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Twitter names POWER STRUGGLE News new grievance in brief officer for India in compliance 11 migrants die in minibus crash in with new IT rules eastern Turkey dpa Istanbul: At least 12 New Delhi people have been killed in a minibus crash in eastern Twitter has appointed an In- Turkey, 11 of them migrants. dia-based grievance redressal The vehicle overturned officer and published a monthly and caught fire in Van prov- transparency report in keeping ince near the Iranian border with new regulations of the In- on Sunday, state news dian government, its website agency Anadolu reported showed Sunday. citing the provincial governor. The appointment comes Another 26 migrants were in- amid strained relations be- jured in the accident, it said. tween the US-headquartered Their nationality was not company and the Indian gov- immediately clear. Turkey’s ernment over Twitter’s com- Van province, which borders pliance with new regulations Iran, is a common route for for large social media plat- migrants from Afghanistan, forms. Pakistan and Iran, with peo- The “intermediary guide- ple smugglers often looking lines” that came into effect on to bring them to big cities May 26 are aimed at regulat- like Istanbul. (dpa) ing content on platforms and messaging services like Face- book, WhatsApp and Twitter Assad increases that have over 5 million users. public sector salaries by 50% Damascus: Syrian Presi- dent Bashar al-Assad on Sunday decreed a 50 Afghan security personnel stand guard along the road amid ongoing fight between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in Kandahar recently. (afp) percent rise in the salaries of civil servants and military Key report personnel amid a worsening Twitter’s transparency report economic crisis in the war- that covers data from May 26 torn country. to June 25 said 38 complaints Assad also ordered an were registered and it had India pulls consulate staff out of increase in civilian and military pensions by 40 per acted against 133 tweets that cent, Syrian state television related to defamation, reported. The increases harassment, terrorism and come a day after the Syrian impersonation among others government announced it Kandahar as Taliban advances would double the price of staple bread and almost A newly uploaded page on triple the price of diesel fuel. Twitter’s website identified Around 50 staff, including diplomats and security personnel, were flown to Delhi in an Indian Air Force aircraft The price hikes took effect Vinay Kumar as the resident on Sunday, causing prices of grievance officer in India and dpa many other goods to go up gave his contact details and New Delhi Videos of Taliban at children’s playground go viral The US-led withdrawal of as well, locals said. (dpa) information on how to report international troops that is potential violations of Twit- Officials working at the In- Kabul: As Taliban insurgents down a bright red spiral slide. The Taliban has taken ter’s rules and terms of service. dian consulate in the Afghan advance toward provincial It was unclear where the control of more than a hundred scheduled to be completed Huge win for PM Twitter also published a city of Kandahar have been re- capitals in Afghanistan, videos videos were recorded and if districts since international by the end of August has Abiy’s party in monthly transparency report turned home as intense fighting of several fighters playing on they showed the same group forces started their withdrawal left war-ravaged Ethiopia elections Sunday with data on how it was reported nearby, the Indi- a swing set and slide in a of men at play. Hundreds of on May 1. Afghanistan in a state of has handled complaints in an government said Sunday. children’s park have gone viral Afghans commented on Twit- In addition, they recently uncertainty Addis Ababa: Ethiopia’s keeping with another require- Around 50 staff members, on social media. ter and on Facebook. Many started attacks on the out- ruling party has won a ment of the new regulations. including diplomats and secu- “Do it faster, faster, wow, said the videos are proof that skirts of several provincial landslide in parliamentary Twitter’s transparency re- rity personnel, were flown to wow!” a Taliban fighter says as decades of war has denied capitals, but so far have been Taliban and the Afghan gov- elections, confirming Prime port that covers data from May Delhi in an Indian Air Force he films his comrades swinging a generation of people such pushed back from taking con- ernment continues. Minister Abiy Ahmed in of- 26 to June 25 said 38 com- aircraft on Saturday night. back and forth. “This park is simple childhood pleasures. trol by Afghan security forces. The embassy had warned fice. Nobel Peace laureate plaints were registered and it The move comes amid re- ours. They [the Afghan govern- Others said that millions US President Joe Biden