Asia

Saudi Arabia to hold Hajj ritual under COVID-19 measures

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has announced its plan to hold Hajj ritual this year in a manner that ensures preserving health…

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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan vow to reset ties strained over Kashmir issue

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and longstanding ally Pakistan signed several agreements Saturday and vowed to reset ties strained by months of…

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Erdogan calls Israel “terror state” over Palestinian clashes at Al-Aqsa

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called Israel a “terror state” on Saturday after Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun…

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Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind condemns attack on worshippers in east Jerusalem

New Delhi: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has condemned the alleged Israeli police’s “storming” of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the attack on…

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Clashes, prayers in Jerusalem on Muslim Laylat al-Qadr

JERUSALEM: Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday as tens of…

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Blasts targeting Afghan school in Kabul kill 40, injures dozens

KABUL: Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded…

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Israeli police attack worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque

JERUSALEM: Israeli police attacked Muslim worshippers late on Friday inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City. Some…

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Israel ‘not a country, but a terrorist base against Palestine’, says Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called Israel “not a country, but a terrorist base” during a…

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan leaves for Saudi Arabia on three-day visit

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday left for Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit to discuss bilateral relations…

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Afghan journalist Nemat Rawan shot dead

KABUL: A day after the Taliban issued a threat against the media persons, a high-profile television journalist was shot dead…

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