Middle East
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Biden, Egypt’s Sisi discuss regional, int’l issues
Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt): Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting US counterpart Joe Biden discussed a number of regional and international…
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Iranian FM, UN chief hold talks on regional, int’l issues
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a phone conversation, discussing regional and international issues, Iran’s…
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Iraqi forces kill 5 IS militants in Iraq
Baghdad: Iraqi security forces have killed five IS militants in Salahudin province and captured three others, the Iraqi military said. Iraqi…
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Israeli Prez tasks Netanyahu with govt formation
Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has announced that he would assign the task of forming a government to Opposition leader and…
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UN announces satellite-based system to detect emissions
Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt): As part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling methane, the UN on Friday…
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Yemeni Houthis send ‘warning’ to foreign oil tanker
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group has said that they have warned a foreign oil tanker not to load crude oil in…
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Iran develops hypersonic ballistic missile
Tehran: A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that the country has built a hypersonic…
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Iran inks deals with Russia’s Gazprom to develop gas and LNG projects
Tehran: Iranian Petroleum Minister Javad Owji said in Tehran that his Ministry has signed with Russian energy giant Gazprom cooperation agreements…
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Iranian, Russian security officials discuss Ukraine crisis, bilateral ties
Tehran: Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani held a meeting in Tehran with Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the…
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Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank: Health Ministry
Ramallah: The Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.…
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Yemeni general killed in ambush in north-eastern oil-rich province
Aden (Yemen): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a general of Yemen’s internationally recognised government in the country’s northeastern oil-rich province of Marib,…
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Explosions rock govt-controlled weapons warehouse in Yemen
Sanaa: Several explosions rocked a weapons warehouse owned by Yemen’s government forces in the country’s northeastern oil-rich province of Marib, a…
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Video: Massive fire broke out at a skyscraper near Burj Khalifa
New Delhi: A massive fire broke out in a 35-storey building near the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa in Dubai…
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Iran unveils ‘upgraded’ Bavar-373 missile system
Tehran: Iran on Sunday unveiled an “upgraded version” of the Bavar-373 (Belief-373) surface-to-air missile system with a range of more than…
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Deepening of bilateral ties on agenda during Saudi Crown Prince’s India visit
New Delhi: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is expected to make a state visit to India on his way to…
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Israel polls: Netanyahu-led alliance wins majority, Lapid concedes defeat
Jerusalem: Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a comeback with a decisive victory in the country’s general elections, poll results…
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2 killed in highway ‘riots’ in Iran
Tehran: At least two people were killed and a number of others injured in “riots” on a highway near Iran’s capital…
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Yemen beefs up security measures to abort Houthi attacks
Sanaa: Yemen’s internationally-recognized government has started intensifying precautionary security measures around key production facilities in some southern regions as the Houthi…
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Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian carrying car-ramming attack at West Bank checkpoint
Jerusalem/Ramallah: Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian after he carried out a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint near the West Bank…
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Death toll in Seoul halloween stampede reaches 156
Seoul: One more fatality was confirmed from the Halloween stampede in Seoul’s Itaewon district, raising the death toll from the tragedy…
