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Oman, UAE to be guest countries at next year’s G20 summit in India: Shringla
Mumbai: India has invited Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as guest countries for the Group of 20 leaders’ summit to be held in New Delhi in September next year, India’s…
- Middle East
Erdogan vows to protect Turkey’s rights against Greece
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to “use all means” to protect Ankara’s rights and interests against Greece. “We will not fail to use all the means to defend our country’s…
- Middle East
Iran slams West’s ‘interventionist’ policy against it
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry has slammed the “interventionist” remarks of American and other Western politicians against Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported. “The enemies’ approach against the Islamic Republic and…
- Middle East
Palestinian PM urges Israeli leader to prove support for two-state solution
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye has urged his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid to prove his support for the two-state solution by stopping settlement building and ending the blockade imposed on the…
- Middle East
Iran urges ‘impartial, independent’ IAEA verification of nuclear activities
Tehran: The Iranian nuclear chief has said that the verification of Iran’s nuclear activities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should be “impartial and independent,” official IRNA news agency reported. Making…
- Middle East
Yemen’s Houthi group rejects accusation of threatening ongoing truce
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has rejected the accusation that its recent military parade in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah has threatened the truce in Yemen, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV…
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73 dead as migrant boat capsizes near Syrian shore
Damascus: At least 73 people died from a boat that sank off the Syrian coast, the Syrian Health Ministry said. Twenty others have been rescued and sent for medical treatment at the…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia announces 5 renewable energy projects
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has announced five new projects to produce electricity using renewable energy. The Saudi Power Procurement Company said the projects are the fourth phase of the kingdom’s National Renewable Energy…
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Iraqi soldier, 2 IS militants killed in Iraq
Baghdad: A soldier and two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in clashes in a rugged area in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, the Iraqi military said. An army force clashed with…
- Sports
World Cup 2022: Will Europe’s dominance come to end in Qatar as top guns struggle?
Berlin: To find several top European football teams in trouble at present seems a small consolation for German coach Hansi Flick. With two months out from the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s kick-off,…
- Middle East
Israel no longer partner of Palestine in peace process: Abbas
United Nations: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that Israel has decided not to be a partner of Palestine in the peace process and that it will be treated as such. “It is…
- Middle East
Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in West Bank
Ramallah: Dozens of Palestinian protesters were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in several West Bank cities and villages. Among the injured were three shot by live ammunition and nine by rubber…
- Middle East
Fighting in Ethiopia displaces hundreds of thousands, curtails aid: UN
Addis Ababa: Fighting in northern Ethiopia has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in recent weeks in parts of Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions, the UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for…
- Middle East
Top Yemen official calls for new approach to handle civil war
Sanaa: Rashad al-Alimi, chief of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), has called on the international community to drastically change its long-standing approach to dealing with his country’s years-long civil war. Al-Alimi said…
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Israeli PM endorses 2-state solution with Palestinians
United Nations: In his address to the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid pledged support for the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The establishment of a Palestinian state, alongside…
