”. In a statement on Tuesday, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said instances of attacks …

06-04-2023 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ABUJA/ KARACHI: Armed men {belong to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which is not only a very close-linked subordinate group of Daesh but also created by one of most world’s …

06-04-2023 PARIS/ DAMASCUS: French judges have ordered three senior members of the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad to stand trial for collusion in crimes against humanity over the deaths of two French Syrian men. The order, signed last Wednesday, says the three senior al-Assad advisers are charged with complicity …

06-04-2023 TEHRAN: Iran has appointed a new ambassador to the United Arab Emirates shortly ahead of an expected meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia in China. Iranian state media confirmed on Tuesday that the foreign ministry has selected Reza Ameri as the new envoy to the …

06-04-2023 UNITED NATIONS: Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is being sought for war crimes, will brief a controversial United Nations meeting that Russia called to counter what it claims is disinformation about Ukrainian children taken to Russia. Russia’s UN Mission confirmed on Tuesday that Maria Lvova-Belova will be the …

06-04-2023 JERUSALEM/ AL-AQSA: Israeli police have attacked and arrested Palestinian worshippers in a violent dawn raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, according to witnesses. At least 400 Palestinians were arrested on Wednesday and remain in Israeli custody, according to Palestinian officials. They are being held at …

06-04-2023 BEIJING/ TAIPEI: French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are set to arrive in China on Wednesday for a three-day state visit that will see them meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Macron will be accompanied by a delegation of more than 50 CEOs …

05-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: India has reacted sharply to China’s attempts to rename places in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and said it “outright rejects” the move. The state has been and will always be an “integral and inalienable part of India,” foreign ministry spokesperson …