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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) welcoming his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the ministry headquarters in the capital Tehran. (Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP)

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Jaishankar discusses Chabahar with Zarif in Iran

Two back-to-back high-level visits could mean New Delhi is concerned over reports of massive Chinese financial...

9 Sept 2020 12:10 PM IST

US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner (C-L) and US National Security Adviser Robert OBrien (C-R) disembark from the the El Als airliner, which is carrying a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE following a normalisation accord, upon landing on the tarmac on August 31, 2020, in the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE at the Abu Dhabi airport. - A US-Israeli delegation including White House advisor Jared Kushner took off on a historic first direct commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi to mark the normalisation of ties between the Jewish state and the UAE. (AFP)

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Trump to host Israel-UAE deal-signing ceremony on September 15

The White House hope is that more such deals between Israel and the Gulf states will emerge, prompting the Palestinians...

9 Sept 2020 9:47 AM IST

$In a phone call to Trump on Sunday, King Salman affirmed the \kingdoms keenness to reach a lasting and fair solution to the Palestinian cause to bring peace\, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. (AFP)$ World

Saudi king calls for 'fair' Palestinian solution in Trump call

Saudi Arabia has said it will not follow the UAE until Israel has signed an internationally recognised peace accord with...

7 Sept 2020 1:59 PM IST

Rescue workers use a tube to vacuum debris from a badly damaged building in Lebanons capital Beirut, in search of possible survivors from a mega-blast at the adjacent port one month ago, after scanners detected a pulse, on September 4, 2020. - Lebanese rescuers scoured rubble for a possible survivor in Beirut after the detection of a pulse drew crowds hopeful of a miracle one month on from a devastating explosion. (AFP)

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'No signs of life' in Beirut rubble after three-day search for blast...

The signs of life detected in the past two days were possibly breaths of fellow rescuers already inside the building,...

6 Sept 2020 8:54 AM IST

Chilean and Lebanese rescuers search in the rubble of a building that was collapsed in last months massive explosion, after getting signals there may be a survivor under the rubble, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

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Beirut's rescue workers detect pulse beneath rubble one month after...

It is extremely unlikely that any survivors would be found a month after the blast that tore through the port in August

4 Sept 2020 12:37 PM IST

A sunken cruise ship caused by Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, sits in the water. The Lebanese military discovered more than 4 tons of ammonium nitrate near Beiruts port on Thursday, Sept. 3, a find thats a chilling reminder of the horrific explosion a month ago that killed 191 people. (AP)

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Lebanese army finds 4 tons of ammonium nitrate in Beirut

It was nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at Beirut's port for six years that detonated last month, wreaking...

4 Sept 2020 11:15 AM IST

$French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, give a joint press conference in Baghdad on September 2, 2020. - Macron landed in Baghdad on his first official trip to Iraq, where he hopes to help the country reassert its \sovereignty\ after years of conflict. (AFP)$ World