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Maskless pilgrims launch largest hajj of COVID era
MAKKAH: The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the COVID pandemic began kicked off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless…
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French PM to face baptism of fire in divided parliament
PARIS: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will on Wednesday lay out the government’s policy priorities in her first speech in…
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India’s ‘bulldozer justice’ flattens Muslim dissent
ALLAHABAD, India: After two nights in police custody, Indian teenager Somaiya Fatima was released in time to watch live footage…
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Five more junior ministers quit Johnson’s UK govt en masse: letter
London: Five more junior ministers quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government en masse on Wednesday, taking the total number…
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UK PM Johnson vows to plough on despite resignations
LONDON: Boris Johnson on Wednesday refused to quit as British prime minister, despite a slew of resignations from his scandal-hit…
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Saudi hands out billions, Makkah sees hajj boom
RIYADH/MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia announced Monday it was disbursing billions of dollars directly to citizens to ease the effects of inflation…
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UK finance, health ministers resign in protest at Johnson’s leadership
London: Britain’s health and finance ministers resigned on Tuesday in protest at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership. “I have spoken…
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Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine: Fighting raged Tuesday in and around Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region as Russian troops tried to build on recent…
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NATO launches membership process for Sweden, Finland
BRUSSELS: NATO on Tuesday kicked off momentous accession procedures for Sweden and Finland, aiming to expand the military alliance to…
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Sudan anti-coup protests hold firm, sceptical of army promises
KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudanese protesters held firm on barricades Tuesday, saying they were deeply sceptical of promises by coup leader Abdel…
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Pilgrims arrive for biggest hajj since pandemic
MAKKAH: Saudi authorities have arrested and fined nearly 300 people caught trying to perform the hajj without permits, an official…
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US: Akleh ‘likely’ shot by Zionists ‘unintentionally’
WASHINGTON: The United States concluded Monday that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by Zionist gunfire and…
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