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You’re supporting Gaza genocide: Protester confronts NZ PM Luxon
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was confronted by a pro-Palestine protester during a public meeting in Christchurch on Wednesday, August 19, with the demonstrator accusing his government of supporting Israel amid…
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Video: 21 Indian sailors take cover during Iran attack in Hormuz
An old video of an April 22 attack in the Strait of Hormuz has been shared by the Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI), showing 21 Indian seafarers taking cover inside a…
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22 Indians among crew of 2 vessels hijacked off Yemen, Somalia
New Delhi: Two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indian nationals have been hijacked by armed pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, a senior shipping ministry official said Friday,…
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Dubai Ruler to cover treatment of Jordanian girl with SMA
Dubai: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will cover the treatment of Jordanian girl Katia Abu Al-Saud, who is suffering…
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US sanctions 10 over cash transfers to Hezbollah network
New York: The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it has imposed sanctions on 10 individuals who are “part of a network responsible for transferring cash”…
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Trump says US will soon control key straits linked to Iran
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the United States is “essentially controlling” strategic waterways linked to Iran and will soon take full control, while insisting Tehran will never be allowed to…
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Houthis target Saudi airport, Aramco facility in drone attacks
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Thursday, August 20, claimed they had targeted a Saudi airport and an Aramco facility in the southern Najran region in two drone attacks. In a post on…
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India’s L&T wins Dubai Al Maktoum airport people mover order
India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T), in consortium with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), on Thursday, August 20, secured a large order to design and build an Automated People Mover (APM) system for…
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Dubai’s iconic Toyota building to be demolished in 2027
Dubai’s iconic Toyota Building on Sheikh Zayed Road is set to be demolished in 2027, marking the end of an era for one of the city’s most recognisable landmarks. Officially known as…
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Iran FM dismisses Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ as ‘failed policy’
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday, August 20, dismissed US President Donald Trump’s newly announced economic pressure campaign against Tehran as a continuation of what he described as “failed policies”, warning…
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Telugu driver dies in Saudi Arabia after month-long battle
Riyadh: A man from Andhra Pradesh recently died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after battling for his life for nearly a month following a cardiac emergency. B Lakshminarayana, a native of Ramapuram in…
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Iran President says talks with US do not mean surrender
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that negotiating with the United States did not mean surrender. At a conference in Tehran on Wednesday, August 19, Pezeshkian stressed the need to defend…
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Smuggling goods into Gaza booms as Israeli curbs drive prices
Gaza Strip: Palestinians face inflated prices for groceries and batteries, hospitals have turned to smugglers for medicine and equipment, and Israeli soldiers and other middlemen are accused of pocketing millions of dollars…
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India turns to Venezuela as Middle East disruptions hit crude
New Delhi: India is widening its crude oil sourcing to Latin America as disruptions linked to the Iran conflict and the Strait of Hormuz push the world’s third-largest oil consumer to diversify…
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Iran Consul General calls for probe into Minab school strike
Hameed Ahmadiyeh, Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Hyderabad, has called for an investigation into the February 28 strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab city, Hormozgan province,…
