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16-06-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW: Angry crowds in India set an office of the country’s ruling party on fire, attacked railway infrastructure, and blocked roads on Thursday, in widening protests against a new military recruitment system, police officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government this week announced …

16-06-2022 BAGHDAD: Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr said he has decided to withdraw from the political process to avoid invoIraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr said he has decided to withdraw from the political process to avoid involvement with “corrupt” politicians, the state news agency reported. According to a report on …

16-06-2022 UNITED NATIONS: More than 100 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict, climate change and persecution, according to a newly released global trends report by UNHCR. The UN has warned that the ongoing food crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could force even more …

16-06-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI/ JERUSALEM/ DUBAI: The leaders of India, Israel, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates (I2U2) will next week hold a virtual summit to discuss ways to ensure food security in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict as well as ways to …

15-06-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Indian shares were subdued on Wednesday as investors were cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates and its impact on the world’s largest economy, while energy stocks fell after clocking gains recently. The NSE Nifty 50 index was down 0.2 …

15-06-2022 JERUSALEM: The European Union, Israel and Egypt have signed a tripartite natural gas export deal as the bloc seeks to diversify away from Russian energy. The deal, finalised at the East Mediterranean regional energy conference in Cairo, will allow “significant” exports of Israeli gas to Europe for the first …

15-06-2022 NEW YORK: Bitcoin tumbled on Wednesday to a new 18-month low, dragging smaller tokens down with it and spurring a sharp fall in crypto markets sparked by crypto lender Celsius freezing customer withdrawals. The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell as much as 7.8 percent to $20,289, its lowest since December …

14-06-2022 JERUSALEM/ ISTANBUL/ TEHRAN: Israel has urged its citizens to avoid Turkey’s largest city Istanbul or return home “as soon as possible” if already there due to what it said was a threat of Iranian attempts to kill or abduct vacationing Israelis. Issuing the warning on Monday, the Israeli government …

14-06-2022 OUAGADOUGOU: Al-Qaeda’s armed men killed hundreds of more Shia Muslims in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso yesterday night but neither the country’s media was allowed to report nor any international news outlet did flash this Shia mass killing like past, a local and a security source and …

14-06-2022 ATALAIA DO NORTE: Search teams have found two bodies in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest while looking for a British reporter and a Brazilian indigenous expert, the Guardian reported on Monday, citing a relative of the journalist briefed by a Brazilian diplomat. On Sunday, Brazilian police said search teams had found …