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US weighs sending 100-mile strike weapon to Ukraine
Pentagon considers proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap, small precision bombs fitted onto available rockets
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Saudi Arabia announces plans for six-runway hub airport in Riyadh
Project is in line with kingdom’s vision to transform Riyadh to be among the top ten city economies in the world
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Strategy to boost economic growth direly needed: OIC chief
Muslim bloc’s 57 member states have faced 'sustained economic decline', says Hissein Brahim Taha in Istanbul summit
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Rohingya Muslims stuck between Myanmar’s military junta, rebel Arakan Army
Military coup in country led to even more pressure on Rohingya after decades of oppression, says Arakanese activist
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Minister heads to Russia for oil and gas talks
Islamabad seeks fuel import deal with Moscow on terms similar to those agreed by New Delhi
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More than 80 injured as Indian police clash with Adani port protesters
The latest escalation of a months-old protest waged by a mostly Christian fishing community against Asia's richest man
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Small plane crash leaves thousands in US of state of Maryland without power
3 people trapped in plane uninjured, says official with local fire and rescue service
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China COVID cases hit fresh record high after weekend of protests
China has stuck with Xi's zero-COVID policy even as much of the world has lifted most restrictions
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China censors rare nationwide protests
A deadly fire last week in Urumqi has become a catalyst for public anger
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Iran’s World Cup fans: 'Football is meaningless when children are being killed'
Despite supporting protest movement, none were willing to speak to out of fear of not being able to return home
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Pope urges Israelis, Palestinians to seek dialogue after surge in violence
Violence is killing the future, says Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday blessing.
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WATCH: US diplomats switch cars for tuk-tuks in New Delhi
Shunning opulent vehicles, diplomats have taken to the streets with their autorickshaws to commute in capital city
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Ukraine nuclear boss sees signs Russia may leave occupied plant
Such a move would be a major battlefield change in the partially-occupied southeastern Zaporizhzhia region
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Canada launches new Indo-Pacific strategy, focus on 'disruptive' China
The strategy will boost military presence and tighten investment rules to protect intellectual property, says Ottawa
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Clashes in Shanghai as Covid protests flare across China
In Wuhan, hundreds of residents take to streets, smashing through metal barricades, demanding an end to lockdowns
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'Forgotten' Afghan stories highlighted in two new films from Netflix, Nat Geo
New documentaries aim to throw spotlight on Afghan people left behind by US rapid withdrawal last year
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Italy declares state of emergency after deadly landslide
Over 200 rescuers are still searching for a dozen missing people while others are busy cleaning streets of the town
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Beirut 'neighbourhood watch' echoes troubled past
The neighbourhood watch is the worst shock crisis that has afflicted Lebanon since its economy collapsed in 2019
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Khamenei's niece urges world to cut ties with Iran over unrest
‘O free people, tell your governments to stop supporting this murderous regime’, says Farideh Moradkhani
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Kim Jong Un says North Korea aims to have the world's strongest nuclear force
Kim was pictured in photos posing with scientists, engineers and military officials involved in the test
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FIFA World Cup 2022: It’s sports before politics, until it isn’t
There has been a lot of hue and cry about Qatar hosting this year’s edition of football’s premier competition
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OIC economic cooperation meeting begins in Istanbul
Moot to discuss socioeconomic empowerment of Muslim bloc, focus on intra-Muslim bloc trade, among other issues
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Vatican says China violated pact on bishops, wants explanation
Unauthorised installation appeared to be one of most serious violations of agreement between Vatican and Beijing
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Belarus foreign minister Makei dies ‘suddenly’
We are shocked by the reports of the death of Vladimir Makei, says Russian spokesperson
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Ukraine remembers Stalin-era famine as Russia war rages
'Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now – with darkness and cold', says Zelenskiy
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Taiwan president quits as party head after China threat bet fails to win votes
We humbly accept the results and accept the Taiwanese people's decision, says Tsai Ing-wen
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Europe's heatwave may have caused more than 20,000 'excess' deaths
Temperatures hit nearly 40 degrees Celsius or above from Paris to London in 2022
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Iran's Khamenei says negotiating with US won't end recent 'troubles'
Islamic Republic has seen weeks of demonstrations sparked by September 16 death of Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini
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India's first private rocket company looks to slash satellite costs
Skyroot Aerospace says it has raised $68 million fund which will be used in next two launches
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Huge COVID protests erupt in China's Xinjiang after deadly fire
Urumqi protests followed a fire in a high-rise building there that killed 10 on Thursday night
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Several killed in two school shootings in Brazil
Shooter fired on a group of teachers at his former school, killing two people and leaving nine others wounded
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Taliban condemn UN official's 'disrespectful' statement about Islamic penal code
IEA spokesman says individuals should not make 'irresponsible and provocative statements' on behalf of organisations
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'Halal economy has a very bright future': US-based economist
Benefits of halal products, services should be touted to the public, says Mohammad Kabir Hassan
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Qatar fans lambast team after second World Cup defeat
Qatar face Netherlands in their final Group A game at the Al Bayt Stadium on Tuesday
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Reality ends some Qatari dreams of World Cup rental bonanza
The broker cited the example of a two-bedroom Doha apartment that was listed at $1,200 per night in early October
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Taliban treatment of women could be crime against humanity: UN
Afghan govt also barred women from entering parks, funfairs, gyms and public baths recently
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Modi ‘taught lesson to anti-social elements’ in Gujarat: Indian minister
Amit Shah says Narendra Modi as chief minister of western state in 2002 established ‘permanent peace’
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China sentences Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years for rape
Wu was detained in Beijing last year after a Chinese student publicly accused him of inducing her to have sex
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Dozens of casualties as Iran forces fire on protesters
Security forces opened fire after Friday prayer in Sistan-Baluchistan
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Woman gives birth to baby girl at Masjid-e-Nabwi’s courtyard
Woman was experiencing contractions indicating that she was in labour, says official
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Nearly 50,000 migrants died in search of ‘better life’ since 2014: UN
The tragic milestone was confirmed in a new IMO report on Missing Migrants Project
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UN Human Rights Council votes to establish independent int'l fact-finding mission on Iran protests
Pakistan and China among states that vote against resolution on Iran protests proposed by Germany, Luxembourg
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China reports new daily record COVID cases, curbs tighten across country
Cases quadrupled in Shijiazhuang to 3,197 on Thursday from the previous day
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Rescuers in Indonesia pull six-year-old boy from rubble after deadly quake
Around 40 victims are believed still stuck in the soil and rubble of collapsed buildings in Cugenang sub-district
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US reports vaccinated people made up majority of Covid-19 deaths in August
'We can no longer say this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated'
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Afghanistan repairs 70 military planes, helicopters damaged by US
Defense Ministry thanks Afghan Air Force's 40 pilots, technicians for returning to homeland and getting back to work
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Pakistanis among 483 migrants rescued off Greece
Nearly 500 asylum seekers rescued in a dramatic operation this week off the island of Crete
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'Vladimir, answer us': Russian soldier mothers challenge Putin
Mothers and wives of soldiers mobilised to fight in Ukraine demand that military fulfills promises made by president
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Weapons industry booms as Eastern Europe arms Ukraine
Eastern Europe arms companies step up production for Ukraine
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Russian parliament passes law banning 'LGBT propaganda' among adults
The bill criminalises any act regarded as an attempt to promote what Russia calls 'non-traditional sexual relations'














































