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Israel's Netanyahu signs coalition deal with 2nd far-right party
Under the agreement, Noam's leader and its sole lawmaker Avi Maoz will serve as a Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and would be in charge of a new agency called "National Jewish Identity Authority," the Likud party announced in a statement on Sunday. Maoz will also be in charge of Nativ, a governmental bureau that maintains contact with Jews in the former Soviet republics and encourages them to immigrate to Israel, Xinhua news agency reported.
Commemorating 26/11, protests held in US against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism
South Asians and others demonstrated outside Pakistani diplomatic missions in New York, Washington and Houston on the anniversary of the attacks on Saturday, denouncing the support and protection given by Pakistan to terrorists. Digital media trucks with the message 'Never Forget' and displaying images of the 26/11 carnage in Mumbai as well as the perpetrators of the attack now in Pakistan made rounds of the five cities.
'Xi step down' - protests erupt in China over harsh Covid curbs
Thousands of protesters turned out in Shanghai, where people were bundled into police cars, BBC reported. Students were also seen demonstrating at universities in Beijing and Nanjing, among other places. The latest unrest follows a protest in the remote north-west city of Urumqi, where lockdown rules were blamed after 10 people died in a tower block fire, BBC reported.
Iran will thwart US, its allies' 'plots': IRGC commander
Making the remarks while addressing a group of the Iranian Basij volunteer forces in the southeastern city of Zahedan, Hossein Salami said that they are all trying to "provoke tensions in Iran by means of their divisive media outlets", Xinhua news agency reported, citing a Press TV report.
Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet drops to new low: Media poll
The latest opinion poll by Kyodo News has shown that the approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet was down 4.5 percentage points from 37.6 in the previous poll conducted in late October, a record low since Kishida took office in October 2021, Xinhua news agency reported.
ISPR censures 'campaign' against General Bajwa, family
Rejecting the claims circulating on social media that certain assets were created by General Bajwa's family during his six-year tenure as "completely false", "blatant lies and malice", the ISPR said that "all assets of Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, his wife and family are duly declared in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)".
Covid protests widen in China with calls for Xi Jinping to step down
Thousands of people took to the streets of Shanghai to remember the victims and demonstrate against restrictions. Many were heard calling for President Xi Jinping to resign, BBC reported. The BBC has seen at least three people being bundled into police cars. The lockdown of blocks of flats has been blamed for deaths in the fire.
Bilawal terms Imran's rally a face-saving flop show
Imran's announcement of the party resigning from all the assemblies was a "resignation drama in frustration", The News reported quoting Bilawal as saying. "Unable to pull revolution crowds, failed at undermining appointments of new chiefs, frustrated resorts to resignation drama," he said through a tweet following Imran's speech.
Imran Khan attempts to engage with new military leadership
This was the crux of the analysis put forward by a number of legal and political experts who spoke to Dawn following Khan's "surprise" announcement during the public meeting in Rawalpindi on Saturday night. Nearly all were unanimous in their view, saying that Khan may not actually follow through on the threat.
Belarusian foreign minister dies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Anatoly Glaz made the announcement without providing further details, Xinhua News Agency reported. Makei had held the post since 2012. Before that, he served as an aide to President Alexander Lukashenko and the president's chief of staff. Lukashenko offered his condolences to Makei's family, according to the presidential office.
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