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DUBAI 10 Nov (Online): Iran’s intelligence minister told its regional rival Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that there is no guarantee of Tehran continuing its “strategic patience,” according to semi-official Fars news agency. “Until now, Iran has adopted strategic patience with firm rationality, but it cannot […]

Atlanta, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):The US Senate contest in Georgia that could determine which party controls the upper chamber of Congress is headed for a December runoff, media projections showed on Wednesday. Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock, a Black pastor at a historic church, and Republican challenger […]

Cairo, Nov 9 (AFP/APP):The family of Egypt’s jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is refusing food and water, demanded information on his health Wednesday amid what they said were “rumours of force-feeding”. International concern has mounted since Abdel Fattah, 40, escalated his months-long hunger strike […]

NEW YORK 08 Nov (Online): Millie Bobby Brown explains why ‘Stranger Things’ comeback is difficult Millie Bobby Brown is terrified of going back to ‘Stranger Things.’ Speaking on an interview, the 18-year-old admitted she had an odd nightmare, which she feels will get in the […]

LONDON 08 Nov (Online) Prince William explained difference between ‘self belief’ and ‘self doubt’ in an interesting way. While admitting that he finds himself under confident often over many inconveniences in life, the Prince of William said, “It’s just interesting the difference between self-belief and […]

BEIJING, Nov 8 (APP):Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane transported relief goods donated by various business organizations and entities based in South West China, for the assistance of flood-hit people in Pakistan. Recently, PK-871, flew out from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport for Islamabad carrying donations generously […]

Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Britain’s new prime minister Rishi Sunak on Monday vowed imminent action on cross-Channel migrants after his first face-to-face meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. Sunak has taken a much more positive tone towards Macron than his short-lived predecessor Liz […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Ukraine announced Monday it had received more air defence systems from Western military allies, as officials in Kyiv said the situation with electricity supplies was “tense” after protracted Russian attacks on energy facilities. The defence ministry meanwhile said it was requisitioning […]

Brasília, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):Fresh off a celebratory beach holiday, Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got down to uglier business Monday: figuring out how to govern with a hostile Congress, nasty budget crunch and impossible-looking to-do list. The political horse-trading of the transition period […]

Baghdad, Nov 7 (AFP/APP):A US citizen who lived in Iraq for two years was shot dead in central Baghdad Monday, Iraqi security sources said, with the motive not immediately clear. The victim was travelling by car “when unknown persons opened fire”, an interior ministry source […]