Benghazi- Authorities say the Libyan capital, which has been under attack by commander Khalifa Hafter’s forces since last month, has seen its water supplies resume two days after gunmen shut the pipes down, depriving over 2 million residents of water. ### The Interior Ministry said the gunmen on Sunday stormed the offices of a water …
Ahmedabad: The Reliance Group, led by Anil Ambani, on Tuesday announced its decision to withdraw the Rs 5,000 crore civil defamation suit, filed in a court here, against Congress leaders and the National Herald newspaper over their statements and an article on the controversial Rafale fighter jet deal. ### The court of city civil and sessions …
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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Monday held a meeting with Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati to discuss the political situation in view of the exit polls results. ### The hourlong meeting was held at the BSP chief’s Mall Avenue residence here. Click Here: ### The two leaders made a seat-to-seat assessment but decided …
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court yesterday accepted the bail petition of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for hearing and sought reply from National Accountability Bureau (NAB). ### A divisional bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani heard the petition of Nawaz Sharif seeking his bail in Al-Azizia Steel Mills verdict on medical …
Muscat: A massive search for a missing expatriate family of six members is under way for the third day in a row in a flooded area, the Royal Oman police said. ### The family of an Indian healthcare worker were visiting the Wadi Bani Khalid, about 200 kilometres from Muscat, where they were trapped inside a …
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Sydney: One of the Liberals’ leading conservatives and Australia’s 28th prime minister, Tony Abbott, has lost his blue-ribbon Sydney seat of Warringah after moderate Liberal voters abandoned him in protest at the role he played in opposing climate change action. ### Abbott lost to the independent candidate and Olympian Zali Steggall, with the count showing …
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United Nations- The UN envoy for Libya warned Tuesday that the oil-rich nation “is on the verge of descending into a civil war” that could divide the country and imperil the security of its neighbours and the wider Mediterranean region. ### Gassan Salame told the Security Council that extremists from Daesh and Al Qaida are …
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New Delhi: Led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, political parties in India spent a total of INR 27.73 crore, amounting to more than Dh1.45 million, on Facebook for posting political ads on the platform as the seven-phase general election ended on May 19. ### From February 19 to May 19, political parties posted 124,094 ads …
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Baghdad – On a studio set in Baghdad, a director watches the star of his TV series hold a knife against the neck of a fellow actor, in a dramatic revival of fortunes for Iraq’s entertainment industry. ### Filmed in Iraq where the entertainment industry has been battered by conflict, “The Hotel” unfolds in a …
Jeddah: Saudi police said they have arrested a woman suspected of having kidnapped a newly born child, a case that captured attention in the country. ### The baby was seized by a woman posing as a nurse from a hospital in the western Saudi city of Jeddah on Thursday, hours after her birth. ### She …
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