26-08-2024 LOS ANGELES: Two National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts who have been stuck in space for over two months will return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX. NASA said the Boeing Starliner spacecraft the astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore had travelled to International Space Station (ISS) …
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25-08-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Hezbollah says it has fired more than 320 rockets towards Israel targeting 11 military sites in the northern part of the country. The group says it is beginning a “large-scale” operation and has sent drones as well as Katyusha rockets towards Israel. Israel’s military says it …
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25-08-2024 NEW DELHI/ DHAKA: Floodwaters have inundated parts of India and Bangladesh, stranding millions of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region. The death toll in Bangladesh, which is still recovering from weeks of political turmoil, had risen to 13 on Friday. Some 4.5 million people were affected …
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25-08-2024 THE HAGUE/ GAZA CITY: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called on judges to “urgently” rule on his request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others linked to the war on Gaza. Prosecutor Karim Khan said that “any unjustified delay in …
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25-08-2024 GAZA CITY: During the past 48-hour reporting period, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed 69 Palestinians and wounded 212, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. A Hamas delegation, led by senior official Khalil al-Hayya, has arrived in Cairo amid continuing Gaza ceasefire talks. Reports say the group will be …
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25-08-2024 PARIS: An explosion outside a synagogue in southern France is being investigated by authorities as “attempted terrorist murder”. Police said the explosion was caused by two cars being set alight outside the Beth Yaacov synagogue in the resort town of La Grande-Motte. One of the vehicles contained a hidden …
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25-08-2024 BEIJING: Icelandic supermarkets have been left in a pickle, after a viral TikTok trend saw an unprecedented surge in demand for cucumbers leaving suppliers racing to keep up. It comes after social media influencers in the small Nordic country began sharing a salad recipe of grated cucumbers, sesame oil, …
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25-08-2024 GAZA CITY: A 10-month-old baby has been partially paralyzed after contracting polio in Gaza, United Nations officials have said. According to the UN, Gaza, now in its 11th month of war, has not registered a polio case for 25 years, although type 2 poliovirus was detected in samples collected …
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25-08-2024 KYIV/ NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid a historic visit to Ukraine, telling President Volodymyr Zelensky he is prepared to play a personal role to bring peace. The Indian leader was criticized by President Zelensky last month when he hugged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during a …
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24-08-2024 BERLIN: Three people have been killed and another four seriously injured in a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, police say. The attack happened during a festival in the city centre on Friday evening. The attacker is reported to be still at large. Bild website says …
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