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Biden meets Arab leaders as he pushes for Israeli integration
JEDDAH: U.S. President Joe Biden held a swift series of meetings with the leaders of Iraq, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday as he sought to forge regional missile and defence capabilities at a wider Arab summit in Saudi Arabia.
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Sri Lankans jubilant after speaker accept resignation of President
Colombo: Protesters celebrated in Sri Lanka's commercial capital late into the night Thursday after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tendered his resignation following a week of escalating demonstrations over the…
U.S. Israel pledge to deny Iran nuclear weapon
JERUSALEM: U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid pledged on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear weapons on Thursday, a show of unity by allies long divided over diplomacy with Tehran.
The undertaking, part of a "Jerusalem…
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency
COLMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the Prime Minister’s office said.
“Since the president is out of the country, an emergency has…
Sri Lanka, protesters storm president’s house
COLOMBO: Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters stormed into the president's official residence in Colombo on Saturday, demanding his resignation as public anger grows over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.
Soldiers and…
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe dies after being shot
TOKYO: Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been confirmed dead after he was shot at a campaign event on Friday, public broadcaster NHK and Jiji news agency reported. “According to a senior LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) official,…
Boris Johnson resigns from U.K premiership
LONDON: Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers.
Bowing to the inevitable as more than 50 ministers quit and…
Mr. Boris your time is up, ministers tell him to resign
LONDON: Senior ministers on Wednesday were set to tell Boris Johnson he must quit as prime minister, British media said, after a spate of resignations from his scandal-hit government.
A delegation was awaiting his return from a two-hour…
US admits Shiren Akleh likely shot by Israel but intentionally
WASHINGTON: The United States concluded that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by Israeli gunfire and urged accountability, but said there was no reason to believe she was shot intentionally.
Dashing hopes for a…
Copenhagen, 3 killed in shooting at mall
COPENHAGEN: Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and charged him with manslaughter.
The…