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Imran Khan dares Nawaz Sharif to contest against him in any constituency in upcoming Pakistan polls
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party chairman Imran Khan has thrown a challenge to Nawaz Sharif, saying he will contest against the…
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Israel strikes kill 8 Syria troops, hit Aleppo airport: defence ministry
DAMASCUS: Israeli strikes killed eight soldiers in southern Syria on Wednesday, later returning to bomb Aleppo airport for the fourth…
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Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat
LONDON: A former British police officer was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years…
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Record 114 million people now displaced worldwide: UN
GENEVA: The number of people worldwide living in forced displacement from their homes is estimated to have exceeded 114 million,…
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Two planes clip wings at Hobby Airport in Houston
Two private jets clipped wings when they were moving on the airfield at Houston’s William P Hobby Airport. Debris was…
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Hezbollah chief holds talks with senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders amid war in Gaza
BEIRUT: The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group held talks on Wednesday in Beirut with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad…
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New report from PEN America documents vast book bannings in US prisons
NEW YORK: Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by US prisons, according to a new report…
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Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi’s demand for obedience
TAIPEI: The removal of China’s foreign and defence ministers appears to enforce leader Xi Jinping’s demand for total obedience and…
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‘Severe pain but no anaesthetic’: Gaza hospitals in crisis as Israel-Hamas conflict rages on
JERUSALEM: Gaza’s hospitals were facing “complete collapse”, Palestinian medics warned Wednesday as the UN said supplies were running critically low…
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‘Massive’ Israel ground op in Gaza would be ‘an error’, warns France President Macron
CAIRO: A “massive” Israeli ground incursion into Gaza would be “an error”, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, warning it…
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