Politics
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Swedish govt toppled in no-trust vote
STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s government was toppled on Monday after Stefan Lofven became the country’s first prime minister to lose a no-confidence…
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Saudi-led coalition, Houthis near peace deal
DUBAI: Yemen’s warring parties are thrashing out terms for a peace deal that would extricate Saudi Arabia from a costly…
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Raisi calls for ‘effective’ nuclear talks, rules out meeting with Biden
TEHRAN: Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in…
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Taliban overrun town in north, encircle Kunduz
KABUL: Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province on Monday and encircled the provincial…
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Taliban capture Afghanistan’s main Tajikistan border crossing
The Taliban captured Afghanistan’s main border crossing with Tajikistan, officials said on Tuesday, with security forces abandoning their posts and…
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Displacement from war has doubled in a decade: UN
GENEVA: Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people fleeing war and persecution continued rising last year, with global displacement…
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Palestinians call off vaccine exchange with Israel
JERUSALEM: The Palestinian Authority has called off an agreement whereby Israel would transfer one million doses of coronavirus vaccines to…
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US House votes to repeal 2002 law on Iraq invasion
WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led House, with the backing of President Joe Biden, passed legislation on Thursday to repeal the 2002 authorisation…
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Russia ready for more dialogue if US is willing, says Putin
MOSCOW: The Kremlin was guarded about future dialogue with Washington on Thursday, a day after the first face-to-face meeting between…
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Israeli police fire stun grenades, rubber bullets at Palestinians outside Al Aqsa mosque compound
Israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets at Palestinians who turned up in large numbers on Friday at the…
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