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Saudi police women, who are recently deployed to the service, stand alert in front of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, in Saudi Arabias holy city of Mecca. (AP)

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In a first, Saudi female officers allowed to guard Islam's holiest...

This year, 60,000 vaccinated citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia have been allowed to perform the Hajj

22 July 2021 10:15 AM IST

Peoples uprising loyal to Ata Mohammad Noor, chief of Jamiat-e-Islami and a powerful northern warlord, stand guard at their office in Mazar-e-Sharif north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

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India evacuates staff from Kandahar as Taliban captures new areas

A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force was sent on Saturday to bring back the Indian diplomats, officials and other...

11 July 2021 11:20 AM IST

United Airlines is preparing to furlough 16,370 workers when federal aid expires on October 1. (AFP Photo)

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COVID-19: Oman suspends flights from 24 countries, including India,...

The decision was taken as part of the country's measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic

8 July 2021 12:57 PM IST

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier stands guard at Bagram Air Base, after all US and NATO troops left, some 70 Km north of Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

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'What was the point?' Afghans rue decades of war as U.S. quits Bagram

Violence has been raging throughout Afghanistan in the weeks since President Joe Biden announced troops would withdraw...

4 July 2021 11:25 AM IST

Emirates planes are parked at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

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Emirates to fly from India again as Dubai lifts ban over virus

Dubai said that only passengers from India 'who have received two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine' would be allowed to...

20 Jun 2021 7:10 PM IST

$A supporter of presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi shows her hand with writing in Persian that reads \Raisi\, during a rally in Tehran, Iran. (Photo: AP)$ World

Explained: Iran vote to determine next president, direction

Among the four candidates, hard-line judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi appears to be the front-runner

17 Jun 2021 1:52 PM IST

Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP/File)

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Israel's Lapid says he formed new coalition to unseat Netanyahu

Lapid's announcement came in the final hour before a midnight deadline

3 Jun 2021 10:39 AM IST

A health worker picks syringes as seniors get vaccinated with the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the newly-opened mass vaccination program for the elderly at a drive-thru vaccination center. (AP)

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Israel sees 'probable link' between Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis...

Most patients who experienced heart inflammation spent no more than four days in the hospital and 95% of the cases were...

2 Jun 2021 12:53 PM IST

Bahraini citizens and residency visa holders are not subject to the suspension but will have to present an approved PCR test certificate conducted no more than 48 hours prior to boarding . (Twitter/@GulfAir)

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COVID-19: Bahrain suspends entry for travellers from India, four other...

Bahrain reported 214,870 positive COVID-19 cases with 809 deaths so far, as per World Health Organisation

24 May 2021 1:37 PM IST

Lia Tal, 40, rushes with her children and partner to take shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, In Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP/Heidi Levine)

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Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire to end bloody 11-day war

The fighting erupted on May 10, when Hamas militants in Gaza fired long-range rockets toward Jerusalem

21 May 2021 11:08 AM IST

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to return a teargas canister toward soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP)

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Renewed violence over Gaza despite ceasefire moves gaining momentum

A senior official in the Hamas militant group predicted a ceasefire within days

20 May 2021 2:45 PM IST

Israeli forces flares light up the sky in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

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UN Security Council to meet after Gaza destruction, rocket fire into...

Israeli forces pummeled the densely populated Gaza Strip on Saturday

16 May 2021 10:04 AM IST