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New rape cases revive questions over why India’s tougher laws have not curbed sexual violence — and why women remain at risk
NEW DELHI, Sept 25 — A string of rape cases in India has reignited debate over women’s safety and raised questions about why sweeping legal reforms and tougher punishments have failed to curb sexual violence. Hundreds of students marched through
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UN says Gaza is suffering the world’s worst economic collapse ever recorded
GENEVA, Sept 25 — Gaza is suffering the world’s worst economic crisis ever recorded, with nine in 10 businesses destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people unemployed, a top UN development agency warned yesterday. Israel’s military offensive sparked by Hamas
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UK’s Newcastle Uni draws criticism over sustainability professorship for son of India’s richest man
LONDON, Sept 25 — Britain’s Newcastle University faced criticism yesterday for awarding a sustainability professorship to Anant Ambani, the son of Asia’s richest man and owner of a scandal-hit giant wildlife centre in India. Vantara, which calls itself the world’s
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Iranian airlines grounded in UAE as US sanctions squeeze international flights
TEHRAN, Sept 24 — Iranian media said today that the United Arab Emirates had suspended flights operated by Iran’s airlines, to comply with US sanctions over the Middle East war. “All flights by Iranian airlines to the United Arab Emirates
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Red carpet for Xi as Trump seeks to steady US-China ties
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 — US President Donald Trump treated Chinese President Xi Jinping to a rare personal airport welcome yesterday, kicking off a pomp-filled state visit aimed at smoothing superpower tensions on everything from AI and trade to Iran. The
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Argentinian president calls UN ‘useless organisation’ of ‘arrogant parasites’
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 — Argentine President Javier Milei attacked the UN in a speech to the world body yesterday, calling it a “useless organisation” filled with “arrogant parasites.” The firebrand Milei, one of US President Donald Trump’s closest Latin
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Iran’s President Pezeshkian arrives in New York for UN address amid hopes for diplomacy
TEHRAN, Sept 23 — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New York where he is expected to speak at the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian state media reported today. State broadcaster IRIB posted a video clip of Pezeshkian exiting a
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‘Grotesque absurdity’: Israel hits back at Macron over remarks on Hamas
JERUSALEM, Sept 23 — Israel shot back angrily yesterday at French President Emmanuel Macron who criticised Israeli actions in the West Bank by saying Hamas was not active in the territory that is home to the Palestinian Authority. “The grotesque
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Put behind bars for 220 years: Sri Lanka sentences 15 men over Easter Sunday bombings
COLOMBO, Sept 23 — Sri Lanka’s High Court yesterday handed 220-year jail terms to 15 men convicted of direct involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people. The three-judge bench found that 14 of the accused were
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Saudi Arabia has billions in weapons — why are Yemen’s Houthis still so difficult to defeat?
RIYADH, Sept 22 — Saudi Arabia has deep pockets and cutting-edge weapons yet for more than a decade it has been unable to quash Yemen’s battle-hardened Houthis. The Iran-backed group has now attacked Riyadh with a missile strike, seized Yemen’s
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