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'Let hell break out’: Trump sets Saturday noon deadline for hostage release
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant group in Gaza by midday Saturday or he would propose canceling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and “let hell break out.”
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1 in 4 flights in South Korea delayed in 2024 due to air traffic congestion
Korean Air was ranked No. 1 in a comprehensive evaluation of over 350 airlines worldwide based on various criteria, including safety, product ratings, passenger reviews, fleet age and environmental commitment.
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Sayyed Khamenei meets top Hamas leaders in Tehran
Sayyed Khamenei received Hamas Shura Council chairman Mohammad Ismail Darwish, as well as Palestinian group’s acting leader Khalil al-Hayya and other members of the group’s political bureau in Tehran on Saturday.
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Jaishankar slams 'double standards' on India’s neighbors
While delivering the keynote address at the IIC-Bruegel Annual Seminar in Delhi, the Minister emphasised that the agenda can no longer be set by some only to be observed by the rest.
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Greening the Desert: The Role of Landscape Restoration in Uzbekistan's Battle Against Sand and Dust Storms
Uzbekistan’s efforts in the Aralkum Desert serve as a model for other regions facing similar environmental challenges....
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Bangladesh removes Mujib from banknotes, bans Hasina’s speeches
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday ordered a ban on disseminating deposed prime minister Sheikh...
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Freight train to link Pakistan with Russia; trial in March
Russia and Pakistan are set to be linked by freight train line that will pass through Iran and Azerbaijan with the...
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Israel Bombs Syria As Armed Groups March To Homs
Israeli jets bombed crucial border crossings between Syria and Lebanon as thousands of people fled the central city of...
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Rebel Advance in Syria Secures Israel’s Backyard
Terror gangs under the banner of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), jumping off from their territory in the northwestern Idlib...
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Spirited & Resilient- Lebanese Return To Rebuild Shattered Homes
Cars jammed the highway linking the capital, Beirut, to the south, with people returning with their belongings tied on...
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Khamenei: Netanyahu Must be Sentenced to Death
Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and others for war crimes...
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How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow its lead
When the Chinese firm DeepSeek dropped a large language model called R1 last week, it sent shock waves through the US tech industry. Not only did R1 match the best of the homegrown competition, it was built for a fractio
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Cairo Declaration reaffirms D-8 commitment to economic cooperation
Leaders and representatives of the participating countries in the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation 11th Summit reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening peace and sustainable development and building
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Trump invites Xi to inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month — extending a diplomatic olive branch even as Trump threatens to levy massive tariffs on Chinese goods.
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Indian students being put off applying to UK universities: Report
Indian students are being put off applying to UK universities, adding to their financial woes at a time when education institutions are already coping with constrained budgets, a new report into the stability
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Nobel Peace Prize winners warn of nuclear conflict’s rising risk
Conflicts raging around the world, including in Gaza, are heightening the possibility of a nuclear war, the winner of...
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UN: Half a million stateless people got citizenship in past decade
The UN said Friday that in the decade since it launched a campaign to end the limbo of statelessness, over half a...
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Dozens Killed In Cairo Church Fire
More than 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a Coptic Christian church in a working-class district of...
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Author Salman Rushdie Stabbed In US, Put On Ventilator
Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born British author whose writing led to death threats from Muslims in the 1980s, has been...
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From Subway Stations To Shopping Malls, Taiwan Prepares Its Air-Raid Shelters
Taiwan is preparing its air-raid shelters as rising tension with China and Russia's invasion of Ukraine raise new fears...
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In Tehran, Putin, Raisi and Erdogan Discuss Changing Regional Situation
In only his second trip abroad since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February, Putin met Iran's President Ebrahim...
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War In Ukraine: How The First Week Unfolded
After ringing Ukraine with tens of thousands of troops, Russia invades its neighbour in the early hours of February 24...
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Why was Pakistan’s PM in Russia amid the Ukraine invasion?
Against a backdrop of rapidly rising tensions between Russia and the West, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s long-planned February 23-24 visit to Moscow,the official state visit by a Pakistani head of government in two decades
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Something Is Rotten in Jerusalem
Anyone interested in understanding the root of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict need only visit East Jerusalem. There you can see all the major flashpoints.
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Why Bangladesh is being called ‘South Asian Economic Miracle'
Bangladesh has achieved enviable success in various fields including poverty alleviation, expansion of education, development of women, reduction of child and maternal mortality rate.
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Çay required? New regulations for becoming a Turkish citizen in 2022
Becoming a Turkish citizen could bring many benefits with it, being able to boast a grand history of empires, free education and university, and full medical assistance.
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IPL 2022: Best XI Retained Players
The 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) would be a grand affair with two new teams coming into the picture...
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Club World Cup on track despite Houthi attacks on UAE: FIFA
FIFA says the Club World Cup 2021, scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi in February this year, is scheduled to go ahead...
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U.S. rallies to top China in Tokyo Olympics gold medal tally
Team USA, whose 600-plus athletes competed in hundreds of events over 19 whirlwind days here, staged a thrilling...
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COVID-hit Tokyo Olympics open sans customary razzle and dazzle
The Olympics like no other opened in Tokyo on Friday sans the customary razzmatazz, the toned-down ceremony showcasing...
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Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics without a rival bid
We know what it takes to deliver a successful Games in Australia," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told International...
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Opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke on Tokyo Games eve
On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening ceremony over a joke he made about the...
