Published by Al-Araby Russia’s foreign ministry accused Israel on Tuesday of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, escalating a row that began when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Israel said on Monday Lavrov’s comment was an “unforgivable” falsehood that tried to minimise the horrors of the Holocaust – the slaughter of […]
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Published by Al-Araby Israeli forces reportedly shot machine guns at Palestinian crop farmers and animal herders in Gaza on Tuesday. Troops stationed in watch towers in Israel but near Khan Yunis province in Gaza’s south fired at the Palestinians as they worked, official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. The agricultural workers fled the “heavy… gunfire”
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Published by Reuters UK By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s prime minister offered talks on Wednesday with protesters calling for the government to step down over its handing of an economic crisis as the opposition threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against it in parliament. The island nation of 22
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Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) -All options would be on table in response to any use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia, British armed forces minister James Heappey said on Tuesday. British Foreign Minister Liz Truss on Monday said Britain was working with its partners to verify the details of reports Russian forces
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Published by Reuters By Maria Starkova LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine pleaded for more weapons from the West to help it end the siege of Mariupol and fend off an expected Russian offensive in the east, as more reports emerged of rape and brutality against Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in
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Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Sunday that Elon Musk rejected its offer to join the social media firm’s board, a dramatic turn in a week when the billionaire became its biggest shareholder, and it warned of more drama with “distractions ahead”. Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal said in a note
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Published by Al-Araby Shehbaz Sharif was set Monday to become Pakistan’s new prime minister, but the country still faces months of political crisis with ousted premier Imran Khan vowing disruption from the wings. Khan was dismissed Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote, paving the way for an opposition alliance that faces the same issues that
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Published by Reuters By Natalia Zinets (Reuters) – More than 30 people were killed and over 100 were wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station in east Ukraine on Friday as civilians tried to evacuate to safer parts of the country, the state railway company said. It said two Russian rockets had
Published by Al-Araby Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is due to address the nation on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled he acted unconstitutionally in blocking an attempt to oust him – a decision that could end his premiership in days. Last Sunday, political allies of the former cricket star dissolved parliament to thwart an
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Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) – The European Union on Friday formally adopted its fifth package of sanctions against Russia, including bans on the import of coal, wood, chemicals and other products. The measures also prevent many Russian vessels and trucks from accessing the EU, further crippling trade, and will ban all transactions with four
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