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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16-07-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces have continued to pound the besieged Gaza Strip, killing at least 78 Palestinians, including several aid seekers, as ceasefire talks stall amid a deepening fuel and hunger crisis. An Israeli attack near an aid distribution point in Rafah in southern Gaza killed at least five …
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16-07-2025 GRAND CANYON, ARIZONE: A raging wildfire near the Grand Canyon in the US has destroyed dozens of buildings including a historic lodge that was the only accommodation available within the surrounding national park’s North Rim. The fire that destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge is one of two that has …
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16-07-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s aviation regulator has ordered the country’s airlines to inspect fuel control switches in Boeing aeroplanes, after their reported involvement in a fatal Air India crash that killed 260 people in June. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the order follows Indian and …
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16-07-2025 LONDON: The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were paused following the fall of the Assad regime. Asylum minister Dame Angela Eagle said the Home Office had “worked to lift the pause as soon as there was sufficient information to …
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15-07-2025 DAMASCUS: Fighting between Bedouin tribes and local fighters in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria has killed 47 people. Sunday’s clashes are the first outbreak of deadly violence in the area since fighting between members of the Druze community and security forces killed dozens of people …
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15-07-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces have continued to pound Gaza, striking a busy market and a water distribution point, killing at least 95 Palestinians, as the death toll from Israel’s war on the enclave passed the grim milestone of 58,000. The Israeli attack on the Gaza City market killed at …
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