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Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the US Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), going on the offensive a day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim …

STUTTGART: Rayyan Alshebl made his first contact with Germany in 2009, watching Bayern Munich football matches on television in Syria. A few years later, he would seek refuge there after a civil war in his home country forced him to flee. Today, he is not only a German citizen but mayor-elect of Ostelsheim — a village of 2,500 near the …

BEIJING: French Pres­ident Emmanuel Macron said Europe must resist reducing trade and diplomatic ties with China as he began a state visit on Wednesday, seeking to refute any sense there was an “inescapable spiral” of tension between Beijing and the West. Macron said maintaining dialogue with China was key given its close relations with Russia, which is waging a war …

THE HAGUE: A global police operation has shut down one of the world’s largest online marketplaces where cybercriminals can buy stolen identities and passwords, international law enforcement said on Wednesday. Genesis Market sold the identities of over two million people for as little as $0.70, allowing hackers to target bank accounts and carry out online fraud, officials in several countries …

ROME: More than 400 migrants have been rescued from a boat off Malta after an 11-hour operation, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday after its ship responded to a distress alert. While heading to shelter in the Mediterranean due to bad weather, MSF’s rescue ship the Geo Barents received the distress signal, the charity tweeted. The Geo Barents finally …

LONDON: Britain on Wednesday announced it had leased a barge to house around 500 asylum seekers on England’s south coast as it seeks to cut lodging costs for migrants arriving on its shores. The Home Office said the accommodation barge will be used “to reduce the unsustainable pressure on the UK’s asylum system and cut the cost to the taxpayer …

The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing on Thursday for the first formal meeting of their top diplomats in more than seven years, after China brokered a deal to restore ties between the regional rivals. After years of hostility that fuelled conflicts across the Middle East, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to end their diplomatic rift and re-open …

April 4 (UPI) — After pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts related to falsifying records in multiple hush-money schemes earlier Tuesday, former President Donald Trump used a late-night speech to recount a number of grievances with state and federal courts and political opponents. Former President Donald Trump arrives inside State Supreme Court at 100 Centre Street for his arraignment after a …

NEW DELHI: The manufacturer of eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of serious bacterial infections in the US, including at least three deaths, did not follow proper protocol to prevent contamination of its products, according to an inspection report by the US Food and Drug Administration. According to the CNN, the FDA visited a Global Pharma Healthcare …

ANKARA: A second-time presidential candidate who lost out to Tayyip Erdogan in a 2018 vote could push Turkiye’s May election to a second round, potentially boosting the president’s prospects of winning, according to analysts and polls. Muharrem Ince, formerly of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), joined the fray last month and secured a spot on the ballot at …