BOLU MOUNTAINS (TURKIYE): Expressing his condolences for those 79 tourists killed due to an incendie at the 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort here on Tuesday (21st Jan, 2025), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated (by means of X): “I pray to God for mercy upon our citizens who lost their lives in […]
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WASHINGTON: In a gesture of support to J-Sixers (the rioters who stormed Capitol on 6th Jan 2021, attempting to stop lawmakers from certifying his 2020 defeat at polls), President Donald Trump had pardoned some fifteen hundred of them. WHO: Responding to Trump’s executive order for the US to part ways with WHO, organisation’s chief Dr […]
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RABAT: Illegal Pakistani immigrants, who survived the recent boat tragedy had informed the 4-member investigating team from Islamabad that while travelling towards Spain, human traffickers kept the boat stranded for days and demanded money. Survivors told, those who on the overcrowded could not pay were beaten with hammers and thrown into the sea. Many others […]
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LONDON: The teenager, Axel Rudakubana (18), who had fatally stabbed three girls [Bebe King (6), Elsie Dot Stancombe (7)and Alice da Silva Aguiar (9) on 29th July last year], has pleaded guilty. Rudakubana admitted a total of 16 charges, including the 3 counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and 1 count of possessing […]
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MULTAN CRICKET GROUND: Green Shirts managed to beat West Indies by 127 runs in the 1st of the 2-match series here on Sunday (19th Jan 2025). Scoreboard: Pakistan scored 230 runs in the first innings and 157 runs in the second innings. West Indies scored 137 runs in the first innings and 123 runs in […]
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GAZA: The first 3 female hostages, [Doron Steinbrecher (31), dual British-Israeli Emily Damari (28), and Romi Gonen (24)], freed by Hamas on Sunday (19th Jan, 2025) are back in Israel. They were taken to Sheba Hospital as soon as Hamas handed them over to Red Cross. Next hostage-swap is slated to take place next Saturday […]
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GAZA: Jonathan Whittall, interim chief of the UN’s OCHA aid agency for the Palestinian territories, had taken to the X to inform that the first trucks of supplies have commenced entering Gaza. “A ceasefire finally came into effect in Gaza at 11.15 today. First trucks of supplies started entering just 15 minutes later. A massive […]
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JERUSALEM: PM Netanyahu, while addressing the nation here on Saturday (18th Jan, 2025) night, said that Israel reserved the right to return to war if ceasefire’s second stage was unsuccessful. Saying that he was proud to be the leader of Israel overseeing the historic Gaza ceasefire deal, the PM said that US President Joe Biden […]
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WASHINGTON: Tik Tok says it has been forced to go dark in the US on Sunday (19th Jan 2025) as Department of Justice had failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining it’s availability. It is pertinent to mention here that the Supreme Court of USA […]
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GAZA: The Gaza Ceasefire will begin on Sunday at 6.30 GMT. PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau confirmed that the Deal on Ceasefire-Hostage with Hamas had been accepted by the Israeli Security Cabinet here on 17th Jan, 2025. PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet seen voting on Gaza Ceasefire-Hostage Deal (17th Jan). _____ Following the acceptance of the […]
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