Afghan mosque blast leaves one dead, several injured

Afghan mosque blast leaves one dead, several injured

KABUL: A bomb blast at a mosque in northern Afgha­nistan killed at least one worshipper and woun­ded seven others during Friday prayers, police said. The explosion occurred in the northern province of Kunduz in a district where dozens of worshippers had been killed in April in a similar bomb attack. Provincial police spokes­man Qari Obaidullah […]

Three Palestinians shot dead in Israeli army raid in Jenin

Three Palestinians shot dead in Israeli army raid in Jenin

Three Palestinians were killed and 10 others were wounded on Friday during an Israeli army raid in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. The three men were killed when the Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle in which they were travelling, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. “Fierce clashes” then ensued in the area, […]

War threatens Ukraine’s place in global food security

War threatens Ukraine’s place in global food security

KYIV: Ukraine may not be able to regain its role in helping maintain global food security unless damage done to the country’s agriculture sector during Russia’s invasion is repaired, Ukrainian experts said on Wednesday. An analysis by the Kyiv School of Economics Inst­itute’s Centre for Food Res­earch and Land Use in cooperation with the agriculture […]

Russia urges Ukraine fighters to lay down arms in key city

Russia urges Ukraine fighters to lay down arms in key city

LYSYCHANSK: Russia said on Tuesday it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, as the two sides battled for control of the key city in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Russian forces have stepped up efforts to cut off the Ukrainian troops still in the industrial hub, destroying all […]

Saudi Arabia adopts online registration for Haj to combat scams

Saudi Arabia adopts online registration for Haj to combat scams

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has required would-be Haj pilgrims from many Western countries to apply for visas via a government portal online, a move intended to crack down on “fake” travel agencies, officials said on Monday. The new system was put in place as the kingdom prepares to welcome 850,000 Muslims from abroad for the annual […]

Two airport workers killed in Afghanistan bus ambush

Two airport workers killed in Afghanistan bus ambush

KABUL: Unidentified gunmen fired at a bus ferrying airport employees in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least two people and wounding six others, a senior police official said. The bus was ambushed by two gunmen on its way to the Mazar-i-Sharif airport, Balkh provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said. “The vehicle came under […]

US to drop Covid tests for incoming air travellers

US to drop Covid tests for incoming air travellers

WASHINGTON: The US announced on Friday that Covid-19 tests would no longer be required for international travellers arriving by air, a major step in the country’s gradual lifting of pandemic restrictions. White House Assistant Press Secretary Kevin Munoz confirmed the news on Twitter, with US media saying the measure would end this weekend after strong […]

Zelensky imposes sanctions on Putin, other top Russian officials

Zelensky imposes sanctions on Putin, other top Russian officials

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree imposing personal sanctions on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and a number of other high-ranking officials in Moscow.  The decree signed on Thursday came in approval of a decision taken by the National Security and Defence Council of […]

Iran disconnects IAEA cameras at nuclear sites

Iran disconnects IAEA cameras at nuclear sites

TEHRAN: Iran disconnected some of the United Nations nuclear watchdog’s monitoring cameras on Wednesday, the country’s Atomic Energy Organisation said in a statement after Western nations accused Tehran of non-cooperation. The move was announced after a resolution submitted by Britain, France, Germany and the United States to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to censure […]

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