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Trump’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University dismissed
Washington: A federal judge in Boston on Thursday, August 13, dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of turning a blind eye to harassment of Jewish students. The decision from…
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Jared Kushner to visit Israel, Egypt for discussion on Gaza
Washington: President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a…
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11 injured, two critical as train derails in England
London: A passenger train derailed in southern England, seriously injuring two people and leaving nine others with minor injuries after three carriages overturned, the British Transport Police said. The Southern Rail train…
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Taliban accused of detaining six women’s rights workers
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “forcibly disappeared” six staff members of a local organization working on women’s and children’s rights, a US-based advocacy group said, following a separate UN report that two Afghan…
- Middle East
Pro-Israel Huckabee calls settler violence ‘act of terror’
Jerusalem: The US Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called…
- Middle East
Israel strikes Hamas commander in Gaza despite peace pressure
Gaza Strip: The Israeli military said it carried out a targeted drone strike on a Hamas commander in northern Gaza on Wednesday, August 12, despite calls from officials involved in peace efforts…
- Middle East
US strikes against Houthis killed 153 civilians in Yemen in 2025
Washington: US airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians, according to a Pentagon review of the attacks, which comes as concerns rise over civilian casualties…
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Two die in US military helicopter crash near Fort Hood
Texas: An Army Apache attack helicopter has crashed in a central Texas field, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced several homes to be evacuated, a sheriff’s official…
- Middle East
Oil spill from grounded tanker reaches Oman’s coastline
Beirut: Oil leaking from a tanker grounded off the coast of Oman is not only endangering a nearby island but has now also reached beaches on the Gulf Arab country’s mainland, to…
- Middle East
Six killed as Houthis attack vessel in Bab el-Mandeb
Sanaa: Yemeni authorities said six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while US forces fired on a ship they said was trying to…
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Trump secretly flew from Turkiye after Iran threat
Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday, August 11, that he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkiye because the Secret Service and military wanted him on…
- Middle East
Trump’s Iran war loses US support as Christian Zionists back him
Washington: The American war on Iran has quickly become one of the most unpopular wars in United States history. At the beginning of March 2026, when the war started, 46 per cent…
- Middle East
Pakistan’s Naqvi heads to Iran for talks on ending conflict
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi on Tuesday, August 11, headed to Tehran for talks with Iranian officials amid mediation efforts to end the ongoing Iran-US conflict, according to the Iranian media.…
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France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls
Paris: France has banned unsolicited telemarketing calls under a new law aimed at protecting consumers from intrusive sales pitches and shielding vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices. The law backed by President…
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47 dead as 7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes western Colombia
Bogota (Colombia): At least 47 people were killed, and dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across western Colombia on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South American nation. The quake…
