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Dhaka: Bangladesh partially restored telecommunications services on Wednesday, although internet connections were slow and social media remained suspended, days after deadly protests against reservation in government jobs left nearly 150 people dead. The country has been mostly quiet since Sunday, after the Supreme Court reduced the reservation for various categories to 7 percent, setting aside … Read more

Reasi: Perched high on a gulf in the high Himalayas, the newly constructed bridge will soon help India deal with disputed control of Kashmir and the growing strategic threat from China. The Chenab Rail Bridge, the tallest of its kind in the world, has been hailed as an engineering feat connecting the rugged Kashmir valley … Read more

PARIS: There will be no flags or fanfare for Daniil Medvedev at the Paris Olympics but Russia's highest-profile athlete is unlikely to shy away from the headlines in the French capital. The tennis star, along with other Russians and Belarusians at the Games, must compete as neutrals after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. They are allowed … Read more

Washington: US President Joe Biden will give what could be his final Oval Office speech on Wednesday to explain why he dropped out of the November election and rules out spending six months as a lame duck. With the world's eyes already on the escalating feud between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Biden … Read more

What is the human cost of Israel's relentless efforts by Hamas commanders in Gaza? London: Israel's military has killed dozens of Palestinian civilians and injured hundreds more in its relentless pursuit of Hamas commanders in Gaza, despite designating many of its operational areas in Gaza as “safe zones”. Palestinian health officials said on Monday that … Read more

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Israeli athletes were “welcome” to the Paris Olympics, defying calls for a boycott by some left-wing French lawmakers and the Palestinian Olympic Committee. “Welcome Israeli athletes to our country. They should be able to compete under their colors because the Olympic movement has decided this,” he … Read more

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Israeli athletes were “welcome” to the Paris Olympics, defying calls for a boycott by some left-wing French lawmakers and the Palestinian Olympic Committee. “Welcome Israeli athletes to our country. They should be able to compete under their colors because the Olympic movement has decided this,” he … Read more

N'Djamena: Chad repatriated 157 of its nationals detained in neighboring Libya on Tuesday, working in partnership with the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Libyan state, its foreign ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, the Chadian citizens have been returned to the Sahel country on a special flight.

London: Israel's military has killed dozens of Palestinian civilians and injured hundreds more in its relentless pursuit of Hamas commanders in Gaza, despite designating many of its operational areas in Gaza as “safe zones”. Palestinian health officials said on Monday that 16 civilians were killed in eastern Khan Yunis under Israeli shelling, even as Israel … Read more

Tunis: More than half of Tunisia's mainly sub-Saharan migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are now living in “inadequate conditions”, a domestic rights group said on Tuesday. In its latest study on migration, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) found that “more than half” of Tunisia's migrants live “on the streets, public parks, … Read more