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Amid India Maldives row, Israel to promote Lakshadweep tourism
New Delhi: The Israeli embassy in India pitched for promoting tourism in Lakshadweep on Monday, amid a diplomatic row between India and the Maldives over disparaging remarks made by Maldivian ministers following Prime…
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Jeddah: Japanese Sakura Garden offers visitors unique experience
Jeddah: The Japanese Sakura Garden in Jeddah offers a unique and impressive experience to its visitors with a peaceful and poetic garden that abounds in cherries in blossoms. This comes as part…
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Oil prices falls globally as Saudi Arabia cuts crude prices
Global oil prices fell by more than one percent on Monday, January 8, after Saudi Arabia cut its crude oil prices to buyers on all its export destinations for February. The price…
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Watch: Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, who won parliamentary seat, slaps fan
Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan, who recently won a parliamentary seat from the Magura-1 constituency on the Awami League (AL) party ticket, has reportedly slapped a fan. In a video circulating…
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Wrong to infer I didn’t back Rwanda plan as UK Chancellor: Sunak
London: Ruling out that he had doubts on the Rwanda plan as Chancellor, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said it was his job to ensure value for money on every proposal…
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UAE to send astronaut to Moon’s orbit, build lunar station
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will send first Emirati and Arab astronaut to the Moon’s orbit on a future Artemis mission and build a lunar space station as part of a new…
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128 killed, 195 missing in Japan’s quake-hit Ishikawa prefecture
Tokyo: The death toll reached 128 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, six days after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity, authorities…
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina secures fourth straight term
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won two-thirds of the seats in the general elections marred by sporadic violence…
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PM Hasina set for fourth consecutive win in Bangladesh elections
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to secure a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party was on Sunday inching closer to a landslide victory in the general…
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Pakistan Navy deploys warships in Arabian Sea for ‘safety of trade routes’
Islamabad: Days after a Pakistan-bound container vessel came under attack, the Pakistan Navy has deployed warships in the Arabian Sea following the “recent incidents of maritime security”, a official statement said on…
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Bangladesh EC app slowed down after cyber attack: Official
Dhaka: Bangladesh Election Commission on Sunday said hackers from Ukraine and Germany carried out a cyber attack on its app, slowing down its functioning during the 12th general election in the country,…
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Bangladesh PM Hasina re-elected to parliament from Gopalganj-3 constituency
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was re-elected to parliament on Sunday from the Gopalganj-3 constituency after a landslide victory in the general elections marred by sporadic violence…
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British journalists shouts at Palestinian politician in live interview, draws flak
British journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer recently come under intense criticism after she shouted at Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti during a TalkTV live interview. TalkTV posted a clip on X showcasing Hartley-Brewer’s dismissive and petulant behaviour…
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Internet disrupted in Pakistan as Imran Khan launches virtual campaign
Pakistan: A major internet outage affected several social media platforms, causing widespread disruption and connection issues for users across the country. This incident is perhaps not coincidental, as former Prime Minister Imran…
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Maldives suspends 3 ministers for ‘rude’ remarks against PM Modi
Three ministers have been suspended by the Government of Maldives after their social media posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Lakshadweep ballooned up into a controversy causing hashtag #boycottMaldives…
