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Communications blackout and spiralling hunger compound misery in Gaza Strip as war enters 11th week
Rafah (Gaza Strip): A prolonged communications blackout that severed telephone and internet connections compounded the misery Saturday in the besieged...
Gaza war: Oman’s Sultan, Indian PM Modi call for Palestine two-state solution
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Saturday firmed up a vision document...
Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86
Dubai: Kuwait's ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died Saturday. Kuwait state television broke into programming...
Israeli defence minister says war on Hamas will last months as US envoy discusses timetable
Tel Aviv: Israel's defence minister said it will take months to destroy Hamas, predicting a drawn-out war even as his...
Ballistic missile fired from rebel-held Yemen strikes cargo ship in Red Sea after earlier attack
Dubai: A ballistic missile fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen struck a Liberian-flagged cargo ship Friday in the Red Sea...
Ukraine gets EU membership boost, but no new European aid, after setback in US
Brussels: The European Union failed to agree Thursday on a 50 billion-euro (USD 54 billion) package in financial aid that...
UN Security Council caught in ‘concerning state of paralysis’: UNGA President Francis
United Nation: The UN Security Council is caught in a "concerning state of paralysis" and aims to serve the predominance...
Israel vows to fight on in Gaza despite deadly ambush and rising international pressure
Rafah (Gaza Strip): Israel has vowed to keep fighting in Gaza until it crushes Hamas after one of the deadliest...
Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until goals are achieved, while offering rare details
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday that there would be no peace in Ukraine until his goals are achieved...
Historic deal on a ‘transition away from fossil fuels’, adopted at COP28
Dubai: Nearly 200 countries clinched a landmark climate deal that called for a transition away from fossil fuels, the primary...