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Saudi Arabia sets Eid Friday after moon not sighted

Riyadh — Saudi Arabia will celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Friday after the Shawwal moon was not sighted on Wednesday evening,

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Israel strikes central Beirut after evacuation warning, escalating Lebanon campaign

Beirut – An Israeli airstrike struck the Bachoura neighbourhood in central Beirut on Wednesday after the Israeli military issued an

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Iraq, Kurdistan strike deal to restart oil flows via Ceyhan amid conflict disruption

Baghdad — Iraq’s federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) agreed to resume crude oil exports through Turkey’s Ceyhan

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Airstrike kills Iran powerbroker Ali Larijani, key Khamenei ally

Dubai — Ali Larijani, a senior Iranian politician and close adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed in a

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Israel says it killed Iran Basij chief in Tehran strike, targeted security leader

Dubai— Israel’s military said on Tuesday it had killed the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force, Gholamreza Soleimani, in a

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U.S. jury convicts former Assad-era prison chief of torture in landmark case

Washington— A U.S. federal jury in Los Angeles has convicted a former Syrian government official who oversaw a notorious Damascus

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Iran widens strikes across Gulf as Trump says retaliation ‘unexpected’

Dubai — Iran launched renewed attacks on U.S. allies in the Gulf on Tuesday, targeting infrastructure and security assets in

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Rupee steadies near record low as external pressures weigh

Mumbai — The Indian rupee hovered near its all-time low on Tuesday, pressured by elevated global oil prices and persistent

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Pakistan–Taliban rift deepens as Kabul strike underscores strategic rupture

Islamabad— Pakistan carried out an air strike on Kabul, marking a sharp escalation in hostilities with the Afghan Taliban and

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Trump rebukes allies as Hormuz crisis deepens and airstrikes intensify

Washington — Donald Trump criticised Western allies for refusing to deploy naval escorts in the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran

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