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5 killed in soldier-terrorist clash in Pakistan: Military
Islamabad: Five people, including three soldiers and two terrorists, were killed in an exchange of fire in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said. The intense gun battle took place…
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UN committed to delivery of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan: Envoy
United Nations: The UN and its humanitarian partners are committed to delivery of life-saving services to the people of Afghanistan despite the Taliban-run administration’s decision to ban women from working in humanitarian…
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Andrew Tate arrested in Romania in human trafficking case
Bucharest: Controversial social media star, Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania on Friday along with his brother Tristan Tate over an investigation in a human trafficking case, Sports Bible, a UK-based sports-focused…
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Football legend and 3-time World Cup winner Pele passes away
Mumbai: Called by various names such as ‘Gasolina’, ‘The Black Pearl’ and ‘O Rei’ (The King), the nickname that stuck like glue to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who, as ‘Pele’, became the…
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Benjamin Netanyahu sworn in as Israel’s prime minister
Tel Aviv: Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Israel on Thursday, hoping to deliver political stability after multiple five general elections since 2019. Netanyahu, 73,…
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China rail project aims to link Tibet to Kathmandu, may be extended to Indian border
New Delhi: China has sent a team of experts to Nepal to launch a feasibility study for a cross-border railway project dogged for years by technical challenges, political instability in the Himalayan…
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Former Afghan soldiers ready to join Russia’s war against Ukraine
Kabul: Lost status and a desperate existence in Iran are driving thousands of former Afghan troops — many of them elite commandos trained by the US — to consider fighting as mercenaries…
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500 Most Influential Muslims 2023: Mahmood Madani, Aisha Bewley top list
The list of 500 influential Muslim personalities in the world has been released for the year 2023. In this, Maulana Mahmood A Madani, the President of Indian Islamic and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) and…
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UK’s Royal Mint unveils first King Charles III coins
London: The UK’s Royal Mint on Thursday revealed the first coins to bear King Charles III’s official coinage portrait, offering collectors the chance to acquire the commemorative set with the new monarch’s…
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French singer Julien Drolon embraced Islam after walking 1000 km to find God
40-year-old Julien Drolon is a distinguished and unique personality, a Frenchman from Nantes, who, during his search for himself, converted to Buddhism, then Christianity, and then embraced Islam in 2012. Julien Drolon…
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Kids of drowned PIO couple safe, to fly to India soon
New York: The two minor daughters of an Indian-American couple from Andhra Pradesh, who drowned in the state of Arizona, are currently staying with a family friend, and will soon fly to…
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Former Uyghur Muslim preacher confirmed dead in prison in China’s Xinjiang
Washington: A Uyghur Muslim preacher, serving a five-year sentence in China’s far-western Xinjiang region for making a religious pilgrimage abroad, died of liver cancer in prison in February, according to a police…
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BCAS seeks report on brawl on board Thai Smile Airways flight
New Delhi: Aviation security watchdog, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), has sought a report from the authorities concerned on the in-flight brawl which took place on a Bangkok-Kolkata flight of…
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Negative COVID report must for flyers from China, 5 other countries
New Delhi: Passengers arriving in India from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand will be mandatorily required to provide negative Covid reports from January 1, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya…
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Queen Elizabeth II, Sheikh Khalifa, other famous personalities who died in 2022
Many influential and famous personalities including Queen Elizabeth II, and Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed passed away in 2022. The list of famous personalities who passed away in the current year includes longest-serving…
