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Iran submits a ‘written response’ to nuclear deal talks

Editorial Bureau August 16, 2022

Dubai(UAE)- Iran said Tuesday it submitted a “written response” to what has been described as a final roadmap to restore its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency offered no details on the substance of its response but suggested that Tehran still wouldn’t

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Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

Editorial Bureau August 13, 2022

Tehran (Iran)- Iranians reacted with praise and worry Saturday over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death. It remains unclear why Rushdie’s attacker, identified by police as Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, stabbed the author as he prepared […]

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Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York

Editorial Bureau August 13, 2022

Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. A bloodied Rushdie, 75, was flown to a hospital and underwent […]

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Two killed, 40 wounded as Israel mounts West Bank raid

Editorial Bureau August 9, 2022

Two Palestinians, including a senior militant commander, were killed Tuesday as Israeli forces raided a house in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the army said. The latest violence comes two days after deadly fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants in the coastal enclave of Gaza was halted by a truce. In the […]

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Chad military government signs deal to launch peace talks

Editorial Bureau August 8, 2022

Doha(Qatar)-  Chad’s military government Monday signed a deal with more than 40 opposition groups to launch national peace talks later this month. However, the main rebel outfit refused to take part. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the African Union urged the junta and opposition to seize the latest opportunity to stabilise a country considered key […]

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Cease-fire between Israel and Gaza militants holds overnight

Editorial Bureau August 8, 2022

Gaza City- A fragile cease-fire deal to end nearly three days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza held throughout the night and into Monday morning — a sign the latest round of violence may have abated. The flare-up was the worst fighting between Israel and Gaza militant groups since Israel and Gaza’s […]

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Israel, Palestinian militants trade fire in major Gaza escalation

Editorial Bureau August 6, 2022

Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Saturday, and a Palestinian militant group retaliated with a barrage of rocket fire, in the territory’s worst escalation of violence since a war last year. Israel has said it was forced to launch a “pre-emptive” operation against Islamic Jihad, insisting the group was planning an imminent attack following […]

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US jury to decide if Twitter employee spied for Saudi royals

Editorial Bureau August 5, 2022

San Francisco (USA)- Jurors in a San Francisco court on Thursday (Aug 4) began mulling the fate of a former Twitter employee accused of taking bribes from Saudi Arabia to help unmask its critics on the platform. Prosecutors said Ahmad Abouammo sold Twitter user information for cash and an expensive watch about seven years ago, […]

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Palestinians left in tense limbo by Israeli expulsion order

Editorial Bureau August 4, 2022

Al Fakheet (West Bank)- After repeatedly rebuilding his home only to have it demolished by Israeli soldiers, Mohammed Abu Sabaha has a new plan to remain on the land — he is moving into a cave. Abu Sabaha is among some 1,000 Palestinians at risk of expulsion from an arid region of the occupied West […]

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1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa

Editorial Bureau August 1, 2022

Ankara (Turkey)- The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set off from the port of Odesa on Monday under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey that is expected to release large stores of Ukrainian crops to foreign markets to ease a growing hunger crisis. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left Odesa for […]