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UK to ban Hamas as terrorist group

LONDON, Nov 19 (Agencies): Britain's interior minister Priti Patel on Friday said she had proscribed Palestinian militant group Hamas, in a move that brings the country's stance on Gaza's rulers in line with the United States and the European Union."Hamas has significant terrorist capability, including access to extensive and sophisticated...

First known Covid case was vendor at Wuhan market, scientist claims

WUHAN, Nov 19 (The New York Times): A scientist who has pored over public accounts of early Covid-19 cases in China reported Thursday that an influential World Health Organisation inquiry had likely gotten the early chronology of the pandemic wrong. The new analysis suggests that the first known patient sickened...

Pakistan drops chemical castration as punishment for serial rapists

KARACHI, Nov 19 (Reuters): Pakistan has removed a clause from a new criminal law that had allowed chemical castration as a possible punishment for serial rapists, a government official said on Friday."We have amended the criminal law, and decided that the chemical castration clause will be taken out," Maleeka Bukhari,...

Iran slams Western statement on regional actions

TEHRAN, Nov 19 (AFP): Tehran on Friday criticised as "illegitimate" a Western statement that assured Arab allies their security interests would be taken into account during talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal.Iran's neighbours are concerned about concessions that could be made to the Islamic republic in the negotiations...

Belarus clears migrant camp at border with Poland

MOSCOW, Nov 19 (Agencies): The Belarusian border force said Thursday it had cleared a makeshift migrant camp at the border with Poland that had held around 2,000 people, with the occupants relocated to a reception centre nearby."On November 18, all the refugees at the makeshift camp at the Belarus-Poland border,...

News in Brief (20-11-2021)

Probe into deadly encounter in Indian-controlled KashmirNEW DELHI, Nov 19: The administration of Indian-controlled Kashmir ordered a probe on Thursday into a controversial operation in which security forces killed four people earlier this week. Two civilians and two suspected rebels died on Monday in a police raid at a commercial...