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China’s spacecraft takes off from far side of Moon to bring home first samples

BEIJING: China's Chang'e-6 probe on Tuesday lifted off from the far side of the Moon for its journey back to Earth carrying the first...

Fatah hopes US deal will end Israeli aggression on Gaza, West Bank

RAMALLAH: Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) has expressed its hope that the ceasefire deal recently proposed by the US will end the ongoing Israeli...

Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan are affected by ongoing flash floods: UNICEF

KABUL: Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan remain affected by ongoing flash floods, especially in the north and west, the UN children's agency...

Maldives to ban Israelis from entering country

Says it stands in ‘solidarity with Palestine’ MALE: The Maldivian government on Sunday decided to ban Israeli citizens from the archipelago to protest its war...

Iran’s former Prez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election

DUBAI: Iran's hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country's top political...

Helen Mary Roberts becomes first woman brigadier in Pak Army from minority community

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Helen Mary Roberts, serving in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps, has made history by becoming the first woman from Christian and minority...

Trump joins TikTok video platform he once sought to ban

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the short video social media platform that is owned by China-based tech giant ByteDance and...

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe lands on far side of Moon for unprecedented sampling mission

BEIJING: China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe has achieved a historic feat by landing on the far side of the Moon and embarking on a groundbreaking...

N Korea sends 600 trash-carrying balloons to S Korea: Seoul’s military

SEOUL: North Korea has sent around 600 balloons carrying trash to South Korea, Seoul’s military said on Sunday, despite a warning that South Korea...

Israel plans new invasion after Biden roadmap towards a full ceasefire

Gaza: Israeli forces pound Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery just after US President Joe Biden says the regime is offering a...

War with China neither imminent nor unavoidable: US Def Secy

SINGAPORE: United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials Saturday that war with China was neither imminent nor...

Reserve right to respond to new European sanctions: Iran

Tehran: Iran has strongly condemned new EU sanctions against some of the country's officials and entities, stressing that the Islamic Republic reserves the right...

Muslim nurse in New York fired after calling Israel’s war in Gaza ‘genocide’

WASHINGTON: A New York City hospital fired a Palestinian American Muslim nurse after she called Israel's war in Gaza a "genocide" during an acceptance...

Donald Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felony

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of a felony as a grand jury in New York found...

Former Iranian parl speaker Ali Larijani registers as possible presidential candidate

DUBAI: A former speaker of Iran's parliament registered Friday as a possible candidate in the Islamic Republic's June 28 presidential election to replace the...

‘All Eyes on Rafah’

New Delhi: In the past two days, the internet has been taken over by a seemingly AI-generated image reading ‘All Eyes on Rafah.’ The...

Heartbreaking loss of civilian lives in Rafa: India

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday described as "heartbreaking" the loss of civilian lives in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah...

“Taiwan independence” means war, warns Chinese military

BEIJING: The Chinese military on Thursday warned that "Taiwan independence" means war and said it was ready to take resolute actions to thwart foreign...

Israeli tanks penetrate Rafah, air attacks persist despite global calls to end carnage

Gaza: Israel has continued its assault on Rafah, ignoring a draft resolution to the UN Security Council to “stop the killing” in the city...

Iran says Saudi Arabia has expelled 6 state media journalists ahead of hajj after detaining them

DUBAI: Iran said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia expelled six members of a crew from its state television broadcaster after they had been detained for...

Chinese court sentences banker to death for taking $151m in bribe

BEIJING: China’s anti-corruption campaign under President Xi Jinping has ensnared numerous officials over the past decade, however, death sentences without suspension remain rare. Bai...

UN chief condemns Israeli strike in Rafah, says ‘horror must stop’

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the Israeli strike in Rafah, saying that the attack “killed scores of innocent civilians who were...

China praises Bangladesh PM Hasina for refusing to permit foreign air base

BEIJING: China on Tuesday praised Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her decision to deny permission for a foreign military base, commending it as...

UAE President to make state visit to S. Korea

DUBAI: United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will make a state visit to South Korea on Tuesday to discuss ways...

‘Heinous massacre’: Israel’s attack on Rafah tent camp widely condemned

DOHA: Several countries and global organisations have condemned the Israeli air attack on tents housing displaced people in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah that...

Russia invites Afghanistan’s Taliban to major economic forum

MOSCOW: Russia has invited Afghanistan's Taliban to its biggest annual economic forum as Moscow moves to remove a ban on the Islamist movement, a...

‘Offered hassle-free re-election in return for allowing airbase in Bangladesh’: PM Hasina

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Hasina has said that she was offered a hassle-free re-election in the January 7 polls if...

WHO chief ‘confident’ of eventual pandemic treaty deal

GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday voiced confidence that countries would one day reach a deal on a pandemic...

Hamas launches ‘big missile’ attack in Israel’s Tel Aviv for first time in months

BEIRUT: Hamas on Sunday launched a "big missile" attack in Israel's capital Tel Aviv, the group said in a statement, news agency Reuters reported. The...

‘US expected to lift ban on sale of offensive weapons to Saudi’

WASHINGTON: The United States is expected to lift a ban on the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, potentially in the coming weeks,...

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