05-07-2026 JAKARTA: A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province have been publicly caned after a Sharia court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream. The court ordered the couple, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 …
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05-07-2026 DOHA: Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect technical talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway towards a lasting peace. Instead, the two countries focused on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago. The …
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05-07-2026 MOSCOW: Russian forces launched a major drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight, killing 20 people, in what the city’s mayor has described as the “most massive attack” on the Ukrainian capital. Vitaly Klitschko said around 90 people were injured. He said an ambulance station was among the places …
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05-07-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s military headquarters warns any US interference in the Strait of Hormuz will be met with a “decisive and swift response” as tensions continue to roil negotiations. Qatar reports “positive progress” as the US and Iran conclude indirect technical talks in Doha on issues related to the memorandum …
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05-07-2026 LONDON: Research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has found that a United Kingdom-United States pharmaceutical deal could cause 229,000 excess deaths as a result of the diversion of billions of pounds away from Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). In December, the UK and US signed a pharmaceutical …
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04-07-2026 TEHRAN: More than 10 million people, including representatives from more than 100 countries, expected in Tehran for funeral of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was martyred along with family members at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. Israel has attacked multiple sites in southern Lebanon, …
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04-07-2026 BEIRUT: Some 400,000 Lebanese uprooted by war have returned to southern Lebanon, with more expected to follow in the coming week, the social affairs minister said on Tuesday, encouraged by a lull in the four-month-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Yet many remain unable to go back. Since March, …
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04-07-2026 OFF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA: The warning came booming over the airwaves, in a voice unmistakably from the American south: “Warship! Get out of our waters!” Norwegian Lieutenant Thomas Johannesen and his sailors were preparing for a simulated boarding operation, a core mission for their NATO maritime unit …
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04-07-2026 DOHA/ DUBAI: Iran said on Tuesday it would not meet with top US envoys who flew to the region following an outbreak of hostilities, clouding the prospects for a lasting peace between the two countries. Iranian officials also said the two sides must still sort out the terms of …
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04-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India is likely to see below-average monsoon rainfall in July after logging its fifth-driest June since records began in 1901, the weather department said on Tuesday, raising concerns over farm output and economic growth. The monsoon delivers about 70% of annual rains to replenish …
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