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Iran shutters bookshop over hijab law violation: media

TEHRAN (AFP): Iranian police on Friday closed a major bookshop in the center of the capital Tehran for allowing unveiled…

5 months ago

France grounds plane carrying 300 Indians over suspected ‘human trafficking’

PARIS (AFP): The national anti-organized crime unit JUNALCO has taken over the investigation VATRY, France: A Nicaragua-bound plane carrying more…

5 months ago

Four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir amid uptick in attacks on troops

SRINAGAR : Four Indian soldiers were killed, and three others were wounded after suspected rebels ambushed Indian military vehicles in…

5 months ago

Head of Russian space company arrested on fraud charge: State media

MOSCOW (Reuters): Yevgeny Fomichev, the head of a company that makes navigation systems for Russia’s space program, was arrested in…

5 months ago

Two Syrians charged in Germany with war crimes

BERLIN (AFP): German federal prosecutors said Friday that they had charged two Syrians with “war crimes” committed in Damascus a…

5 months ago

Last French troops to bow out of Africa’s Sahel

PARIS (AFP): The last French troops are to withdraw from Niger on Friday, marking an end to more than a…

5 months ago

Maersk imposes container surcharge due to diversion from Red Sea

OSLO (Reuters): Denmark's Maersk will impose extra charges on container transport from Asia following its decision to re-route ships away…

5 months ago

Russia calls prisoner swap talks delicate, accuses U.S. of leaks

MOSCOW (Reuters) : A top Russian diplomat said Moscow and Washington were still engaged in sensitive negotiations over a prisoner…

5 months ago

Hong Kong court rejects publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to toss sedition charge

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court has rejected a bid by pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a sedition…

5 months ago

Canada opens doors to citizen’s extended families fleeing Gaza

OTTAWA (AFP) : Canada will take in extended families of Canadians in war-torn Gaza for up to three years, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Thursday. The…

5 months ago

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