Iran executes 4 people for alleged links with Mossad
(): Iran executed on Friday four people and sentenced several others to prison for having alleged links with Israel’s Mossad security service, local media reported. Mizan, the news website affiliated with the country’s judiciary, said three men and one woman were executed Friday morning. It identified the men as Vafa Hanareh,...
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India-born entrepreneur gets one of Canada’s highest honours
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Turkey detains 29 with suspected ISIS ties
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Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in UK
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N Korea’s new reactor likely to be operational next summer
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US sanctions money network tied to Yemen Houthi rebels blamed for shipping vessel attacks
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Displaced Palestinians flood southern Gaza town
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Maine bars Trump from ballot
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4 Indians among 500 climbers conquer Mt Everest
Despite concerns about rising temperatures, melting glaciers and snow and increasing extreme weather events, the mountaineering community celebrated the 70th anniversary of scaling Mount Everest with around 500 climbers, including four Indians, making it to the summit in 2023. Ever since New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Sherpa Tenzing Norgay summited...
1,151 BGB platoons on patrol across Bangladesh ahead of Jan 7 polls
Bangladesh on Friday deployed a total of 1,151 platoons of paramilitary border guards across the country to ensure that the January 7 general election can be held in a free, fair and peaceful manner amid a boycott by the main Opposition BNP and its allies. The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel...
Navalny associate sentenced to nine years in prison
An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday, the latest move in a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Ksenia Fadeyeva, a regional legislator who headed a local branch of Navalny’s organisation in the Siberian city of Tomsk, was convicted on...
Two killed as protesting job aspirants clash with police in Nepal
(): Two Nepalese youths were killed when a group of protesting job aspirants, who were barred from sitting at an exam for employment in the manufacturing sector in South Korea, clashed with police in Lalitpur city on Friday, police said. The protesters had recently failed the test for shipbuilding jobs in...
China amends criminal law to punish bribe-givers
Days after President Xi Jinping exhorted people to maintain personal integrity, China on Friday amended its criminal law to punish those giving bribes to officials as part of its anti-corruption drive. An amendment to the Criminal Law was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top...
China appoints former top naval commander as new def minister
China on Friday named former naval commander General Dong Jun, said to be a close confidant of President Xi Jinping, as the new defence minister, two months after the summary dismissal of General Li Shangfu without an explanation. China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), which confirmed Li’s ouster...
Russian poet gets 7-yr prison sentence for reciting verses against war in Ukraine
(): A Russian poet was given a 7-year prison sentence Thursday for reciting verses against Russia’s war in Ukraine, a tough punishment that comes during a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court convicted Artyom Kamardin on charges of making calls undermining national security and inciting hatred, which related...
