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India top court grants temporary bail to opposition leader Kejriwal to campaign in elections
India’s top court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case on Friday, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing general elections, boosting the opposition alliance of which he is a key leader. The court said the temporary bail would last until June 1, the last day of the seven-phase […]
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UN agency closes East Jerusalem compound after arson
The main United Nations aid agency for Palestinians closed its headquarters in East Jerusalem after local Israeli residents set fire to areas at the edge of the sprawling compound, the agency said. Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNWRA, said in a post on the social media platform X that he had decided to close the […]
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Polish PM reshuffles cabinet ahead of European elections
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a cabinet reshuffle on Friday, with the coordinator of special services Tomasz Siemoniak taking on the additional post of interior minister. The reshuffle was forced as four ministers in the pro-European coalition government led by Tusk’s Civic Coalition (KO) are stepping down to run in European Parliament elections in […]
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Opposition leaders in India’s Kashmir accuse government of sabotaging their campaigns
Opposition leaders in India’s troubled Kashmir valley have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration of denying or cancelling permissions to hold campaign events, to help his party’s “proxies”. Omar Abdullah, a leader of the largest regional political party, the National Conference, said Modi’s government was trying to sabotage his campaign ahead of voting in the […]
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Russian missile strike sets houses ablaze in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, officials say
A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv injured two people and set three houses on fire in the early hours of Friday, local officials said. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, which lies just 30 km from the Russian border, is particularly exposed to aerial attacks and has been badly damaged as Moscow […]
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Tarar for measures at global level to counter misuse of social media, spread of fake news
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said on Friday that there was a need for measures at the global level to counter the misuse of social media and the spread of fake news. “The Government of Pakistan recognizes the importance of freedom of the press and freedom of expression, and it is determined […]
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General Assembly set to vote on more rights for Palestinians at UN today
After a US veto foiled the Palestinians’ drive for full UN membership, the General Assembly is expected on Friday to grant them some additional rights in the global body – a symbolic win that has already irked Israel. With the war in Gaza raging, the Palestinians in April relaunched a request dating back to 2011 […]
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