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BEIRUT: An Israeli airstrike on Friday evening targeted a vehicle in southern Lebanon, killing Samer Al-Hajj, a senior security official from the Palestinian group Hamas. The strike occurred near the port city of Sidon, about 60…
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A video capturing the chaotic scene of a man struggling to disembark from a crowded local train in Mumbai has gone viral, offering a stark portrayal of the daily challenges faced by commuters in the city. The recent video shows the man…
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LONDON: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he does not feel safe as a Muslim politician and was “triggered” by far-right riots across the UK in recent weeks. Khan expressed alarm at recent violent events after the July 29 killing of…
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SAO PAULO: A plane with 62 people on board crashed in Vinhedo, Brazil, on Friday, local TV station GloboNews reported. The ATR-72 plane operated by airline Voepass Linhas Areas was en route from Cascavel, in the state of Parana, to…
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Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the…
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UKRAINE: A Russian missile struck a supermarket in the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the front-line Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 43 others, Ukrainian officials said. Heavy black smoke clouds…
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GAZA: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that 205 humanitarian aid workers have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since Oct. 7. In a statement, the UN agency reported that the ongoing Israeli…
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DHAKA: Hundreds of people protested in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday against violence targeting the country's minority Hindus since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina quit and fled the country earlier this week. A school…
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ISTANBUL: The UN human rights chief on Thursday denounced Thailand's decision to dissolve the opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) and ban its senior figures from politics for several years. United Nations High Commissioner for Human…
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Misleading or false claims about the US elections made by Elon Musk have garnered nearly 1.2 billion views on X, a recent analysis has revealed. A report published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate  (CCDH) on August 8 has given…
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