19-07-2026 WASHINGTON: At the White House on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump was warm and effusive towards Iraq’s visiting prime minister, the 40-year-old Ali al-Zaidi, describing him as “young”, “handsome” and as someone he wanted to work with. They shook hands warmly. Later in the day came the caveat, when …
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19-07-2026 GAZA STRIP: The last time Nadia Almukayed saw her husband, Dr Hassan Khalil Almukayed, was inside the Gaza hospital he had refused to leave. By October 2024, Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave had closed in on the Almukayed family, including his father and other relatives. As Israeli …
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18-07-2026 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: United States President Donald Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi have met at the White House in Washington, DC, with both leaders pledging to deepen economic ties and boost Iraq’s oil output. The meeting on Tuesday came after Trump threw his support behind al-Zaidi, a businessman …
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18-07-2026 PERTH: Oil rose on Wednesday as President Donald Trump re-imposed a naval blockade on all Iranian ports and Iran launched retaliatory strikes on US infrastructure in the region. For the second straight session, Brent closed at its highest since June 12 and West Texas Intermediate at its highest since …
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18-07-2026 DUBAI: One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday, in the latest escalation in the strategic waterway. Abu Dhabi National …
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18-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BARUIPUR: On a Saturday evening this month, an 11-year-old girl left her home for a friend’s birthday party in a small town in eastern India. She never returned. She was kidnapped, raped, bundled into a sack and thrown into a pond by a gang of …
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18-07-2026 Democrats in the US Senate have blocked debate on an annual defence policy bill, objecting not only to President Donald Trump’s war on Iran but also to provisions that would more closely integrate the United States and Israeli militaries. The Senate voted 50-46 on Tuesday, almost entirely along party …
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18-07-2026 BRUSSELS: Nine European nations have asked the European Union to cut funding to sports bodies including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), that let Russian and Belarusian athletes return to competition, Estonia’s Ministry of Culture has said. Addressed to European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport Glenn Micallef, …
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18-07-2026 ROME: Lebanon and Israel have resumed talks in Rome, with Israel saying it is ready to move forward with plans to withdraw troops from two areas of south Lebanon under a United States-brokered deal. Officials from both countries began two days of meetings at the US embassy in the …
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17-07-2026 BANGKOK: The death toll from a fire that tore through a music bar in Thailand’s capital has risen to 30, as the governor of Bangkok promised stricter inspections and police investigate possible negligence and safety lapses. Thai officials said on Tuesday that 24 people remained in critical condition in …
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