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SEOUL: North Korea on Monday launched two ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military confirmed -- the latest in a series of weapons tests by Pyongyang that have soured relations with Seoul. A short-range ballistic missile was launched…
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DOHA: Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha. Rights…
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DEIR EL BALAH: The head of the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital said on Monday after being freed from more than seven months of detention that he had been “tortured” by Israel. Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya was among…
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More than 100 victims, and relatives of victims, of the October 7 attack by Hamas in Israel sued Iran, Syria and North Korea on Monday, accusing the countries of providing Hamas support and demanding at least $4 billion in damages. The…
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The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as fighting raged in Gaza and Israeli tanks advanced deeper in parts of the enclave, residents and officials said. Islamic Jihad said its fighters…
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ANKARA: Ten suspected Islamic State militants were sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for a second time in a retrial over their role in twin bombings that killed 101 people in Turkey's capital in 2015. The 10 Turkish men were…
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DOHA: Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha. Rights…
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KARACHI: The Taliban’s interim administration in Kabul on Monday lauded the US, a rare acknowledgment after fighting its forces for nearly two decades, as well as other regional countries for "pledging" to lift restrictions on…
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NEW DELHI: New Delhi's main domestic terminal is likely to remain shut for a few weeks with debris still scattered outside the airport following last week's roof collapse, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters…
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NEW DELHI: India replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation on Monday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government said would make the country more just, but the opposition said risked throwing the criminal justice…
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