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US launches more strikes against Houthis in Yemen

06-02-2024 SANA’A/ WASHINGTON: The US carried out further strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen early on Sunday, the US military said. Centcom said the US struck a land-attack cruise missile and four anti-ship missiles that “were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea”. The additional strikes …

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Forest fires rage on in central Chile

05-02-2024 SANTIAGO: Firefighters have been wrestling with massive forest fires in central Chile. Officials on Sunday extended curfews in the cities heavily affected by the blazes. They reported that at least 112 people have been killed since the fires began raging two days earlier. The flames are burning with the …

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Search for survivors as Israeli strikes level homes, mosque

05-02-2024 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: Rescue teams search for survivors as local authorities say 30 people were killed in Israeli air attacks on “safe homes” and a mosque in central Gaza. Health workers, patients and displaced Palestinians trapped inside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City are “completely terrified”, reports Al Jazeera’s Tareq …

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India’s 2024 interim budget shows a changing economy

05-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s interim budget last week marked nearly 10 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Sitharaman showcased the government’s achievements over the past decade, rather than shower freebies, ahead of national polls due in a couple of months. A …

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Biden sweeps South Carolina with ‘loser’ taunt at Trump

04-02-2024 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden Saturday won the South Carolina Democratic primary, the first officially sanctioned race of the party’s nominating season, with returns showing him outpacing two other candidates, according to Edison Research. The vote was closely watched due to concerns about Biden’s popularity, particularly among Black …

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Iran condemns US attacks on Iraq & Syria

04-02-2024 TEHRAN: Iran says the attacks by the United States inside Iraq and Syria are a “strategic error” that will only add to tensions and instability in the Middle East heightened by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The US forces launched a wave of air strikes against Iranian-backed fighters in …

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