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'Last' Pakistani incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay returns home
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Saifullah, 74, has been in Guantanamo Bay detention centre since he was taken into custody from Bangkok in 2003. According to Samaa News, he was accused of having alleged links with top Al-Qaeda leadership.
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Biden warns of Putin's nuclear threat, says biggest risk of "Armageddon" s
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 7 (ANI): US President Joe Biden spoke of nuclear "Armageddon" in a warning about the escalation in Russia's war in Ukraine during a speech on Thursday.
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Hurricane Ian pummels US state of Florida, put millions in dark
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Florida [US], September 30 (ANI): Following a landfall on Wednesday, Hurricane Ian has caused severe destruction across the US State of Florida, leaving more than 2.5 million homes and businesses without power, media reports said.
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Hurricane Ian: Boat carrying migrants sinks off Florida, 23 missing
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Florida [US], September 29 (ANI): Twenty-three people were found missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Florida on Wednesday, US Border Patrol said in a statement as the hurricane hit the US state, CBS news reported.
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Cubans vote in referendum on same-sex marriage, adoption
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], September 26 (ANI): Cubans voted in a landmark referendumon Sunday on whether to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption, allow surrogate pregnancies and give greater rights to non-biological parents.
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Jaishankar holds discussions with Cuban counterpart
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met with the Foreign Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and held talks to strengthen ties with the island nation in the Caribbean region.
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India's Bajrang Punia in repechage, eyes another bronze at World Wrestling
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bajrang Punia, India's most successful wrestler at the world championships with one silver and two bronze, began the day with a hard-fought 5-4 win over Cuba's two-time worlds bronze medallist Alejandro Valdes.
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21 years on, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed still awaits trial
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 11 (ANI): Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States continues to await trial even after two decades that left 2, 977 people dead.
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How Big Eyes Coin will revive the meme coin concept
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI/ATK): Meme coins have been around for a while, but their popularity skyrocketed in 2021 when celebrities like Elon Musk and Mark Cuban backed Dogecoin (DOGE), the initial meme coin founded in 2013.
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Camila Cabello, Hans Zimmer collaborate for new 'Frozen Planet II' song
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): Cuban-American singer-songwriter Camila Cabello and Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer have joined forces to write a new song for 'Frozen Planet II'.
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Moscow in close contact with Cuba to help curb fire at oil facility: Forei
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday that Moscow remains in close contact with the Cuban authorities regarding the fire that engulfed the oil storage facility in Matanzas Province.
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80 injured, 17 missing as lightning strikes oil storage facility in Cuba
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Havana [Cuba], August 7 (ANI): Nearly 80 people were injured and 17 firefighters missing as a massive fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged in Matanzas city on Saturday (local time), media reports said.
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