Middle East
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Yemen’s warring factions agree to consolidate truce during Eid al-Adha: UN
Sanaa: UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg announced that the war-ton nation’s warring factions agreed to consolidate the current truce…
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Israeli PM won’t to run in upcoming polls
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that he will not run in the upcoming elections as his coalition government…
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Death toll in Jordan chlorine gas leak mounts to 13
Amman: Death toll in the chlorine gas leak from a container at Jordan’s Aqaba port rose to 13, state media reported.…
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PM Modi visits Abu Dhabi, received and seen off by UAE ruler
Abu Dhabi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a brief stopover at Abu Dhabi on his return from Germany and…
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Israel to invest $880 mn in climate technology innovation
Jerusalem: Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection has announced that the country will invest 3 billion shekels (about $880 million) to facilitate…
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Saudi crown prince, Iraqi PM meet on bilateral ties
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi have met here to…
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Guest Imam of Masjid-e-Nabawi passes away
Madinah: Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Al-Qari, a guest Imam for Taraweeh prayers at Masjid Al-Nabawi and the Imam of Masjid Al…
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Dubai welcomes 6.17 mn int’l visitors from Jan-May
Dubai: Dubai’s successful tourism rebound continues to inspire global tourism recovery with the city welcoming 6.17 million international overnight visitors…
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Hajj pilgrimage likely to be performed on these dates
As per astronomical calculations, the Islamic month of Zul Hijjah is likely to begin on Thursday, June 30. According to…
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Khashoggi’s fiancée calls Saudi Crown Prince a murderer
Istanbul: Calling Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a “murderer”, journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengi said on Wednesday that…
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Flight Tickets to Middle East become Costlier from Tamil Nadu
Chennai: With the number of international flights from Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi, and Coimbatore airports are on the decline, the rates for…
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Libya’s High Council of State chief says ready to meet rival on constitutional issues
Tripoli: The Head of Libya’s Tripoli-based High Council of State has expressed readiness to meet with the Speaker of the House…
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Foreign arrivals in Turkey exceed 300% in May
Ankara: Turkey has received around 3.82 million foreign arrivals in May, surged by 308 per cent year-on-year, the country’s Culture and…
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Saudi Arabia lifts Covid curbs, permits travel to India
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has lifted Covid-19 travel restrictions on its citizens, the Ministry of Interior announced on Monday. Travel curbs were…
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4 IS militants killed in airstrike in Iraq: Military
Baghdad: Four militants of the Islamic State (IS) group, including the group’s leader in Anbar province, were killed in an airstrike…
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Blast in Yemen kills journalist
Sanaa: A local Yemeni journalist was killed after his vehicle was blown up in the southern port city of Aden, a…
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Kuwait to act tough against expatriates protested over Prophet’s remark
Kuwait: In a significant move, Kuwait has said that it will deport expatriate who participated in a demonstration against the…
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Two-state solution only way to end Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinian PM
Ramallah: The two-state solution is the only way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye stressed here. On…
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8 killed in fire at birthday party in Iran
Tehran: Eight people died in a blast at a birthday party in a city near the Iranian capital of Tehran, The…
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5 soldiers killed in Yemen despite truce
Sanaa: The government in Yemen announced that five soldiers were killed and 15 others injured by the Houthi militia despite the…
