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ANKARA:
The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island has risen to 21, with tens of thousands of people fleeing to temporary government shelters, officials said on Sunday.
A river burst its banks and ripped through mountainside villages in West Sumatra's Pesisir Selatan district late Friday, Doni Yusrizal, a spokesman for…
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Ramazan brings no relief for Palestinians as war rages in Gaza, martyrs' toll at 31,112
GAZA, Palestine (AFP) - Gaza's deadliest war showed no signs of abating as the Muslim holy month of Ramazan began Monday amid a gruelling humanitarian crisis that has pushed much of the territory to the brink of starvation.
The…
" BEIJING: China’s leaders on Monday wrap up a week-long key conclave at which they admitted more was needed to revive a sluggish economy battered by an ailing housing market, poor domestic demand and record high youth unemployment figures.
Top officials have been upfront about the myriad challenges China is facing, admitting that a modest…
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انڈونیشیا کی فضائی کمپنی باٹک نے دوران پرواز کاک پٹ میں سونے پر دو پائلٹس کو معطل کر دیا۔
25 جنوری کو باٹک کی پرواز 6723 کینڈاری سے جکارتہ جا رہی تھی جس میں 153 مسافر سوار تھے۔
دوران پرواز شریک پائلٹ نے پائلٹ سے کہا کہ وہ آرام کر لے کیونکہ جکارتہ سے…
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Palestinians prepared for Ramazan in a sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire stalled.
Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem,…
" Officials saw the crescent moon on Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims.
The sacred month, which sees those observing abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset, marks a…
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DUBAI (AFP) - US and allied forces shot down 15 one-way attack drones fired by Iran-backed Yemeni rebels into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the US military said on Saturday.
It was one of the Huthis' largest attacks since they began in November a campaign of drone and missile strikes against ships…
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Muslims in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other Gulf countries welcomed Ramadan 2024, as the Ramadan crescent moon was sighted on Sunday evening, ARY News reported.
The holy month of Ramadan, the month of fasting, will officially begin in Saudi Arabia on Monday (tomorrow).
During the fast, Muslims must abstain from eating,…
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NEW DELHI: India has deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who entered the country while fleeing a military coup in 2021, the top minister of a border state said on Friday, weeks after India ended a visa-free border policy with Myanmar.
There were…
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NEW DELHI:
India will continue to deport Myanmar nationals who crossed into the country fleeing the ongoing ethnic conflict in Myanmar, according to officials on Saturday.
On Friday, the first batch of Myanmar nationals who had entered India “illegally” were deported, Biren Singh, the chief minister of Manipur state, said.
“The number is huge, so…
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MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia said on Saturday it had destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones over its southern regions overnight, mostly in the Rostov area bordering Ukraine.
Kyiv has regularly launched drones into Russia during Moscow's military offensive in Ukraine, now in its third year. "Air defence systems on duty intercepted and destroyed over the territories of…
" Efforts to secure a deal on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad said on Saturday, despite dimming hopes for a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Mossad chief David Barnea met on Friday with his U.S. counterpart, CIA Director William Burns, to promote a deal that…
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ROME: The Italian authorities detained nine Pakistani nationals last week for allegedly smuggling migrants along the Balkan road, SchengenVisaInfo reported.
They were arrested after Tuscany’s Siena Flying Squad exposed an organisation allegedly dedicated to facilitating illegal migration along the Balkan route, SchengenVisaInfo reports.
India…
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CAIRO:
American and French forces downed dozens of drones in the Red Sea on Saturday after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted bulk carrier Propel Fortune and US destroyers in the Gulf of Aden.
The Houthis have been attacking ships in the Red Sea since November in what they say is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians…
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ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Ankara "firmly backs" Palestinian militant group Hamas.
"No-one can make us qualify Hamas as a terrorist organisation," he said in a speech in Istanbul. "Turkey is a country that speaks openly with Hamas leaders and firmly backs them."
Erdogan has been…