Indian nationals in a June Abiy’s Prosperity Party won had acted against 133 tweets ports of the Taliban advancing ment] enjoyed a lot of picnics, of Afghans are living in fear said on Friday that American advisory to exercise caution 410 of the 436 parliamen- that related to defamation, towards Kandahar, Afghani- now it is our turn.” In another because fighters like these are troops will conclude their mili- with regard to security at their tary seats, the electoral harassment, terrorism and im- stan’s second-largest city. clip, people can be heard gig- waging a devastating war in the tary mission in Afghanistan by workplace and during travel. commission said in the personation among others. In view of “the intense gling as a man haltingly glides country. the end of August. (dpa) India does not have a mili- capital Addis Ababa on Sat- Twitter’s monitoring fighting near Kandahar city, tary presence in Afghanistan urday. The vote, which was mechanisms had also flagged India-based personnel have but till last year around 1,700 boycotted by the main op- and suspended more than been brought back for the time The Indian consulate gen- The US-led withdrawal of attacks and an increase in nationals were estimated to position parties, took place 18,000 accounts for content being. I want to emphasize eral would continue to operate international troops that is military offensives by Taliban be working there with banks, on June 21 after months of related to child sexual exploi- that this is a purely temporary with local staff and arrange- scheduled to be completed by militants. The Islamic State information technology firms, violence. The election was tation, non-consensual nudity measure until the situation ments were being made to the end of August has left war- militia is also active in the construction companies, aid originally supposed to take and similar content and an- stabilizes,” Ministry of Exter- provide visa and other consu- ravaged Afghanistan in a state country. agencies, Indian-government place last year, but was other 4000 plus for content nal Affairs spokesman Arin- lar services through the em- of uncertainty. Despite on-and-off peace sponsored projects and UN then postponed twice. (dpa) that promoted terrorism. dam Bagchi said. bassy in Kabul. There are reports of daily talks, the conflict between the missions.

Netanyahu moves out of official residence after 12 years

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Benjamin Netanyahu and his family have moved out of the official residence of the Israeli prime minister, after 12 years of living in the Jerusalem house and a month since a new government was sworn in. “Shortly after midnight, the Netan- yahu family left the official residence in Balfour,” Ofer Golan, spokesman for the family, said early Sunday. In recent years, the residence at the corner of Balfour and Smolenskin streets was the site of frequent protests against Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (right) with ’s Haitham bin Tariq in Neom on Sunday. (afp) the polarizing prime minister, who has been indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Netanyahu had agreed with his succes- Oman ruler lands in Saudi sor Naftali Bennett to leave by Saturday. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz had re- ported that Bennett wanted to allow the Arabia on first foreign trip 71-year-old Netanyahu and his family a “period of adjustment.” dpa Saudi Red Sea city of Neom succeeding long-time ruler Netanyahu received former US ambas- Cairo by the monarchy’s powerful Qaboos, who had died aged sador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in Crown Prince Mohammed 79. the residence after Bennett took office, a Oman’s ruler Sultan Haitham bin Salman. Oman has long medi- meeting that was sharply criticized in the bin Tariq on Sunday arrived in Later on Sunday, Saudi ated in resolving regional media as a show of disrespect to the new on his first foreign King Salman met with the conflicts, including ’s government. trip since he took office last Omani ruler for talks that ex- long-running war. The eight-party alliance led by Bennett year, as his country is trying to plored “ways of enhancing” Last month, an Omani and Jair Lapid took power in mid-June. end a war in Yemen between a cooperation between the two delegation visited the rebel- According to media reports, Bennett Saudi-backed government and countries, the official Saudi controlled Yemeni capital plans to spend four nights a week in the Iran-linked rebels. news agency SPA reported Sana’a for talks with the official residence. Saudi state television without details. Houthi rebels, who have re- His wife and four children reportedly showed Haitham being wel- Haitham assumed power cently stepped up attacks into plan to stay at their home in Raanana, comed upon arrival at the in Oman in January last year, neighbouring Saudi Arabia. near Tel Aviv.