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Islamabad urges Tehran’s cooperation over killing of 8 Pakistani nationals in Iran
Islamabad: Islamabad has sought Tehran’s “full cooperation” over the killing of eight Pakistani nationals in restive southeastern Iran, officials said on Monday. The Pakistani foreign ministry said in a statement the killing…
- Middle East
Syria’s new leader makes first visit to United Arab Emirates
Beirut: Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa made his first visit Sunday to the United Arab Emirates, whose leaders have been circumspect about the new leadership in Damascus in the four months since the…
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US-funded Al Hurra fires staff, goes off air after Trump aid cuts
Cairo: The head of a US-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that claims a 30 million-strong audience in the Middle East and North Africa terminated most staff and TV programming Saturday,…
- Middle East
Israel intensifies strikes across Gaza on Palm Sunday, targets hospital in territory’s north
Gaza Strip: Israel struck a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified. The pre-dawn strike hit Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, after Israel issued an evacuation…
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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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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,…
- Middle East
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…
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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…
