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  • Ecuador on ‘maximum alert’ over alleged assassination plot

    Ecuador on ‘maximum alert’ over alleged assassination plot

    QUITO: Ecuador is on maximum alert over an alleged assassination plot against recently reelected President Daniel Noboa, the government said on Saturday.
    Noboa won the race in an April 13 runoff vote, but his main rival Luisa Gonzalez has accused him of committing “grotesque electoral fraud.”
    A military intelligence report saying that assassins entering Ecuador from Mexico and other countries planned to carry out “terrorist attacks” against Noboa was leaked on social media this week.

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  • Gunman fires at Sri Lanka church ahead of Easter bombings anniversary

    Gunman fires at Sri Lanka church ahead of Easter bombings anniversary

    Colombo: A gunman fired at a church in Sri Lanka, police said Saturday, with the country on high alert six years since Easter Sunday bombings killed hundreds.
    The gunman opened fire Friday at a church in Manampitiya, 160 kilometers (100 miles) northeast of the capital Colombo, a police statement said.
    The shooting damaged windows and no one was hurt, while a suspect has been arrested, police said.
    “Initial investigations suggest that the suspect had targeted the church due to a personal…

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  • Ukraine’s Zelensky says Russian artillery fire has not subsided

    Ukraine’s Zelensky says Russian artillery fire has not subsided

    KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that, according to his top commander, Russian artillery fire had not subsided despite the Kremlin’s proclamation of an Easter ceasefire.
    “As of now, according to the Commander-in-Chief reports, Russian assault operations continue on several frontline sectors, and Russian artillery fire has not subsided,” Zelensky wrote on the social media platform X.
    “Therefore, there is no trust in words coming from Moscow.”

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  • Iran and US conclude second round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Rome

    Iran and US conclude second round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in Rome

    ROME: A second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program ended Saturday after several hours of talks, Iranian state television reported.

    There was no immediate readout on how the talks went at the Omani Embassy in Rome’s Camilluccia neighborhood. A convoy carrying US envoy Steve Witkoff left as Iranian state TV made its report. A US official also confirmed the talks ended, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the…

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  • Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance

    Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance


    New Delhi: Despite making up only about one-quarter of India’s overseas population, Indian nationals in Gulf states send almost 40 percent of the country’s bank remittances, the latest data shows.


    India’s diaspora is one of the largest, accounting for 35.4 million people, based on last month’s estimates submitted to parliament by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita.


    Members of the diaspora are a key source of India’s foreign…

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  • Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects

    Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects


    New Delhi: Despite making up only about one-quarter of India’s overseas population, Indian nationals in Gulf states send almost 40 percent of the country’s bank remittances, the latest data shows.


    India’s diaspora is one of the largest, accounting for 35.4 million people, based on last month’s estimates submitted to parliament by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita.


    Members of the diaspora are a key source of India’s foreign…

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  • Russia says Ukraine struck its energy infrastructure 10 times in last 24 hours

    Russia says Ukraine struck its energy infrastructure 10 times in last 24 hours


    MANILA: Philippines election hopefuls like mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa have to ask themselves whether the job is worth taking a bullet.

    The country’s elections commission, Comelec, recorded 46 acts of political violence between January 12 and April 11, including the shooting of Espinosa.

    At a rally this month, someone from the crowd fired a bullet that went through his chest and exited his arm, leaving him bleeding but alive.

    Others have been less…

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  • More than 100 inmates make deadly prison break in Chad

    More than 100 inmates make deadly prison break in Chad


    MANILA: Philippines election hopefuls like mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa have to ask themselves whether the job is worth taking a bullet.

    The country’s elections commission, Comelec, recorded 46 acts of political violence between January 12 and April 11, including the shooting of Espinosa.

    At a rally this month, someone from the crowd fired a bullet that went through his chest and exited his arm, leaving him bleeding but alive.

    Others have been less…

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin announces an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine

    Russian President Vladimir Putin announces an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine

    MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday announced an Easter truce in the conflict in Ukraine starting this evening and lasting till midnight on Sunday.
    The short-term ceasefire proposal from Russia comes as President Donald Trump has been pressing both Moscow and Kyiv to agree a truce, but has failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin.
    “Today from 1800 (1500 GMT) to midnight Sunday (2100 GMT Sunday), the Russian side announces an Easter truce,” Putin said…

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  • Cambodia welcomes Japanese navy ships to naval base that US suspects is for China’s special use

    Cambodia welcomes Japanese navy ships to naval base that US suspects is for China’s special use


    MANILA: Philippines election hopefuls like mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa have to ask themselves whether the job is worth taking a bullet.

    The country’s elections commission, Comelec, recorded 46 acts of political violence between January 12 and April 11, including the shooting of Espinosa.

    At a rally this month, someone from the crowd fired a bullet that went through his chest and exited his arm, leaving him bleeding but alive.

    Others have been less…

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