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Iran election hopefuls struggle to offer fix for economic woes
DUBAI - Candidates in Friday's Iranian presidential election have vowed to revive the flagging economy, but voters see little prospect of...
Jun 27, 20244 min read
Factbox-What next for Israel's military exemption for ultra-Orthodox community?
JERUSALEM -Israel's Supreme Court has ruled the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students to the military, a move...
Jun 26, 20243 min read
UK's King Charles welcomes Japan's Emperor Naruhito for state visit
LONDON - Britain's King Charles welcomed Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his wife to London at a Buckingham Palace banquet on Tuesday,...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
China's Chang'e-6 moon probe lands back on Earth
BEIJING -China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first...
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Israel court ends draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews
JERUSALEM - Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students into the...
Jun 26, 20243 min read
Blinken emphasized to Israel's Gallant the need for post-war Gaza plan
WASHINGTON -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday pressed Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on the need for Israel to...
Jun 26, 20243 min read
Record rains paralyse China's southern city Changsha
BEIJING - Heavy rains swamped the southern Chinese city of Changsha on Monday, turning roads into rivers and submerging pedestrian...
Jun 24, 20241 min read
Netanyahu says intense fighting against Hamas is ending but war to go on
JERUSALEM -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip...
Jun 24, 20241 min read
Blaze in South Korea battery plant kills 22 workers
HWASEONG, South Korea -Multiple powerful explosions set a lithium battery factory on fire in South Korea on Monday, killing 22 workers,...
Jun 24, 20242 min read
Top British judge hears Hong Kong protest case amid foreign judges row
HONG KONG -A senior British judge on Monday heard a protest-related case in Hong Kong involving seven high profile democrats, adding to...
Jun 24, 20242 min read
For Iran's youth, legacy of 2022 clashes shapes presidential race
DUBAI - Atousa joined angry protests against Iran's rulers in 2022 that loyalists like Reza helped crush. Two years on, the two young...
Jun 24, 20243 min read
Transcending seas and space, PM Modi and Sheikh Hasina launch futuristic India-Bangladesh partnership
New Delhi, June 22 - Setting a futuristic vision for bilateral cooperation in new areas, India and Bangladesh concluded 10 agreements...
Jun 22, 20243 min read
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