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Iran, US agree to more talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme after 1st round in Oman
Muscat: Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations next week over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, Iranian state television reported Saturday at the end of the first round of talks…
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Some 100,000 rally against Israel in Bangladesh’s capital
Dhaka: Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday to condemn Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. The protesters, estimated at some 100,000, gathered at the Suhrawardy Park in…
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Convoy carrying US envoy drives away from site of nuclear talks with Iran in Oman
Muscat: A convoy believed to be carrying US envoy Steve Witcoff drove away from a compound where talks were taking place over Iran’s nuclear programme on Saturday, after more than two hours…
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Israel cuts off Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, vows to ‘vigorously’ expand in territory
Tel Aviv: Israel announced Saturday it has completed construction of a new security corridor that cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza, as the military said it…
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Trump opens window for deal with Iran
Washington: President Donald Trump is betting that a beleaguered Iran is so vulnerable following a tumultuous 18 months in the Middle East that it might finally be ready to abandon its nuclear…
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US to screen for antisemitic activity in granting immigration benefits
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s administration will immediately start considering “antisemitic activity” on social media and physical harassment of Jewish people as grounds for denying immigration benefits, according to a federal agency…
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Tesla launches in Saudi Arabia with its first showroom, service centre in Riyadh
Riyadh: Tesla has officially launched in Saudi Arabia, marking a new chapter in the company’s global expansion after Elon Musk’s troubled relationship with the kingdom — but the Middle East country’s extreme…
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Sudan accuses UAE of backing genocide at UN court
The Hague: Sudan told the United Nations’ top court on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates is breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces,…
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Trump: Israel would lead military action if Tehran doesn’t give up nuclear weapons programme
Washington: President Donald Trump has said that Israel would be the “leader” of a potential military strike against Iran if Tehran doesn’t give up its nuclear weapons programme. Trump made the comments…
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US restores urgent food aid but not in Afghanistan, Yemen, where millions need it
Cairo: The Trump administration has reversed sweeping cuts in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, officials…
- Middle East
Israeli strike on Gaza apartment building kills at least 23: Officials say
Gaza Strip: Israeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian enclave showed…
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Trump’s latest round of tariffs poised to go into effect. Here’s what we know
New York: President Donald Trump has launched tariff wars with nearly all of America’s trading partners. And there’s no end in sight. A number of sweeping new taxes on goods from other…
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US-Russian crew of 3 launches to International Space Station
Moscow: NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates launched successfully to the International Space Station on Tuesday on board a Russian spacecraft. A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off as scheduled from…
- Middle East
Israel controls 50 pc of Gaza after razing land to expand its buffer zone
Tel Aviv: Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas last month. It now controls more than 50% of the territory and is squeezing…
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1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 20
Kyiv: One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday’s deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued…
