Month: January 2020

Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi misleading people over CAA: Shah

New Delhi, Jan 5: BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday accused Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of misleading the people over the amended Citizenship Act and instigating riots. Shah assured members of minority communities that none of them will lose citizenship due to the CAA, saying […]

Over 100 infants die in two Jodhpur hospitals: Report

Jodhpur, Jan 5:  Over 100 infants died in two government hospitals in Jodhpur in December last year, a report has found amid growing outrage over infant deaths in a Kota hospital. While a total of 146 children died in Umaid and MDM hospitals in Jodhpur in December, 102 […]

Mourners pack Iran city as top general’s remains return

A tide of mourners wept and beat their chests in the Iranian city of Ahvaz Sunday, paying homage to top general Qasem Soleimani, after he was killed in a US strike in Baghdad. “Death to America,” they chanted at a mass gathering in the southwestern city, where Soleimani’s […]

From resort amid palm trees, Trump settled on Iran strike

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— At the midway point of his annual Christmas vacation, President Donald Trump huddled at his Florida club with his top national security advisers. Days earlier, a rocket attack by an Iranian-funded group struck a U.S.-Iraqi base, killing an American contractor and wounding several others. Trump’s advisers […]

With hours’ notice, US fast-response force flies to Mideast

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Hundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. Lt. Col. Mike Burns, a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, […]

Soleimani’s body arrives in Iran as Trump issues new threats

TEHRAN, Iran — The body of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike, arrived Sunday in Iran to throngs of mourners, as President Donald Trump threatened to bomb 52 sites in the Islamic Republic if Tehran retaliates by attacking Americans Soleimani’s death Friday in […]

Japan orders tighter immigration procedures after Ghosn flees country

TOKYO – Japan on Sunday said it would tighten immigration measures after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled the country while on bail, its first official response to an astonishing escape that has transformed the executive into an international fugitive. Ghosn revealed on Tuesday that he had fled […]

China replaces head of Hong Kong liaison office amid ongoing protests

SINGAPORE – China has replaced the head of its Hong Kong Liaison Office, the most senior mainland political official based in the Chinese-controlled territory, following more than six months of often-violent anti-government protests in the city. Wang Zhimin, who had held the post since 2017, had been replaced […]

Petrol, diesel prices up for 4th straight day as US strike roils oil market

New Delhi, Jan 5: Petrol and diesel prices rose for the fourth straight day on Sunday as global oil prices jumped after the US killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears of conflict in the crude-rich Middle East. Retail pump price of petrol was hiked by 9 paise […]

US targeting 52 Iranian sites if Tehran attacks Americans: Trump

Washington, Jan 5: President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the US is targeting 52 sites in Iran and will hit them “very fast and very hard” if the Islamic republic attacks American personnel or assets. In a tweet defending Friday’s drone strike assassination of a top Iranian general in […]

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