Dubai, March 30 A fire broke out on Monday at an oil refinery in the northern Israeli city of Haifa for the second time during the monthlong war with Iran, according to footage from the scene. Video showed flames on a large refinery tank with thick black smoke that was quickly extinguished by Israel’s fire […]
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By Julia Frankel Jerusalem, March 30 Israel’s parliament is preparing to vote on a controversial bill that would make the death penalty the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis. The bill, debated on Monday ahead of parliament’s spring recess, is being seen as a major push by Israel’s far-right to impose […]
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Beijing, March 30 IndiGo on Monday launched a daily direct flight between Shanghai and Kolkata, in a fresh boost to air connectivity between India and China as the two neighbours continue efforts to normalise ties. The new IndiGo 6E service was formally launched by India’s Consul General in Shanghai, , Pratik Mathur, who said the […]
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Washington, March 30 US President Donald Trump has said Iran has agreed to let 20 oil-carrying ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz from Monday morning, describing the move as a “sign of respect”. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday night while travelling to Washington, Trump said talks with Iran were […]
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Dubai, March 28 Five Indians were injured in the UAE by the fall of debris in the vicinity of the Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) following interception of a ballistic missile by the country’s air defence system, local media reported on Saturday. The Abu Dhabi Media Office in a social media post said the […]
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By Stan Choeap New York, March 28 US stocks deepened their drops Friday as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years. The S&P 500 fell 1.7 per cent to close its worst week since the war with Iran began. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost […]
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By Shirish B Pradhan Kathmandu, March 28 Nepal’s former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday, a day after the newly formed government of Balendra Shah implemented the probe commission report on the Gen Z protest that rocked the nation last year. Oli, also CPN-UML chair, was arrested at the Gundu area […]
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By Jon Gambrell and David Rising Dubai, March 27 Iran has agreed to allow humanitarian and agricultural shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian UN ambassador in Geneva said Friday, amid ongoing Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities. This marks the first breakthrough at the strategic waterway after a month of war, with global […]
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Kathmandu, March 27 Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, widely known as Balen, was sworn in as Nepal’s 47th Prime Minister on Friday, becoming the country’s youngest democratically elected leader and the first from the Madhes region to hold the post. The 35-year-old leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) took the oath of office at the President’s […]
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Vaux-de-Cerney, March 27 UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has called for a “swift resolution” to the war in the Middle East and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the outskirts of Paris, Cooper said Iran is undermining the global economy by blocking international shipping through […]
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