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      23 February

      Adani paid entire $1.2 bn to acquire Haifa port, says Israel’s envoy to India

      Israel’s envoy to India, Naor Gilon, on Wednesday said the embattled Adani Group had paid in full to acquire Haifa port.  On the occasion of completion of 30 years of diplomatic relations between Israel and India, the Israeli envoy emphasised the importance of Adani’s investment as ‘strategic’ and looked forward to more investments by the the company in other sectors of Israel. “We have two ports in the Mediterranean. It’s (Haifa) a strategic asset. The fact that we are giving it to an Indian company, from our point of view, is symbolic sign of deep trust in depositing your strategic assets in the hands of Indian companies,” Ambassador Gilon said. The envoy’s comments come at a time when damning allegations by…

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    • 23 February

      Shamima Begum loses legal fight to return to Britain

      MI5 has been accused of downplaying Shamim Begum’s grooming at the hands of terrorists, in an “extraordinary” ruling which rejected an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship. A judge concluded there was a “credible suspicion” Ms Begum, now 23, was trafficked to Syria at the age of 15 “for the purpose of sexual exploitation”, but this was not sufficient for her legal case to succeed. Shamima Begum – Sam Tarling for The Telegraph© Provided by The Telegraph Ms Begum fled the UK to join Islamic State (IS) with two school friends in 2015 and resurfaced in a refugee camp in 2019, prompting the Home Secretary to revoke her citizenship.  MI5 advised the Home Secretary at the time that Ms Begum…

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    • 22 February

      Iran blames US for delay in prisoner swap deal

      It remains unclear whether an agreement can be finalised as Tehran maintains Washington is acting in bad faith. Iranian-American Siamak Namazi (R) in an undated photo with his father Baquer Namazi Tehran, Iran – Iran has blamed the United States for failing to reach an agreement over a prisoner swap deal amid reports that progress had been made after a lull of several months. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani on Monday told journalists that a deal was on the verge of being clinched through intermediaries at an unannounced time, “but then the US showed bad faith”. Iran and the US have been relaying messages since 2021 over prisoners being held on charges of espionage and circumventing sanctions. Both sides were…

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    • 22 February

      China, Japan hold first security talks in four years

      Beijing and Tokyo square off over military buildup, Russia and spy balloons in first security dialogue in four years. Japanese deputy foreign minister Shigeo Yamada, second from right, speaks to Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong, second left, during the Japan-China security dialogue on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, in Tokyo. China and Japan have kicked off their first formal security talks in four years, with Chinese officials expressing concern over Tokyo’s military buildup and Japanese diplomats taking aim at Beijing’s close ties with Russia and its suspected use of surveillance balloons. The talks, aimed at easing tensions, began in the Japanese capital on Wednesday. They come amid Japan’s worries that China may resort to force to take control of Taiwan in…

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    • 22 February

      Australia spy chief warns of espionage as US-China rivalry grows

      More Australians are targets of spying ‘than at any time in Australia’s history’, says the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) director-general Mike Burgess said the amount of espionage and foreign influence operations focused on Australia was unprecedented The Indo-Pacific region is witnessing “great power competition” between China and the United States, while a “thirst” for covert information has driven espionage and foreign interference operations targeting Australia, the country’s intelligence chief has warned. Australia now faces unprecedented threats with more Australians being targeted by foreign agents than ever before, Mike Burgess, the director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) said late on Tuesday. “With the power of the United States, our primary ally, contested by…

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    • 22 February

      Xi Jinping to visit Moscow for summit with Putin: Report

      Top diplomat Wang Yi, who is currently in Moscow, has said ties between the two countries are ‘rock solid’. Chinese President Xi Jinping has faced a delicate balancing act over China’s relationship with Russia since the war in Ukraine began Chinese leader Xi Jinping is preparing to visit Moscow for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming months, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing people familiar with the plan, the newspaper said on Tuesday that the Xi-Putin summit was part of a Chinese effort to play a more active role in bringing the year-old war to an end and part of a push for multi-party peace talks. China will also use the summit to reiterate calls…

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    • 22 February

      Historic snowfall expected as winter storm slams US Midwest

      Cold temperatures, icy blizzards and strong gusts are expected to sweep through cities like Minneapolis, Minnesota. US officials are warning drivers to stay off the roads as a winter storm slams the midwest region [ A “historic winter storm” is forecasted to dump record snowfall on parts of the midwestern United States this week, with local officials warning of “life-threatening travel conditions” in areas expected to receive blizzard conditions. “A huge swath of the US is currently being, or will be impacted, by potentially dangerous winter weather,” the National Weather Service wrote on its Twitter page Tuesday, projecting heavy snow, sleet and gusts to last through Thursday. An estimated 40 million Americans could be affected by the three-day blast. Snow could fall as…

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    • 22 February

      Biden administration issues proposal to restrict asylum seekers

      The new rule would make asylum seekers ineligible for US protection if they ‘circumvent’ legal pathways. The administration of US President Joe Biden unveiled the proposed immigration rule as it prepares for the end of the Title 42 policy [Evan Vucci] The administration of United States President Joe Biden has unveiled a new rule that could tighten restrictions for tens of thousands of asylum seekers arriving at the country’s southern border with Mexico. The proposed rule, announced on Tuesday, would give border officials the power to turn away asylum seekers who “circumvent available, established pathways to lawful migration” or who fail to seek protection in the countries they travelled through to arrive in the US. In addition, individuals who violate the rule…

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    • 22 February

      US cuts visa delays in India, vows to do more

      “We are absolutely committed to getting us out of the situation where people — anyone in India — seeking a visa appointment or a visa would have to wait a lengthy time at all. That’s certainly not our ideal.” Washington: The US said that it had issued 36 per cent more visas to Indians so far this year than in pre-Covid-19 pandemic times because of “number one priority” being accorded to cutting of wait-time that has included unprecedented steps such as remote processing of applications from India, sometimes all the way in Washington D.C. The longest wait-time, typically for first-time visitors, is down from over 1,000 days to about 580, as a result of such measures that also include interview waiver for repeat visitors,…

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    • 22 February

      Iranian-German sentenced to death by Tehran court, Berlin condemns it

      An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced death to an Iranian-German dual national who is accused of being the leader of a “terrorist” group behind a deadly 2008 mosque bombing. “The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Jamshid Sharmahd, the leader of the Tondar terrorist group, to death on the charge of corruption on earth through planning and directing terrorist acts,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online news agency reports. According to reports, Sharmahd can appeal against his death sentence before the supreme court. The 67-year-old, an Iranian-born German national and a US resident, was arrested in August 2020.  The pro-monarchist terrorist group, Tondar, he is accused of leading has been conspiring to overthrow the Islamic Republic. It was alleged that Tondar and Sharmahd “planned…

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