Russia kills 19 with missiles near Odesa
SERHIIVKA (Ukraine), July 01 (Reuters): Russia rained missiles near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday, hitting an apartment building and a resort and killing at least 19 people, Ukrainian officials said, hours after Russian troops were driven off the nearby Snake Island.One section of a nine-storey apartment block...
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India’s top court asks Nupur to apologise for Prophet remarks
NEW DELHI, July 01 (AP): India's highest judiciary on Friday asked former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma to "apologise to the whole country" for her remarks on the Prophet Muhammad."It is shameful. She (Sharma) should apologise to the whole country," Justice Surya Kant of a two-judge bench of...
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Rise of Arab-Israel axis spurs Iran to redouble nuclear talks push
DUBAI, July 01 (Reuters): The spectre of an emerging Arab-Israeli bloc that could tilt the Middle East balance of power further away from Iran is driving the Islamic Republic to pursue nuclear talks with world powers with renewed determination, officials and analysts said.Indirect talks in Qatar between Tehran and Washington...
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Muslim World League holds first confce of Asian ulama in KL
KUALA LUMPUR, July 01 (Arab News): Participants from 17 countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday for the first conference of Asian religious scholars organized in Malaysia by the Muslim World League to unite efforts addressing extremist ideologies.The MWL is an international non-governmental Islamic organization founded in Saudi Arabia in...
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