08-11-2025 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s Afar region has accused forces from neighboring Tigray of crossing into its territory, seizing several villages and attacking civilians, in what it called a breach of the 2022 peace deal that ended the war in northern Ethiopia. Between 2020 and 2022, Tigray was the center of …
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08-11-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA STRIP: Only about 100 aid trucks are entering the war-ravaged Gaza Strip daily, a figure “wholly insufficient” for the desperate population with NGOs effectively “blocked” by Israel from distribution efforts, an aid group says. Media has viewed a copy of the UN Security Council draft resolution …
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Sharjah, Nov 7(Spl Crosspondent-S M A Jaffri) The 44th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) began with grandeur on Wednesday, inaugurated by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah. This year’s edition has drawn participation from 118 countries, highlighting its position as one of the world’s …
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07-11-2025 LONDON: French politicians are escalating their fight with Chinese online fast-fashion retailer Shein, threatening a ban over childlike sex dolls on its site, just as the company plans to open its first-ever permanent shop in Paris. After France’s consumer watchdog found sex dolls resembling children for sale on Shein’s …
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07-11-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump speaks often with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and trade teams from both countries continue to hold talks, the White House said on Tuesday. “The president and his trade team continue to be in very serious discussions with India,” White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt …
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07-11-2025 GAZA STRIP: Aid agencies are in “a race against time” to get food and other humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, a United Nations official has warned, as Israeli restrictions continue to impede deliveries across the bombarded enclave. Speaking during a news briefing on Tuesday, a senior spokesperson for …
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07-11-2025 LISBON: Four people have been detained after Portuguese authorities intercepted a narco-sub carrying more than 1.7 tons of cocaine in the mid-Atlantic. The semi-submersible vessel was bound for the Iberian Peninsula and was seized in recent days, according to officials. Footage shows the police and navy surrounding the vessel …
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07-11-2025 MELBOURNE: Popular forum site Reddit has been added to Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 that starts next month. Live-streaming platform Kick will also be included, bringing the number of sites targeted in the ban to nine. They include Facebook, X, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and …
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07-11-2025 MANILA: At least 40 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes as one of strongest typhoons this year ripped through the central Philippines, officials say. Typhoon Kalmaegi has flooded large areas, including entire towns on the most populated central island of Cebu, where …
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07-11-2025 KHARTOUM: Scores of people have been killed in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their recent capture of the city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s western Darfur region, according to a medical group and researchers. The RSF, which has been fighting Sudan’s military for control of the country, …
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