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ED's fresh charge sheet in Unitech Group case names 5 individuals, 66 dome
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has named five individuals and 66 domestic and overseas firms in its charge sheet in a money laundering case against Unitech Group, the agency said on Friday.
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Turkey steps up attacks on press freedom
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 14 (ANI): The Turkish government, under autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been suppressing press freedom in the country and has been exercising almost complete control of the Turkish mass media for many years, but recently it has embarked on an atte
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Amnesty's report on Israeli 'apartheid' causes strong reactions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 7 (ANI): An Amnesty International report released last week stating that the Israeli state governed Palestinians in "a system of oppression and domination which met the international definition of apartheid", caused a strong reaction from many sides, which accused
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Turkey is walking a fine line in the Ukraine standoff
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 31 (ANI): As Europe is spiralLing towards its worst security crisis in decades, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that he will try to bring together soon Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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The implications of Houthi's drone and missile attack against Abu Dhabi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 24 (ANI): Last Monday's drone and missile attack by Iran-backed Houthis on oil facilities near the airport of Abu Dhabi, in which several fuel tankers were blown up and three people were killed, took most people by surprise.
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE- are they close allies or competing neighbors?
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 17 (ANI): In one of his Umrah (Islamic pilgrimage) trips to Mecca years ago, Sheikh Zayed Al-Nahyan, founding father of the United Arab Emirates, described the relationship between his country and Saudi Arabia in this way: "The UAE is with Saudi Arabia through it
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Pak-China-Turkey nexus a cause of serious concern for Greece
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], January 15 (ANI): Pakistan supports Turkey's claim on Cyprus and the growing relationship between the two countries can become a cause of worry for Greece.
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6.4-magnitude quake hits North Nicosia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
North Nicosia [Northern Cyprus], January 11 (ANI): Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude occurred 137 kilometres West of North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus on Tuesday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
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Shifting sands in relations between the UAE, Israel, Iran, Egypt and Turke
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 10 (ANI): In the past few months, several economic cooperation agreements concluded between various states in the Middle East brought about dramatic changes in relations between states, which would have been unthinkable two years ago. The whole situation can best be
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New coronavirus variant 'Deltacron' emerges in Cyprus
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 9 (ANI): A new coronavirus variant Deltacron has emerged in Cyprus which has a similar genetic background to the Delta variant, as well as some of the mutations from Omicron, and experts say that it is not something to be worried about at the moment, a media repo
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Under Erdogan's misguided policies, Turkey's Lira has its worst performanc
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] January 3 (ANI): As a result of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unorthodox and misguided economic policies and especially his conviction that high-interest rates raise prices, the Turkish Lira is expected to have lost 44 per cent of its value in 2021, scoring its
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Captagon pills (a.k.a.poor man's cocaine) are flooding oil-rich Arab state
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 27 (ANI): A counterfeit version of Captagon, which is highly addictive, has become the drug of choice among young people in the oil-rich countries of the Arab Gulf and mainly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. As it is much cheaper than cocaine, man
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