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G7 Summit commits to promoting India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Bari (Italy): The Group of Seven industrialised nations have committed to promoting concrete infrastructure initiatives such as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) in the G7 Summit Communique issued at the end

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US military targets Houthi radar sites in Yemen after a merchant sailor goes missing

Dubai: The United States military unleashed a wave of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their assaults on shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor, authorities said Saturday,

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Zelenskyy eyes ‘history being made’ at Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace conference

Obburgen (Switzerland): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday predicted “history being made” at the Swiss-hosted conference which aims to plot out the first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though experts and

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Italian PM Meloni officially closes G7 Summit; mentions talks with PM Modi

Bari (Italy): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday officially closed the G7 Summit in the Apulia region of southern Italy, with a reference to her talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Iran swaps EU diplomat, another man for Sweden freeing Iranian convicted over ’88 mass executions

Dubai: Iran and Sweden carried out a prisoner swap on Saturday that saw Tehran release a European Union diplomat and another man for an Iranian convicted in Stockholm of committing war crimes

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A peace summit for Ukraine opens in Switzerland, but Russia won’t be taking part

Geneva: Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though Russia, which launched the ongoing war, won’t take part.

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Putin pledges truce if Ukraine exits occupied areas and drops NATO bid

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and

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A missile strike from Yemen”s Houthi rebels sets a cargo ship on fire in Gulf of Aden

Dubai: Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched two anti-ship cruise missiles and struck a commercial ship Thursday in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen, setting it on fire and severely wounding one civilian mariner,

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G7 leaders tackle the issue of migration on the second day of their summit in Italy

Bari (Italy): Leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations are turning their attention to migration on the second day of their summit Friday, seeking ways to combat trafficking and increase

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Iran installing and starting cascades of advanced centrifuges as tensions high over nuclear programme

Dubai: Iran has started up new cascades of advanced centrifuges and plans to install others in the coming weeks after facing criticism over its nuclear programme, the United Nations’ atomic watchdog said

PM Modi leaves for Italy to attend G7 outreach session

New Delhi: India will focus on artificial intelligence, energy, Africa, and the Mediterranean at the outreach session of the G7 summit in Italy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. Modi left

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Kuwait identifies bodies of 45 Indians, 3 Filipino nationals; vows to promptly investigate the incident

Dubai/Kuwait City: Kuwait Thursday said authorities have identified the bodies of 45 Indians and three Filipino nationals killed in the tragic fire incident in a building housing foreign workers as the Gulf

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Pak court acquits Imran Khan, Qureshi and Sheikh Rashid in case of vandalism

Islamabad: In a major relief to Imran Khan, a Pakistani court on Thursday acquitted the jailed former premier, his aide Shah Mehmood Qureshi and former minister Sheikh Rashid in a case of

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Sri Lanka President recalls crisis help from SAARC nations including India

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday recalled the assistance received from India and Bangladesh during the early days of the worst economic crisis and said the island nation would not

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Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 2,00,000 people, a top UN official warns

Islamabad: An estimated 2,00,000 people in Pakistan could be affected by the upcoming monsoon season, which is expected to bring heavier rains than usual, a top UN official warned on Thursday. The

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More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage

Mecca: Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale.

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40 people including several Indians killed in major fire in Kuwait

New Delhi: Over 40 people, majority of them Indians, were killed in a devastating fire in a building housing labourers in southern Kuwait and the number of deceased is expected to go

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Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not

Beirut: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the war in Gaza would go on after Hamas proposed “numerous” changes to a US-backed cease-fire plan, some that he said were

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Hezbollah fires scores of rockets at northern Israel as Gaza cease-fire talks hang in the balance

Beirut: Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a massive barrage of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday to avenge the killing of a top commander, further escalating regional tensions as the fate of an internationally-backed

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UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza

United Nations: Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories

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