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20-07-2021 ARAFAT: Sheikh Bandar Bin Abdulaziz Balila in the Hajj sermon urged people to follow Prophet’s (PBUH) teachings regarding pandemics, saying that the Prophet (PBUH) had asked people to not go to an area where there’s a plague. “The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said that people should not go out of …

20-07-2021 BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival. Body parts of victims lay scattered across the previously bustling market, which had been crowded with shoppers buying food ahead …

19-07-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul have joined hands to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan; just hours after a peace meeting in Doha failed to agree on a ceasefire. A senior delegation of Afghan leaders met the …

19-07-2021 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: The UK and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year. The attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting over a quarter of a million servers around the world. The EU was the first to put out a statement saying the attack came …

19-07-2021 HAVANA/ WASHINGTON: The United States has transferred a detainee out of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility for the first time since President Joe Biden took office, sending a Moroccan man back home years after he was recommended for discharge. The Moroccan prisoner, Abdul Latif Nasser, who is in his …

19-07-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies DOHA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Delegations from the Afghan government and the Taliban said in a joint statement on Sunday that they will meet again and plan to expedite peace negotiations after two days of inconclusive talks in Doha, media reported. The negotiators …

19-07-2021 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Palestinians have condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday by Israeli police, which then launched tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at worshippers at Islam’s third holiest site in occupied East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian media. Israeli police forcefully evacuated Muslim worshippers to …

19-07-2021 WASHINGTON: Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cell phone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said Sunday, igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses. The use of the software, called Pegasus and developed by Israel’s NSO group, was reported on …

18-07-2021 VIENNA/ DUBAI/ RIYADH: The United Arab Emirates energy minister has said the world’s leading oil producers have reached a “full agreement” to modestly boost output from August, ending a standoff that laid bare a growing economic rivalry between the oil-rich nation and its wealthy neighbor Saudi Arabia. The announcement on Sunday …

  18-07-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: At least 30 people died in three Mumbai suburbs after several houses collapsed when heavy rain triggered landslides, officials said on Sunday, and forecasts of further downpours could force authorities to relocate people living in danger zones. Rescuers resorted to using …