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Saudi court upholds 20-year term for critic, draws US rebuke-
By Associated Press DUBAI: A court in Saudi Arabia upheld a 20-year prison term imposed on a Saudi aid worker ...
Australia welcomes back French ambassador after submarine spat-
CANBERRA: Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed France’s decision to return its ambassador to Australia and said Thursday, October 7, 2021, the ...
Now in power, Taliban set sights on Afghan drug underworld-
By Associated Press KABUL: Now the uncontested rulers of Afghanistan, the Taliban have set their sights on stamping out the ...
Nepali Congress delegation to visit India-
By PTI KATHMANDU: A three-member delegation of the ruling Nepali Congress will embark on a four-day visit to India during ...
Virus measures stop legal return of thousands to New Zealand-
WELLINGTON (New Zealand): When Silvia Dancose’s daughter called in distress from Canada in August, Dancose flew over right away to ...
US cannot stop issuing visas during travel bans, federal judge rules-
By PTI WASHINGTON: A US federal judge has declared it unlawful for the State Department to use travel bans issued ...
20 killed, hundreds injured as quake rattles southern Pakistan-
By AFP QUETTA (Pakistan): Around 20 people were killed and more than 200 injured when a shallow earthquake hit southwestern ...
‘2SLGBTQQIA+ people’: Trudeau mocked for latest iteration of term for sexual identities
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau turned heads on the internet with the latest iteration of the acronym for sexual identities, ...
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions-
AUSTIN: A federal judge on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the ...
US President Joe Biden pushes big plans as key to avoid ‘America’s decline’-
By Associated Press HOWELL: Calling opponents of his plans complicit in America’s decline, President Joe Biden made the case Tuesday ...