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Shamima loses fight to restore UK citizenship

Shawdesh Desk: Shamima Begum, who fled Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, has failed to restore her British citizenship after the Supreme Court ruled she had

US slaps sanctions on elite Saudi unit over Khashoggi murder

Shawdesh Desk: The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an elite Saudi unit as well as a former intelligence official over their role in the killing of dissident journalist

‘America is back’: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Shawdesh Desk: “America is back” and is fully engaged in helping resolve issues including the pandemic, climate change and Iran’s nuclear ambitions, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told

Alexei Navalny: Putin critic loses appeal against jailing

Shawdesh Desk: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost an appeal against his jailing for violating the terms of a suspended sentence. Navalny was detained last month after returning to

Trump urges Senate Republicans to dump McConnell

Shawdesh desk: Donald Trump urged Republican senators Tuesday to dump Mitch McConnell as their leader in the Senate following his withering criticism of the former US president after his impeachment

UK rolls out hotel quarantine for ‘high risk’ country returnees

Shawdesh Desk: The UK government will on Monday introduce mandatory hotel quarantine rules for arrivals from dozens of countries deemed “high risk” for coronavirus variants, as it tries to stop

Trump acquitted again by US Senate

Shawdesh dEsk: Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday on charges of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol, after a majority of Senate Republicans closed ranks and refused to punish the

US formally moves to end terror designation of Yemen Huthis

Shawdesh Desk: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken formally moved Friday to delist Yemen’s Huthi rebels as terrorists, a short-lived step by the previous administration that humanitarian groups said jeopardized