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ICC Breaks Silence Over World Cup Final Controversy
he International Cricket Council (ICC) has broken its silence over the controversial end to the 2019 World Cup final.An...
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Indonesia pushes for Halal Value Chain among D-8 economies
According to Prabowo, the D-8 countries are forecast to crack the top 25 of the world’s largest economies by 2050 --...
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Uzbekistan names top 20 taxpayers
The State Tax Committee has released data on the top 20 taxpayers from January to November, highlighting a significant...
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Vistara Bids Goodbye, Ends 9 Year Long Flight
Vistara — a joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines— has now merged with Air India, creating an enlarged...
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India Bids Farewell To Business Icon Ratan Tata
During his 20-year tenure, the conglomerate made several high-profile acquisitions, including the takeover of Anglo-...
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Iran uses energy diplomacy to shore up regional alliances
Energy is the "very significant" focus of the trip by President Ebrahim Raeisi to Qatar to attend a regional gas...
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Iranian engineering firm wins major contract in India
An Iranian engineering consultancy firm has been awarded a contract in India to carry out a major water management...
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Toyota To Domino's: Kashmir Controversy Entangles More Companies
Global automaker Toyota Motor and fast food chain Domino's Pizza are among half a dozen companies that have apologized...
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Kuwait bans 'Death on the Nile' movie casting Israeli actress
Kuwait has banned the screening of American movie Death on the Nile, adapted from a namesake novel by Agatha Christie and starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot, authorities say.
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Lata Mangeshkar not doing well, put back on ventilator: Doctor
Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar's health has deteriorated and she has been put back on a ventilator, a doctor treating her said on Saturday.The 92-year-old singer tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms.
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Govt takes action against 160 TV channels for 'anti-India content'
The government on Thursday said it was concerned about the freedom of speech and expression and that the country was not in the times of 1975 or the Emergency.
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Saudi Arabia’s first yoga festival offers mindfulness and meditation
More than 1,000 people from across Saudi Arabia flocked to Juman Park in King Abdullah Economic City on Saturday to take part in the country's first yoga festival.
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Malaysia’s halal tourism attracts Muslims from all over the world
Malaysia attracted over 170,000 visitors from the Gulf countries in 2013, and has been rated the world’s top Muslim-friendly holiday destination in a survey released last year. According to figures, Malaysia received 10
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Free Period Products' Access In This Country, A First In The World
Scotland will on Monday become the first country in the world to ensure universal access to free period products following the passing of landmark legislation in 2020.
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Regular Int'l Flights from India Likely to Resume Next Month
Regular international flights are likely to resume from March 15 and will follow the standard operating procedures effective at Indian airports for foreign arrivals and departure, government sources said on Monday.
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When Do Muslims Celebrate Fathers Day
In Islam, parents are given a high status yet Muslim children would wait for the days dedicated to parents as per Western customs to celebrate such occasions as no particular day was dedicated to father or mother
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DeepSeek Is Cracking the ‘Black Box’ of Corporate AI Wide Open
The internet has buzzed under wave after wave of news about DeepSeek—a Chinese version of artificial intelligence (AI) programs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which use machine learning algorithms and oceans of training data
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WhatsApp Bans Over 22 Lakh Indian Accounts In June 2022
WhatsApp banned over 22 lakh Indian accounts in June on the basis of complaints received via its grievance redressal channel and through its own mechanism to detect violations, according to the messaging platform.
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What China Said After India Banned 54 More Apps That Threaten Security
China on Thursday expressed serious concerns regarding India's ban of Chinese apps over security reasons, adding that it hopes India would treat all foreign investors, including Chinese firms, in a transparent manner.
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Mark Zuckerberg Lost $29 Billion - In Just One Day
Mark Zuckerberg lost $29 billion in net worth on Thursday as Meta Platforms Inc's stock marked a record one-day plunge, while fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos was set to add $20 billion to his personal valuation.
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Scientists Find ‘Future Earth’ Around A Dying Star
What happens at the end of our world? Scientists have found an Earth-like planet orbiting a star 4,000 light years away from the solar system that may reveal our planet’s ultimate fate.
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Paralysed Man Walks Again, Thanks To Revolutionary Spinal Cord Implant
In 2017, Michel Roccati was in a motorbike accident that left his lower body completely paralysed. In 2020, he walked again, thanks to a breakthrough new spinal cord implant.
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Mount Everest's Highest Glacier Rapidly Losing Ice: Study
Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown.
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Air pollution: Dhaka ranks second worst, Lahore tops list
Dhaka’s air was classified as “poor” or “very unhealthy” as the mega city ranked the second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning. Dhaka’s AQI score was recorded at 212
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Wife sells husband’s kidney, flees with lover and ₹10 lakh
A woman allegedly coaxed her husband to sell his kidney for Rs 10 lakh to raise money for their daughter’s education, only to flee with another man taking away the entire cash in Indian state of West Bengal
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Pakistan: Thousands pray for rain in smog-shrouded Punjab
The faithful gathered at over 600 government-run mosques in the province for "Namaz-e-Istisqa", a voluntary prayer for rain often offered in times of calamities, said Talha Mahmood
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Delhi Man Kills Mother For Not Allowing Him To Shift To Canada
When Singh reached home, Krishan Kant said "sorry" to him and asked him to go upstairs and see for himself what he had done, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Ravi Kumar Singh said.
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To Curb Copying In Exams, Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow "War Room" Plan
Mathura: A war room will soon be set up in Lucknow to curb the menace of copying in exams, Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyay said on Saturday.
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