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Air Arabia launches first direct flight from RAK to Kozhikode
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates’s (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia has commenced its first non-stop flight from Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) to Kozhikode in the Indian state of Kerala, the Emirates News…
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Riyadh-bound Saudia flight makes emergency landing in Madinah
Riyadh: A Saudia Airlines flight from Jeddah to Riyadh was diverted to Madinah due to a medical emergency on Wednesday, November 22, local media reported. A Yemeni woman, in her twenties, onboard…
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Delhi: Doha passenger held for smuggling gold paste worth Rs 98L
New Delhi: Customs officials arrested an Indian passenger coming from the Doha for allegedly smuggling 1,841 grams of gold paste worth around Rs 98 lakh at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in…
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Oman’s SalamAir to resume flights to Hyderabad from December 16
Hyderabad: Omani low-cost carrier, SalamAir is set to recommence its operations in Hyderabad from December 16. Flight operations will also be restored in other Indian cities, notably Calicut (Kozhikode), Jaipur, Trivandrum, and…
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Registration opens for companies to obtain Haj 1445 license
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has started receiving applications from companies wishing to obtain a license to serve overseas pilgrims during the 1445 Haj season, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)…
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Biden calls Middle East leaders after Israel-Hamas hostage deal
Washington: US President Joe Biden called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt to discuss the latest situation in…
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Director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital arrested by Israeli forces
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday arrested Mohammed Abu Selemya, director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, along with few other staffers of the largest medical facility in the…
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5 Hezbollah fighters, including senior member’s son killed in Israeli strike
At least five fighters of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, including the son of a senior member, have been killed in an Israeli strike on the village of Beit Yahoun in south Lebanon on Wednesday,…
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No ceasefire, hostage release before Friday, says Israel
While the families of the Palestinian and Israeli prisoners, and the residents of the ravaged Gaza Strip await the implementation of the ceasefire, the Israeli authorities announced that there will be no…
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US warship shoots down drones launched from Yemen
Washington: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that an American warship which was on patrol in the Red Sea, shot down “multiple one-way attack drones launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen”.…
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Eight paramilitary fighters killed in US airstrikes in Iraq
Baghdad: Eight members of the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were killed and four others were wounded by US airstrikes near the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A statement by the Hashd Shaabi said…
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Ceasefire in Gaza to begin Thursday morning
Gaza: Moussa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas senior official told Al Jazeera that the ceasefire in Gaza will begin Thursday at 10:00 a.m. local time. A Palestinian source, who requested to remain anonymous,…
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Gaza Strip’s loss of life equally shocking as that of Ukraine: Putin
Moscow: Acknowledging that what is happening in Ukraine is undoubtedly a “tragedy”, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said conflicts elsewhere, including in the Gaza Strip, are also “shocking” and urged the…
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EU to send more humanitarian aid to Gaza during four-day truce
The European Union Commission on Wednesday, November 22, said it will use the four-day truce in Gaza Strip to step up its humanitarian aid efforts. “The European Commission will do its utmost…
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UAE: 65-year-old Indian expat takes home Rs 8 crore in DDF draw
Abu Dhabi: A 65-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expat won the grand prize of one million dollars (Rs 8,33,24,450) on Wednesday, November 23, in the Dubai Duty Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire…
