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Women’s military enrolment delayed for Fatwa Authority’s views: Defense Minister
KUWAIT: Recruitment of Kuwaiti women in the army is not mandatory and for the sake of performing non-combative tasks, the…
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Coalition hits Yemen after UAE attack
SANAA: The Saudi-led coalition killed 14 people in air strikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a medical source said yesterday, after…
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Winter storm blankets US and Canada
MONTREAL: A major winter storm blanketed a swathe of North America in snow stretching up the east coast from Georgia…
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Frustrated Biden enters second year looking to fight
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden 1.0 was a calming, grandfatherly figure, a low-key veteran coming out of retirement in 2020 to heal…
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Desperate Afghans queue for free bread as poverty crisis deepens
KABUL: In the early hours of each morning, Muhajira rushes in freezing temperatures to a modest bakery in the Afghan…
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Images reveal devastation in Tonga
WELLINGTON: A volcano that exploded on the Pacific island nation of Tonga has almost disappeared from view, new images revealed…
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Breivik seeks parole decade after Norway massacre
OSLO: Just 10 years after carrying out the deadliest peacetime attack in Norway, right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik yesterday asked…
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Anti-abortion lawmaker Metsola elected as EU parliament chief
STRASBOURG, France: EU lawmakers yesterday chose centre-right Maltese politician Roberta Metsola the new head of the European Parliament, despite controversy…
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Indonesia passes law for capital’s move to Borneo
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s parliament yesterday passed a law approving the relocation of its capital from slowly sinking Jakarta to a site…
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Pandemic still taking heavy toll on jobs: UN
GENEVA: The COVID-19 crisis is continuing to hit jobs hard around the world, the United Nations said yesterday, warning it…
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Standoff over eviction in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: Zionist police were in a standoff yesterday with a Palestinian man who carried a gas canister onto the roof…
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Houthi strike kills 3 in UAE; Kuwait condemns attack
ABU DHABI: A suspected drone attack killed three people in a fuel tank blast in Abu Dhabi yesterday, officials said,…
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