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US strike in Yemen: At least 68 African migrants killed, Houthis claim
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a US airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants, killing at least 68 people and wounding 47 others. The US military had no immediate comment.…
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Death toll from Iran’s port blast reaches 40, over 1,000 wounded
Tehran: The death toll from a massive explosion at a port in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan has reached 40, and the government has announced one day of national mourning, Iran’s IRIB…
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Israeli forces carry out airstrike on Beirut
Beirut: Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on a building in Hadath area in Beirut’s southern suburbs. The “powerful strike” targeted “infrastructure where Hezbollah had stored precision missiles,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Performing Haj without permit is a sinful act: Saudi Council of Senior Scholars
Ahead of the upcoming Haj 1446 AH-2025 season, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars reaffirmed that performing the annual pilgrimage of Haj without a valid…
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Flour supplies in Gaza depleted: UN agency
Gaza: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Sunday that its flour supplies in Gaza have been depleted as Israel continues to…
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Travellers entering Dubai must follow specific health protocols
The Dubai government has recently introduced a new public health law, mandating that every traveller arriving in the Emirate must follow specific health protocols to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. The…
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar to pay off Syria’s USD 15M World Bank debt
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Qatar on Sunday, April 27, announced their commitment to settle Syria’s outstanding debts to the World Bank Group, totaling around USD 15 million. This decision…
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Iran’s president visits those injured in port explosion that killed at least 28 people
Tehran: Iran’s president visited those injured Sunday in a huge explosion that rocked one of the Islamic Republic’s main ports, a facility purportedly linked to an earlier delivery of a chemical ingredient…
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Two Indian expats killed in road accident in Kuwait
Kuwaot City: In a tragic incident, two Indian expatriates recently lost their lives in a road accident near Abdalli in Kuwait. One of the victims has been identified as Anuraj Nair, a…
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Gaza death toll reaches 52,243 after 51 killed in Israeli strikes within 24 hours
Gaza Strip: Hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the remains of 51 Palestinians over the past 24 hours who were killed in Israeli strikes, the local Health Ministry said Sunday, bringing the…
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At least 2 killed in US strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-held capital: Report
Sanaa: US airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa overnight killed two people and wounded 10 others, Houthi-controlled health authorities said on Sunday. The strikes targeted multiple locations across Sanaa, the authorities said,…
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Oman
Muscat: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter Scale was recorded in southern Oman on Sunday afternoon, April 27. According to the Earthquake Monitoring Centre at Sultan Qaboos University…
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Indian expat dies during flight from Kuwait to Kochi
In a tragic turn of events, a 32-year-old Indian expatriate recently passed away while travelling from Kuwait to Kochi, India, for a vacation. He was travelling on an Air India Express flight.…
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Stranded 42 years in Bahrain, Indian expat reunites with 95-year-old mother
Gopalan Chandran, a 64-year-old Indian expatriate, has finally returned home after being stranded in Bahrain for 42 years. He was recently reunited with his 95-year-old mother in Kerala, bringing an emotional end…
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Palestinians struggle to feed their families as Israel has blocked food from Gaza for nearly 60 days
Khan Younis: For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute and markets…
