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Palestinian death toll rises to 49 in 3 days war
Gaza City: Palestinian mourners held a funeral Friday for a militant who succumbed to wounds suffered during three days of heavy war between Israel and Gaza militants last weekend. His death brings…
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Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York; rushed to hospital
Chautauqua: Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was stabbed on stage on Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western…
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Palestinian death toll from Israel-Gaza fighting rises to 48
Gaza City: The Palestinian death toll from last weekend’s fighting between Israel and Gaza militants rose to 48 Thursday after an 11-year-old girl and a man died from wounds they suffered during…
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Tehran showcase Western art masterpieces hidden for decades
Tehran: Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades in Tehran. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line cleric, rails against…
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One year after Afghan war, Biden struggles to find footing
Washington: The 12 months since the chaotic end to the US war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy for Joe Biden. The new president was flying high early in the summer of 2021, the…
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Israel-Gaza: Cease-fire holds overnight after three days of violence
Gaza City: A fragile cease-fire deal to end nearly three days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza held throughout the night and into Monday morning — a sign that…
- Middle East
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 8 people, 40 injured
Gaza City: Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, killing at least eight people, including a senior militant, and wounding another 40, according to Palestinian officials. Israel said it…
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China can not stop US officials from visiting Taiwan: Pelosi
Tokyo: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing US officials from travelling there. She made the remarks in Tokyo on the final leg of an…
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Iran, US, EU to send envoys to Vienna for nuclear talks
Tehran: Iran, the United States and the European Union said Wednesday they would send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran’s tattered 2015…
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OPEC+ boosts oil output by slower pace than previous months
Vienna: The OPEC oil cartel and its allies decided on Wednesday to boost production in September at a much slower pace than in previous months at a time of high oil prices…
- Middle East
Israel police exceeded their powers to wiretaps
Jerusalem: An Israeli government investigation into the use of powerful eavesdropping technology by the police found that they only used it after securing a judicial warrant but that the flood of information…
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Russia FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war
Cairo: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Cairo for talks on Sunday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the West over its invasion…
- Middle East
Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank gun battle: Palestine
Nablus: Israeli troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with Palestinians barricaded in a house in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said. The local rescue service…
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Monkeypox virus could become entrenched as new STD in the US
New York: The spread of monkeypox in the US could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet…
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WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an extraordinary situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur…
