12-Hour Catch Up: US Implicates MBS In Khashoggi Murder, 4 Arrested In UP For Setting A Girl On Fire

Saudi Arabia¡¯s crown prince likely approved the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday that instantly ratcheted up pressure on the Biden administration to hold the kingdom accountable for a murder that drew worldwide outrage.

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The intelligence findings were long known to many U.S. officials and, even as they remained classified, had been reported with varying degrees of precision.

Four Arrested After UP Student Found Lying With Burns Along Highway

Four people were arrested on Friday on the basis of a statement by a college student, who was found severely burnt and lying naked along a national highway here, police said.

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The woman, who is a BA second-year student of a college run by the Mumukshu Ashram of former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand, said in a statement before a magistrate that three people tried to rape her in a field near Rai Kheda village on Monday.

Owner Of SUV Found With Explosive Outside Ambani's Home Traced, Police Don¡¯t Rule Out Terror Angle

The crime branch, which is probing the case of an explosives-laden vehicle found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani¡¯s residence, has not ruled out a terror angle.

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Mumbai joint CP (crime) Milind Bharambe said police are probing all aspects, including the possibility of a terror plot.

Coast Guard Find 81 Rohingya Adrift At Sea, Asks Bangladesh To Take Them

Coast Guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Muslim Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea, and were repairing the vessel so that it can return safely to Bangladesh, Indian officials said on Friday.

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The Indian government was in discussions with Bangladesh to facilitate the safe return of the vessel, which was found drifting in international waters having left southern Bangladesh about two weeks ago with hopes of reaching Malaysia.

UK Teen Who Joined ISIS, Not Allowed to Return Home to Fight for Citizenship, Rules Court

The UK Supreme Court ruled Friday that ¡°ISIS bride¡± Shamima Begum cannot return to the United Kingdom to appeal the revocation of her UK citizenship.

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The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Robert Reed, said that the UK Court of Appeal made four errors last year when it ruled that Begum should be allowed to return to the UK to carry out her appeal.

Maharashtra Records More Than 8,000 New Covid Cases Again, 1,035 In Mumbai

Maharashtra reported more than 8,000 new cases of Covid-19 for the third day in a row on Friday besides 48 fatalities, a health department official said.

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The caseload in the state thus rose to 21,38,154, while the death toll reached 52,041, he said.