Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria An opposition war monitor and a pro-government media outlet say an attack on pro-government fighters by suspected members of the Islamic State group in central Syria killed 22 pro-government fighters. 04/19/2024 - 1:02 am | View Link
Israel attacked Iran: At the same time, IDF also attacked the Syrian army According to an unnamed US official, ABC News previously reported that Israel carried out the attack in retaliation for recent Iranian strikes on Israeli territory. Reuters reports confirmation from ... 04/18/2024 - 8:17 pm | View Link
20 Syrian pro-govt forces killed in IS attacks: monitor A total of "16 regime forces and pro-government gunmen were killed in an IS attack on a military bus in the eastern countryside of Homs province", said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 04/18/2024 - 3:08 pm | View Link
Amnesty accuses US-backed Syria Kurds of torture, other abuses Amnesty International accused US-backed Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria Wednesday of resorting to torture and other abuses in their detention of tens of thousands of suspected jihadists and ... 04/16/2024 - 10:32 pm | View Link
Activists: Arrest hawkers who attacked sr citizen Mumbai: Several activists from the city have come out in support of the Kandivli senior citizen Atul Vora who was attacked by hawkers over the past weekend. The Federation for Retail Traders ... 03/5/2024 - 12:57 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.