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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) offering his condolences on October 7, 2020 in Kuwait to the Gulf emirates Crown Prince, Sheikh Mishaal al-Ahmad al-Jabaer al-Sabah, following the death of the emir of Kuwait last week. (AFP)

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Kuwait's emir names security czar Sheikh Meshal as crown prince

The new emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, assumed power following the death of his brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad...

7 Oct 2020 5:47 PM IST

Air India to send certain employees on leave without pay for up to five years. (PTI Photo)

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Dubai suspends AI Express flights for bringing passengers with...

UAE requires Indian travellers to bring original COVID-negative certificate from RT-PCR test done 96 hours prior to the...

18 Sept 2020 12:19 PM IST

Smoke and flames are seen following an Israeli air strike in the Khan Yunis town of the southern Gaza Strip on September 16, 2020. - Israel bombed sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, Palestinian security sources said, after rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled territory into Israel the previous evening. The retaliatory attack came the morning after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed a landmark accord in Washington establishing diplomatic relations with the Jewish state. (AFP)

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Israeli jets bomb Gaza, 'coinciding' with Netanyahu's signing of...

At least two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip the previous evening, one of which was intercepted by Israel's...

16 Sept 2020 12:11 PM IST

(L-R)Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan hold up documents after participating in the signing of the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, at the White House in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates arrived September 15, 2020 at the White House to sign historic accords normalizing ties between the Jewish and Arab states. (AFP)

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Israel signs pacts with UAE, Bahrain in White House ceremony

The agreements do not address the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, who view the pacts as a...

16 Sept 2020 9:00 AM IST

Israeli protesters hold a poster of their prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gagged by a surgical protection mask during an anti-government demonstration in front of Netanyahus residence in Jerusalem on September 12, 2020, demanding his resignation over several corruption indictments and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. (AFP)

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Israel to set new nationwide lockdown as virus cases surge

Lockdown is credited with having brought down what were much lower infection numbers, but it wreaked havoc on Israel's...

14 Sept 2020 8:43 AM IST

$Navid Afkari had been found guilty of \voluntary homicide\ for stabbing to death Hossein Torkman, a water department employee, on August 2, 2018, the judiciary said. (Twitter/Navid Afkari)$ World

Iran executes young wrestler, evoking shock and condemnation

Donald Trump had pleaded for Afkari's life earlier this month, saying his 'sole act was an anti-government demonstration...

13 Sept 2020 12:20 PM IST

Four Afghan women who endured the Talibans oppressive rule and have fought for fragile gains since the militants were ousted are facing the hardline group in peace talks. (Image: Twitter@Zarifa_Ghafari)

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Afghan's women negotiators face hardline Taliban in peace talks

Their presence at the negotiating table is significant in patriarchal Afghanistan, though they are outnumbered by the...

13 Sept 2020 11:46 AM IST

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Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after...

The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial...

12 Sept 2020 10:47 AM IST

US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Friday. (AFP)

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Donald Trump announces peace between Israel and Bahrain

In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the agreement.

12 Sept 2020 2:56 AM IST

Fire burns in the port in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 10. 2020. A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents traumatized by last months massive explosion that killed and injured thousands of people. (AP)

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Large fire erupts in Beirut port area, a month after massive blast

The fire erupted in the duty free zone of the port, sending a huge column of smoke above the city

10 Sept 2020 5:00 PM IST

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told the Arab League in Wednesdays meeting that the Palestinian Authority called for an emergency meeting following the announcement of the UAE-Israeli deal. (AP)

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Palestinian FM urges Arab states to dismiss Israel-UAE deal

Most of the Arab world has long rejected diplomatic ties with Israel in the absence of a peace deal establishing a...

10 Sept 2020 10:48 AM IST

Afghan first Vice President Amrullah Saleh (right). Afghan officials claimed a failed assassination attempt against Afghanistans first vice president Saleh. Razwan Murad, a spokesman for the first vice president said Wednesday, Sept. 9, that the enemies of Afghanistan again tried to harm Saleh, but the vicious and terrorist attempt has failed and Saleh has survived. (AP)

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Afghanistan VP lightly wounded in deadly Kabul blast

The explosion killed at least 10 civilians and wounded more than a dozen, officials said

9 Sept 2020 3:57 PM IST