17-07-2025 GAZA STRIP/ JERUSALEM: At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in what the US-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by armed agitators. The GHF, which is supported by Israel, said 19 people were trampled and …
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17-07-2025 JERUSALEM/ DAMASCUS: Israel has vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze communities in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw. Syrian government troops were dispatched to the Sweida region on Monday to quell fighting between Druze fighters and Bedouin armed men but ended up clashing with the Druze militias …
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17-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ ISLAMABAD: Britain has lifted a five-year ban on Pakistani airlines, allowing them to apply to resume flights to and from the United Kingdom as Pakistan steps up efforts to privatize its beleaguered national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The UK Air Safety Committee decided …
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17-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Tesla has launched its Model Y in India for about $70,000, a significant markup relative to its other major markets, reflecting the country’s high tariffs on electric vehicle imports, which CEO Elon Musk has long criticized. The electric carmaker announced the price on …
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17-07-2025 LONDON/ BERLIN/ PARIS: France, the United Kingdom and Germany will reinstate harsh sanctions on Iran by the end of August if no progress is made on a nuclear deal, Western diplomats and officials say. The economic penalties on Iran that were lifted under a 2015 agreement in return for …
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17-07-2025 One in every 10 children screened in clinics in Gaza run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is malnourished, as child hunger surges across the territory amid the continuing Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid. Israel’s punishing prevention of aid entering Gaza has led to “severe shortages …
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17-07-2025 BAGHDAD/ MOSUL: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has inaugurated the northern city of Mosul’s newly restored airport, more than a decade after it was destroyed in a series of battles to dislodge the now vanquished ISIL (ISIS) group. “The airport will serve as an additional link between Mosul …
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16-07-2025 DAMASCUS/ BEIRUT: Clashes between Bedouin tribes, government forces and members of a minority sect in Syria have left dozens dead and once again raised fears of a breakdown in the country’s fragile postwar order. The country is deeply divided as it tries to emerge from decades of dictatorship and …
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16-07-2025 PARIS: France is celebrating Bastille Day with nationwide festivities commemorating the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison, a pivotal moment in the French Revolution. In Paris, the celebration features 7,000 participants marching along the Champs-Elysees including troops and armoured vehicles, followed by fighter jet flyovers and a spectacular drone …
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16-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Two groups of commercial pilots have rejected claims that human error caused an Air India plane crash that killed 260 people after a preliminary investigation found the aircraft’s engine fuel switches had been turned off. The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) and the …
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