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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iran issuing death threats
Tehran: Iran’s security services have threatened the life of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi after her native country’s war with Israel, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and activists said Friday. Mohammadi said…
- Middle East
Lebanon rules out normalisation with Israel
Beirut: Lebanon has no plans to have normal relations with Israel at the present time, and Beirut’s main aim is to reach a “state of no war” with its southern neighbour, the…
- Middle East
Gaza cash crisis paralyses economy as families forced to sell belongings
Gaza Strip: Cash is the lifeblood of the Gaza Strip’s shattered economy, and like all other necessities in this war-torn territory — food, fuel, medicine — it is in extremely short supply.…
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Satellite images suggest Iranian strike hit US communications dome in Qatar
Tehran: An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar key to the US military likely hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analysed…
- World
US federal judge pauses Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide
Concord: A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling Thursday prohibiting President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the US. Judge Joseph LaPlante issued a…
- Middle East
As Netanyahu wraps Washington visit, progress on a Gaza ceasefire remains murky
Washington: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a memorial service on Thursday for two slain Israeli Embassy staffers as he wraps up a four-day visit to Washington in which talks with President Donald…
- World
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil files USD 20M claim against Trump admin
New York: On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in…
- World
UK intelligence warns of rising Iranian threat; Tehran denies allegations
London: A British parliamentary committee has warned that Iran has significantly escalated threats against individuals in the United Kingdom since 2022, placing the risk to Iranian dissidents and Jewish or Israeli-linked individuals…
- Middle East
One million Yemeni children at risk of acute malnutrition: UN
United Nations: More than 17 million people in conflict-torn Yemen are going hungry, including over a million children under the age of 5 who are suffering from “life-threatening acute malnutrition,” the United…
- Middle East
Israeli strikes kill 40 in Gaza; no progress on ceasefire
Deir Al-Balah: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 40 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including 10 members of a family sheltering in a tent, hospital officials said Wednesday. The strikes came as US…
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Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea, 6 of 25 aboard rescued
Dubai: A Liberian-flagged cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank Wednesday in the Red Sea, with a European naval force in the Mideast saying that only six, including an Indian, of…
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X CEO Linda resigns after 2 years at helm of Musk’s social media platform
New York: X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she’s stepping down after two years running Elon Musk’s social media platform. Yaccarino posted a positive message Wednesday about her tenure at the company formerly…
- Middle East
Rescuers search for survivors after Houthi attack on cargo ship in Red Sea
Tel Aviv: Rescuers launched a search Wednesday for survivors of a Liberian-flagged cargo ship that came under attack from Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, authorities said. At least three mariners…
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Gaza doctors say Israel’s killing of prominent colleague leaves hard-to-fill void
Jerusalem: When the onetime director of a Gaza Strip hospital was killed by an Israeli airstrike last week, he joined a growing list of prominent Palestinian doctors who have died during 21…
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Turkiye bans X’s Grok chatbot for insulting Erdogan
Ankara: A Turkish court ordered Wednesday a ban on access to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from Turkiye, after the platform allegedly disseminated content insulting to Turkey’s president and others. The…
