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25-01-2022 OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was detained by Daesh (ISIS or ISIL), security officials said, with troops leading the apparent coup saying his government failed to support them during the country’s years-long conflict with armed groups. The news reports on Monday came a day after soldiers …

25-01-2022 LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can take his legal fight against extradition to the United States to the Supreme Court, the United Kingdom’s High Court has ruled. While the court in London gave Assange permission to appeal, the Supreme Court must agree to accept the case before it can …

25-01-2022 DUBAI/ RIYADH/ SANA’A: The United Arab Emirates says it intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi that were fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the latest escalation in Yemen’s long-running war. Monday’s attack came a week after another Houthi drone-and-missile attack on Abu Dhabi killed three civilians. “The …

25-01-2022 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by a Muslim former minister that she was sacked from his government because of her faith, his spokesperson said. The claims by Nusrat Ghani, a former junior transport minister, have stoked fresh controversy for Downing Street as Johnson …

24-01-2022 AMSTERDAM: Dutch police say they have found a stowaway alive in the wheel section of a plane that landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa. Flights from Johannesburg to Amsterdam take about 11 hours, with the cargo plane believed to have made one stop, in Nairobi, Kenya. It …

24-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ UNITED NATIONS: Afghanistan’s new Taliban authorities warned on Saturday they have the right to crack down on dissent and jail protesters, as concerns grew over the disappearance of two women activists. Since storming back to power in August amid a hasty …

24-01-2022 PARIS: Some 38,000 people protested across France Saturday, the interior ministry said, two days before a vaccination health pass becomes mandatory to take part in much of public life. From Monday, those aged 16 and above will have to show they have been jabbed to access restaurants or bars, …

24-01-2022 ISTANBUL: A Turkish court has detained well-known journalist Sedef Kabas for allegedly insulting the country’s president. Ms Kabas was arrested on Saturday in Istanbul and a court ordered her to be jailed ahead of a trial. She is accused of targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a proverb which …

24-01-2022 MIAMI/ LONDON: A passenger travelling in an American Airlines refused to wear a face mask so the plane had to turn back to Miami from where it had taken off, said the airline. According to media, police waited for flight AAL38 with 129 passengers on board to return to …

23-01-2022 WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s (NZ) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has cancelled her wedding after announcing new COVID restrictions. The entire country is set to be placed under the highest level of COVID restrictions after an outbreak of the Omicron variant. The restrictions include a cap of 100 vaccinated people at …