02-02-2026 TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that United States President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Europe stirred tensions by “provoking” people during the recent protests that gripped the country. “They equipped and brought a number of innocent people along with this movement and poured them …
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02-02-2026 KHARTOUM: Mohamed Ibrahim, a Sudanese doctor, feared he would not live to see the sun go down. “All around we saw people running and falling to the ground in front of us,” the 28-year-old physician said, according to a report by media on Saturday. Ibrahim was recounting the assault …
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02-02-2026 GAZA STRIP: Israel carried out its heaviest airstrikes in Gaza in weeks on Saturday, killing 31 people including three children in attacks on a police station, houses and tents, Palestinian health officials said. The Israeli military said it had targeted commanders and sites belonging to Palestinian militant group Hamas …
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02-02-2026 KINSHASA: More than 200 people have been killed in a mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel authorities have said. The mine, in the town of Rubaya, gave way on Wednesday due to heavy rains, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesman for the North Kivu region’s rebel governor, told …
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02-02-2026 MINNEAPOLIS: Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis and students across the United States staged walkouts on Friday to demand the withdrawal of federal immigration agents from Minnesota following the fatal shootings of two US citizens. Students and teachers abandoned classes from California to New York on …
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02-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: At an upscale gourmet store in India, guests swirl shot glasses, assess minerality, and debate texture not over wine, but water. Sourced from France, Italy, and India, brands such as Evian, Perrier, San Pellegrino and Aava are part of a growing trend that has transformed …
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02-02-2026 HAVANA: Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel has denounced what he called an attempt by his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, to “suffocate” the sanctions-hit country’s economy. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday threatening additional tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba, the latest move in Washington’s campaign of …
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01-02-2026 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s military-backed party has completed a sweeping victory in the country’s three-phase general election, state media said, cementing an outcome long expected after a tightly controlled political process held during civil war and widespread repression. The Union and Solidarity Party (USDP) dominated all phases of the vote, winning …
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01-02-2026 WASHINGTON/ SHANGHAI: US President Donald Trump said it was dangerous for Britain to be getting into business with Beijing, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer lauded the economic benefits of resetting relations with China during a visit there on Friday. As Western leaders reel from Trump’s unpredictability, Starmer is the …
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01-02-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ HYDERABAD: There is a low risk of the deadly Nipah virus spreading from India, the World Health Organization said on Friday, adding that it did not recommend travel or trade curbs after two infections reported by the South Asian nation. Hong Kong, Malaysia, …
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