A representational image of a car deal. — X@DubaiPoliceHQ DUBAI: Dubai Police have arrested a gang of scammers who posed as car buyers, paid with fake cheques, and swiftly shipped the vehicles abroad. According to law enforcement officials, the group, which had been operating a well-organised network, was busted by the anti-fraud division, acting swiftly following multiple complaints. Explaining their …
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Members of the Taliban participate in a rally to mark the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 14, 2024. — Reuters Gesture aims at building friendly ties with Afghanistan’s rulers. Moscow sees Taliban a potential economic partner. “The decision enters into legal force immediately.” Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban’s designation as a …
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a prayer service and dinner ahead of Easter Sunday, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 16, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump touted “big progress” in tariff talks with Japan on Wednesday, in one of the first rounds of face-to-face negotiations since his barrage of duties on global imports roiled …
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A view of the Indian Supreme Court building is seen in New Delhi. — Reuters/File In a landmark decision, the Indian Supreme Court upheld the use of Urdu on the signboard of a municipal council building in Maharashtra, reinforcing the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity. Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran stated, “language is culture” and should unite …
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A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran, in Iran. — Reuters/File “Denial of nuclear weapons to int’l community not enough.” “We need to be able to verify,” says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi. Official stresses cooperation at time diplomacy needed urgently. TEHRAN: The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi warned on Wednesday …
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A senior Hamas official told AFP on Wednesday that the group is still preparing its response to an Israeli proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza. “The movement’s response is still in preparation, and we affirm that there is no room for any partial deal,” said Mahmoud Mardawi, insisting that the group’s “weapons will not be subject …
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The Deepseek logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 27, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China’s DeepSeek from buying US technology and is debating barring Americans’ access to its services, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The launch of China’s low-cost AI model, DeepSeek, has rattled the AI ecosystem. The …
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A German hospital is seen in this undated image. — AFP/File A Berlin palliative care doctor has been charged with murdering 15 patients in a case prosecutors describe as driven by a “lust for murder”, The Guardian reported. The 40-year-old suspect, identified in local media as Johannes M., allegedly killed 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July …
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US President Donald Trump announces his plans to run for president in the 2024 US presidential election at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US on November 15, 2022. — Reuters A US federal judge has warned the Trump administration it could be held in contempt of court over its alleged failure to comply with an order halting deportation …
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Human rights activists protest outside the European Parliament ahead of a vote by lawmakers on the EU’s Pact on Asylum and Migration, in Brussels, Belgium, April 10, 2024. — The European Union on Wednesday published a list of seven countries it considers “safe”, in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations …
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