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31-01-2022 DUBAI/ SANA’A/ JERUSALEM: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says it has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen as the Gulf state hosted Isaac Herzog on the first-ever visit to the country by an Israeli president. The UAE’s defence ministry said on Monday the debris of the …

31-01-2022 BEIJING: A video of a Chinese mother of eight children locked up in a village hut with a chain around her neck has sparked outrage and shock in China. The video on Douyin, which owns TikTok, was shot by a man who visits the woman, and is visibly shocked …

31-01-2022 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Syrian air defences have intercepted a barrage of Israeli missiles targeting the vicinity of the capital Damascus, state media reported, citing a military source. The source was quoted as saying the interception on Monday resulted in some material damage, without elaborating on its intended target. Israel, which …

31-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KANSAS/ KABUL/ KARACHI: An American woman has been arrested and charged with organizing and leading an all-female battalion of the Islamic State group. Allison Fluke-Ekren, a mother who once lived in Kansas, allegedly trained women and children to use AK-47 assault rifles and suicide …

31-01-2022 OTTAWA: Hundreds of truckers have driven their giant rigs into the Canadian capital Ottawa to protest against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates required to cross the United States border. The so-called “Freedom Convoy”, coming from east and west started out as a rally against a vaccine requirement …

31-01-2022 SANA’A/ UNITED NATIONS: Nearly 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have died on the battlefield, the United Nations says, and the group is sourcing key components for weapon systems from companies in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. In an annual report to the Security Council circulated on …

31-01-2022 PYONGYANG: North Korea has conducted what is thought to be its biggest missile launch since 2017. The weapon was apparently an intermediate range missile which reached an altitude of 2,000km before coming down in the Sea of Japan. Japan, South Korea and the US have all condemned the launch, …

30-01-2022 WELLINGTON/ KABUL: A pregnant New Zealand journalist denied re-entry to her home country to give birth said she has instead been offered refuge by the Afghan Taliban. “This just feels like such a breach of trust,” she said on Sunday (Jan 30) in an interview with Radio New Zealand. …

30-01-2022 JERUSALEM/ DUBAI: Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday on the first such visit, seeking to strengthen Gulf ties at a time of heightened regional tensions as world powers try to revive a nuclear deal with Iran. Sunday’s high-profile diplomatic trip comes more …

30-01-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: As a part of its $2 billion defence deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear, India had bought controversial Israeli-made Pegasus spyware in 2017, The New York Times reported. According to reports, India had reportedly signed the arms deal, the first by a prime minister, …