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Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner returns home without astronauts

WASHINGTON: Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner made its long-awaited return to Earth on Saturday without the astronauts who rode it up to the International Space Station, after NASA ruled the trip back too risky. After years of delays, Starliner launc...

VANCOUVER, Canada: Hundreds of people gather at the Vancouver Art Gallery to rally against anti-Asian hate crimes in this file photo.

Rise in hate crimes against minorities tarnishes Canada’s welcoming image

TORONTO: A growing perception in Canada that immigration is to blame for some of the country’s economic woes is fuelling a xenophobic backlash evidenced by a surge in reported hate crimes against visible minorities, advocates and community members...

JENIN: Mourners carry the body of one of the five men killed in the Tubas area south of Jenin in a Zionist strike. (Right), members of the family of Ahmed Abu Dawas mourn during his funeral. – AFP

Multi-day raids leave West Bank Palestinians trapped ‘in prison’

JENIN: Palestinian man Adnan Naghnaghia has been holed up at home for eight days as Zionist entity forces were carrying out raids, battling militants and making arrests in the occupied West Bank. “It’s like a prison,” said the 56-year-old fath...

MEULABOH: Newly arrived Rohingya refugees rest at the shelter initially allocated for them in Meulaboh, West Aceh, in this March 23, 2024 photo. — AFP

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee to Bangladesh as Myanmar violence rages

DHAKA: Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi officials. The violence has intensified as fighting between Myanmar’s ruling...

DOUZROU: A man sits amid the rubble in the earthquake-hit village of Douzrou, in central Morocco on February 13, 2024.

Morocco slowly rebuilds a year after earthquake

TINISKT, Morocco: For the past year Kebira Ait Bellaid has been living in a tent in a mountain village in Morocco, haunted by the memory of losing her daughter and three grandchildren. “I can still hear my nine-year-old grandson’s screams under ...

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MoI, MoD defend house evictions

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KUWAIT: The Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry officials hold talks with the Indian economic delegation at the KCCI office on Monday. --KUNA

Kuwait-India non-oil trade exceeded $2bn in 2022, says KCCI

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Senior officials take a group photo after GCC-Russia Joint Ministerial Meeting in Riyadh.

GCC, Russia address escalating Mideast tensions, strategic ties

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RIYADH: Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya met with India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The meeting was on the sidelines of the 161st Ministerial Council meeting of the Cooperation Council held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the cooperation council in Riyadh. During the meeting, they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation, regional and international developments. – KUNA

GCC-India strategic dialogue kicks off

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DHAKA: A student shouts slogans as demonstrators wave Bangladesh's national flag during a rally marking one month since the ousting of the country's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on September 5, 2024. — AFP

Bangladesh seeks extradition of ex-PM Hasina from India