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KHARTOUM: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday said Sudan continues to spiral into chaos, with the humanitarian crisis worsening. "The lives of 800,000 people -- of women, children, men, the…
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NEW YORK: US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis in America, recommending an array of preventive measures that he compared to past campaigns against smoking and traffic safety. "The…
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CAIRO: Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early on Tuesday and the dead included a sister of Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas, Gaza health officials and medics said. Israeli…
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The closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza has prevented the medical evacuations of at least 2,000 patients, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday, calling for Rafah and other routes to be reopened. Before…
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ISTANBUL: Myanmar junta lost control of an airport in Rakhine State to rebel groups who said Tuesday a cease-fire with the government has ended. The Thandwe Airport was taken over by Buddhist ethnic armed organization Arakan Army (AA)…
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chief rival Rahul Gandhi was appointed on Tuesday to lead India’s opposition in parliament, a key post that has been vacant for a decade. Congress party general secretary KC Venugopal said…
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The Australian senators on Tuesday made a fresh effort in parliament to recognice the Palestinian state but failed as the Labor-led government opposed the motion. The motion was moved in the Senate by lawmaker Mehreen Faruqi, deputy…
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MAKKAH: Al Shaibi family in Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the handover of the key of the Kaaba to its eldest son, Sheikh Abdul Wahab bin Zain Al Abidin Al Shaibi. The new caretaker of the Kaaba received the key, along with the…
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Ten children per day are losing one or both of their legs in the war in Gaza, the head of the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees said Tuesday. "Basically we have every day 10 children who are losing one leg or two legs on…
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THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday for alleged crimes committed during Russia's invasion…
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