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ANKARA: Twelve Turkish soldiers were killed in the past two days in clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq, the defence ministry said on Saturday. The Turkish military carried out air strikes on PKK targets, neutralising 13 PKK militants on Saturday in ongoing clashes, the ministry said in a statement on social messaging platform X. The PKK, …

WASHINGTON: A jury in the western US state of Colorado has found two paramedics guilty of negligent homicide in the death of a black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with ketamine during his arrest, US media said. Just a day ago, a US jury cleared all the three police officers of all criminal charges in the …

PARIS: Around 300 Indian nationals who were on board a plane grounded in France on suspicion of human trafficking were being cared for on Saturday in the hall of an airport in the eastern region of Marne while an investigation was ongoing, a local official said. Emergency services had installed makeshift beds for the 303 stranded passengers, gave them access …

WASHINGTON: A 32-year-old woman from Alabama who was born with two uteruses and became pregnant in both, gave birth to twin girls on different days, she said on Friday. “Our miracle babies were born!” Kelsey Hatcher, who is documenting her story on her Instagram account “doubleuhatchlings”, wrote in a post. She added that the girls “decided they were rare enough …

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has declined to immediately hear former president Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution, potentially delaying his 2020 election interference trial. Special Counsel Jack Smith had asked the nation’s highest court to take up the immunity case on an expedited basis, bypassing the federal court of appeals. The Supreme Court, which has a …

WASHINGTON: About 40 members of the Jewish Voice for Peace, including Holocaust survivors, protested in a Michigan town on Friday, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The gathering, which centred outside the Zekelman Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, witnessed passionate chants of “Never again, for anyone!” as protesters marched toward a major highway intersection. Among the voices was 86-year-old …

DUBAI: Yemen’s warring parties have committed to a new ceasefire and agreed to engage in a UN-led peace process to end the war, the UN envoy for Yemen said on Saturday. The announcement by UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, marks the latest step to end the deadly nine-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and …

GAZA STRIP: A day after UN Security Cou­ncil’s resolution that dem­anded more aid be allowed into Gaza, Israeli forces on Saturday carried out fresh strikes killing over a dozen people and prompting the World Health Organisation (WHO) to warn of a looming famine. Palestinians wept and prayed for their dead after Israeli attacks followed the Security Council resolution that did …

At least 13 people were killed and 38 injured in eastern Indonesia on Sunday in an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant, the owner of the industrial park that hosts the facility said. The island of Sulawesi is a hub for the mineral-rich country’s production of nickel, a base metal used for electric vehicle batteries and stainless steel, and Beijing’s …

LONDON: Just weeks after the Conservative government announced new immigration rules, including a new salary threshold of £38,700 for UK residents to sponsor a foreign spouse, the government has backtracked on its measure. Late on Thursday evening, media reports suggested the government had watered down by cutting the newly proposed fee by almost £10,000. The Home Office confirmed details of …