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Explosion in Afghan capital wounds at least 15
An explosion in the center of the Afghan capital Sunday wounded at least 15 people, according to witnesses.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the blast and no one immediately claimed responsibility. Taliban authorities didn’t…
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Pace of electoral list announcements accelerates in Lebanon as deadline approaches
Parties standing in the May 15 parliamentary elections in Lebanon are hurrying to draw up their candidate lists ahead of the Monday deadline for registration.
Campaigning for the elections is gathering pace as candidates visit their…
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International community welcomes two-month truce in Yemen
The UAE has welcomed the announcement of an UN-brokered truce in Yemen and the halt of all military operations there and on the Saudi-Yemeni border, the UAE’s state news agency WAM reported on Saturday.
The UAE Ministry of Foreign…
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Mohammed bin Rashid launches the “Billion Meals” campaign
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced the launch of the "Billion Meals" campaign, which is the largest for feeding and fighting hunger in 50 countries around the…
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Two-month ceasefire agreed in Yemen: UN envoy
Both sides in the Yemeni conflict have agreed to a two-month ceasefire starting this weekend, the UN special envoy for Yemen announced on Friday.
They agreed to a two-month cease-fire starting Saturday to allow fuel ships to enter the…
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Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank gun battle
Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants in a firefight in the occupied West Bank early Saturday, police said, raising fears of further escalation of violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli media said four…
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Tunisian president: ‘There will be no single way to resolve political crisis’
Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday after a meeting with the head of Tunisia’s powerful labor union that there would be no single way to resolve Tunisia’s political crisis.
Saied added that he refused to hold talks with those…
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Amid tough Ramadan conditions, Lebanese will pray in mosques by candlelight
As Ramadan approaches, Beirut and other cities are missing the decorations that used to fill the streets for this occasion. Instead, pictures of candidates running for parliamentary elections are plastered everywhere.
Only a few modest…
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Tunisia’s president rules out early elections after dissolving parliament
Tunisia’s president said late on Thursday he would not hold elections within three months after he dissolved parliament this week, the latest step in a march to one-man rule after brushing aside most of the democratic constitution.…
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Japan to provide Gaza with a $3.35 million emergency humanitarian grant aid
Japan decided to extend emergency grant aid of $3.35 million (¥400 million) to the Gaza Strip, “where the humanitarian situation is significantly deteriorating due to the COVID-19 pandemic and floods,” Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on…
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