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Listen to article WASHINGTON: The US on Wednesday announced new sanctions against an Israeli NGO and an individual over extremist settler violence in the occupied West Bank against Palestinians. The State Department announced it is…
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Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkiye have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding bilateral trade, aiming to achieve a target of $5 billion, following the signing of the Trade in Goods Agreement 2022. Both nations…
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GAZA: The Israeli government's decision to fund tours for illegal settlers of Al-Aqsa Mosque represents a “dangerous escalation” that could provoke a “religious war,” the Palestinian resistance group Hamas warned Tuesday. The…
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ANKARA: At least 58 Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in last 24 hours, pushing up the overall death toll since last Oct. 7, to 40,534, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday. A…
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Listen to article Bangladesh’s new interim government on Wednesday lifted a ban on the country’s largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir and “all associated organisations”. The ban was imposed…
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SANAA: At least 25 people were killed after flash floods hit Yemen's northwestern province of Al-Mahwit, a local health source reported on Wednesday. The flash floods in Al-Mahwit, triggered by over 24 hours of heavy rain, caused the…
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ANKARA: The women's and men's top seeds in tennis, Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner, both advanced at the 2024 US Open on Tuesday. Polish star Swiatek, 23, beat her Russian opponent Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) to qualify for the…
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently requested enhanced security for his son in the US due to concerns over retaliation by Iran following the assassination last month of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in…
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WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz will sit for an interview with CNN on Thursday after weeks of criticism from Republicans and some media that the Democratic presidential candidate has not allowed journalists to…
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ISTANBUL: UN agencies and their partners have urgently called for a humanitarian pause in the war in Gaza to ensure that more than 640,000 children can receive polio vaccinations.  The request underscores the dire need for an…
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