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Iran’s Olympic skier Atefeh Ahmadi seeks asylum in Germany
Iranian figure skating champion Atefeh Ahmadi left her home country and applied for asylum in Germany. Ahmadi had travelled to Germany to be able to participate in the Courchevel-Meribel 2023 Alpine Ski World…
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Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu government
Thousands of Israelis protested in several cities against the new government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, on Saturday, January 28, 2023, for the fourth week in a row, Anadolu Agency reported. The protests…
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Watch: UAE records min temp of 1.9 degrees, lowest in winter
Abu Dhabi: The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) on Sunday morning recorded a winter season lowest temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius in Jebel Jais mountain in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates…
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Saudi Arabia: Will football become a major factor in making an impact on the world map?
Dubai: Till now, the economic and social impact of football was largely visible only in Latin American countries, but after the successful hosting of the FIFA World Cup by Qatar, the way…
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Israeli police raid Palestinian neighbourhood to identify ‘assailants’
Jerusalem: Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police erupted in Jerusalem on Saturday evening in the wake of two anti-Israeli attacks in the disputed holy city. Israeli police entered Arab neighbourhoods in the…
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Iran reports drone attack on military facility
Tehran: Drones attacked a defence facility in Iran’s Isfahan city, media reports said. “An explosion has occurred in one of the military centres affiliated to the Ministry of Defence,” deputy head of…
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Syria rejects report on chemical weapon attack in 2018
Damascus: The Syrian Foreign Ministry has slammed as “lacking credibility” a recent report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) accusing the Syrian air force of being behind a…
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3 killed, 816 injured after 5.9 magnitude earthquake jolt Iran
Tehran: At least three people were killed and 816 others injured after a 5.9 magnitude quake hit Iran’s Khoy city. The quake hit the region at 21.44 p.m. local time on Saturday…
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Israeli PM vows to act ‘decisively, calmly’ after synagogue shooting attack
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to act after a shooting attack killed at least seven people and wounded three others on Friday in a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem.…
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Iran: 9 killed, 20 injured in 3 road accidents in 2 days
Tehran: Two people were killed and 13 others injured in a multi-vehicle pileup on an intercity road in the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman on Saturday, the IRIB news agency reported. The…
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Israel fully responsible for deadly escalation: Palestine
Ramallah: Palestine has blamed Israel for the current “serious” tension in the West Bank and Jerusalem, which has left dozens of people dead this month. “We hold the Israeli government fully responsible…
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Saudi scholarship student killed in US, police arrest suspect
Police in the US state of Philadelphia have arrested a Georgian woman on Friday, in connection with the fatal stabbing incident of a Saudi scholarship student to death, the Saudi embassy in…
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US arrests 3 people for plotting against Iranian activist Masih Alinejad
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday, the arrest of 3 people on suspicion of involvement in what he described as a “Tehran-backed plot” for attempting to assassinate journalist and a…
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UAE: Indian expats can now avail visa, passport services even on Sunday
Abu Dhabi: Indian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can now submit their applications for passport and visa services on all days including Sundays, local media reported. Indian outsourcing services provider…
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GCC countries condemn armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran
Riyadh: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries “strongly condemned” Friday’s armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in the Iranian capital of Tehran. On Friday morning, January 27, a man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed…
