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12-06-2022 DAMASCUS: Syria has confirmed major damage including to runways at Damascus International Airport, which was closed for a second day Saturday for repairs after Israeli air strikes. The transport ministry said in a statement that runways were out of service. Since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, …

12-06-2022 WASHINGTON: The price of US gasoline averaged more than $5 a gallon for the first time on Saturday, data from the AAA showed, extending a surge in fuel costs that is driving rising inflation. The national average price for regular unleaded gas rose to $5.004 a gallon on June …

11-06-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ PARIS: Australia has unveiled a substantial compensation deal with French submarine maker Naval Group, ending a contract dispute that soured relations between Canberra and Paris for almost a year. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that the French firm had agreed to a …

11-06-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW/ SRINAGAR: Indian police shot dead two demonstrators on Friday during street protests around the country sparked by a ruling party official’s remarks about the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him/ PBUH), an officer told AFP Saturday. “Police were forced to open …

11-06-2022 GENEVA/ COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is at risk of tipping into a full-blown humanitarian crisis as the country’s economy suffers its biggest shock in decades, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday. Sri Lanka’s 22 million people are suffering the country’s most serious financial turmoil in seven decades, with …

11-06-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR/ LONDON/ KARACHI: Malaysia’s government said Saturday it has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with campaigners welcoming the move but cautioning the country had failed to deliver on previous vows to improve rights. The death penalty remains mandatory for several offences …

11-06-2022 WASHINGTON: Chris Licht, the new leader of CNN, announced that the “Breaking News” banner will now be only used for truly urgent incidents, Business Standard reported. Inheriting the media outlet a month ago from the former President of CNN, Jeff Zucker, Licht is making new changes, one of which …

10-06-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW/ SRINAGAR: Police confronted stone-throwing crowds in at least two Indian cities on Friday as crowds protested in many areas of the country over derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad made by two former members of the ruling party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has …

10-06-2022 MARYLAND: A gunman has opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing facility in northern Maryland, United States, killing at least three people and critically wounding a fourth before being taken into custody after a shoot-out with police. Washington County Sheriff Doug Mullendore said police responded to reports of …

10-06-2022 PARIS: France has sought to push the European Union towards a long-stalled asylum pact with a plan to relocate about 10,000 asylum seekers a year to willing member states – and for unwilling ones to pay up instead. Presented on Friday to an EU interior ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg, …