India to ask caste status in next census for first time in decades
AFP | New Delhi
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India I ndia will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced yesterday, a move likely to have far-reaching con...
DXB Welcomes 23.4 Million Guests in Q1 2025, Cementing Its Global Lead
TDT | Dubai
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Dubai International Airport (DXB) welcomed 23.4 million guests in the first quarter of 2025, reinforcing its status as the world’s leading international ai...
Wildfires could reach Jerusalem
AFP | Bet Shemesh
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned yesterday that rapidly spreading wildfires near Jerusalem could reach the city, as he declared the si...
US economy shrinks in Q1
AFP | Washington
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The US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of the year on an import surge triggered by Donald Trump’s tariff plans, althou...
Skulls, smoke and spirits: Thai ceremony for unclaimed dead
AFP | Nakhon Ratchasima
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Flames crackle through piles of hundreds of human skulls and thick grey smoke pours into the Thai sky in a moment as spiritually significant as ...
Spain Power Outage Tragedy: Three Dead, More Fatalities Under Investigation
TDT | Manama
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At least three people have died in Spain in an incident linked to the widespread power outage that brought parts of the country ...
Trump celebrates tumultuous 100 days
AFP | Washington
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Donald Trump is celebrating the first 100 days of what is already one of the most radical and impactful presidencies in US history, as polls show Ameri...
Modi says looks forward to working with Canada’s Carney
AFP | New Delhi
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney on his election win yesterday, suggesting hopes of a possi...
Australian Woman on Trial for Alleged Mushroom Poisoning Says Fatal Meal Was a “Terrible Accident”
TDT | Manama
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The trial of Erin Patterson, a 50-year-old Australian woman accused of serving a fatal meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, bega...
Meta releases standalone AI app, competing with ChatGPT
San Francisco
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Social media behemoth Meta unveiled its first standalone AI assistant app on Tuesday as it tries to take on ChatGPT by giving users a direct path to its g...
Video game rides conclave excitement with cardinal fantasy team
AFP | Vatican City
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Holy See As cardinals prepare to elect a new pope, thousands are doing so already, in a new video game that allows users to pick their favourites as ...
Auction of Suu Kyi’s Myanmar mansion fails for fourth time
AFP | Yangon
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Myanmar authorities failed to auction off Aung San Suu Kyi’s lakeside mansion yesterday -- the fourth time the sale of the jailed Nobel peace la...
Saudi Arabia Calls for De-escalation Amid Heightened India-Pakistan Tensions
TDT | Manama
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Saudi Arabia has expressed deep concern over the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, particularly the ongoing exchan...
India gives army ‘operational freedom’ to respond to attack
AFP | New Delhi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given India’s military “operational freedom” to respond to a deadly attack in Kashmir last week, a se...
North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia’s Kursk
AFP | Seoul
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North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday it had deployed troops to Russia, with its state news agency KCNA reporting Pyongyang’s soldiers he...
India says signs deal with France for 26 Rafale fighter jets
AFP | New Delhi
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India has signed a contract to purchase 26 Rafale fighter jets from France, New Delhi's defence ministry said Monday, with the multi-billion-dollar deal...
Massive blackout hits Spain and Portugal
AFP | Madrid
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Power went out across all of Spain and Portugal yesterday, cutting cellphone and internet networks, halting trains and trapping people in elevators, offici...
India bans Pakistani channels in social media crackdown
TDT | New Delhi
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India launched a sweeping crackdown on social media on Monday, banning more than a dozen Pakistani YouTube channels for allegedly spreading “provo...
Trump offer ‘ZERO TARIFFS’ if canada becomes 51st US state
AFP | Ottawa
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Canada was voting yesterday for a new government to confront a trade war and annexation threats by President Donald Trump, who pushed for the United States...
US fighter jet sinks into sea
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An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of the USS Harry S Truman and plunged into the Red Sea yesterday while being towed, the U...
‘Weapon of war’
AFP | The Hague
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A top Palestinian official told the International Court of Justice yesterday that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a “we...
Nine killed as driver plows into Filipino festival in Canada
AFP | Vancouve
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A driver killed nine people as he plowed through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver, police said yesterday, ruling out terrorism as ...
Qatar PM sees some progress on Gaza truce
AFP | Doha
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Gaza mediator Qatar said yesterday there was some progress in talks in Doha this week aimed at securing a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war.
Speaking...
Over 52,243 confirmed dead in Gaza war
AFP | Gaza
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City The health ministry in Gaza announced yesterday that the death toll from the war had risen to more than 52,000 people, after hundreds previously listed as m...
Pakistan offers neutral probe after India threats
AFP | Islamabad
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Pakistan’s leader said his nation was open to a neutral investigation yesterday into a deadly attack in India’s Kashmir that New Delhi blames on ...
Trump raises Putin doubts after Zelensky talks at pope’s funeral
AFP | Vatican City
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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly in the hush of St Peter’s basilica before Pope Francis’s funeral yesterday in their firs...
Major blast at south Iran port kills four, injures hundreds
TDT | Manama
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A powerful explosion ripped through a key port in southern Iran yesterday, killing four people and injuring more than 500, state media said. Although the cause ...