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Egypt army drill ‘sends a message to Erdogan’
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on Friday to reopen Hagia Sophia, the UNESCO world heritage site that was the Roman Empire’s first Christian cathedral, constructed in ... -
Singapore opens gyms, dining out as China outbreak steadies
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans can wine and dine at restaurants, work out at the gym and socialize with no more than five people at a time as of Friday, when the city-state ... -
India sees 10,000 new coronavirus cases ahead of reopenings
CHICAGO: Stores owned by immigrants of Arab and Muslim origin are among the many businesses that were pillaged and destroyed during the protests triggered by the death in Minneapolis of ... -
AI helped predict virus health care needs, says SEHA CFO
DHAKA: Bangladeshi authorities are struggling to recover the bodies of 26 nationals after they were killed in a gunfight by human traffickers in Libya on Thursday.A group of 42 migrants, ... -
As blood banks run dry, Indonesia turns to communities to replenish supply
ISTANBUL: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) continues to be an object of fascination for international news junkies amid the saturation media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike in ... -
Needy Tunisians get food aid via text messages
DUBAI: Public opinion surveys conducted in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are revealing a mix of sharp changes in attitudes and an uptick in optimism that the coronavirus crisis will ... -
Pompeo, resuming travel, to visit Israel to meet coalition government
GAZA CITY: “Death by corona or starvation is all death.” With these few words Yahya Khadr summed up his condition and that of thousands of Palestinians who have chosen to ... -
Turkey desperate for swap lines as recession looms
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s hopes of securing access to US swap lines have taken a nosedive with the Federal Reserve highlighting the need for “mutual trust” with any applicant country. The Fed’s statement ... -
Thousands protest Israel coalition deal on eve of court date
ANKARA: Turkey is burning through its reserves of foreign currency in a futile attempt to prop up the collapsing lira, and may run out of US dollars by July, economists ... -
Mid-air plane collision kills four in Australia
BEIJING: New virus cases in China continued to fall Wednesday, with 1,749 new infections and 136 new deaths announced after China’s leader said disease prevention and control was at “a ... -
More than 1,000 gather for rain-soaked Hong Kong rally
KABUL: Pakistan on Sunday restarted full consular services in the Afghan capital following a suspension of almost two months.The pause was linked to security reasons and also coincided with tension ... -
Italy’s education minister quits after no funding increase
TAIPEI: A newly commissioned Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through the Taiwan Strait for a second time Thursday, Taipei’s defense ministry said, just weeks before the island goes to polls to ... -
Hundreds killed in clashes in Yemen’s Hodeida in last 10 days
ABU DHABI: The fifth Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate (ADSD) kicked off in the UAE capital on Sunday with opening remarks given by the country’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr ...
