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Israeli defence systems today intercepted a new missile attack on the Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel launched by Yemen's Houthi military group. The Houthis fired a hypersonic ballistic missile targeting the Israeli airport. The Houthi group, which controls much of northern Yemen, has been firi...
August 5, 2025 9:11 PM
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Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party today launched a nationwide protest marking the second anniversary of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest. PTI workers and activists taking to the streets across the country claimed that at least 300 PTI activists have been arrested in Lahore in raids con...
August 5, 2025 9:00 PM
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Afghanistan is witnessing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Program has said adding the country requires 539 million dollars to help the most vulnerable families. A quarter of Afghanistan’s population, almost 10 million people, face acute food insecurity where one in thre...
August 5, 2025 8:39 PM
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Australia and Japan have signed their largest-ever defence agreement. Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles today said that under the deal, Australia will acquire 11 advanced Mogami-class stealth frigates from Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to upgrade its naval fleet. These warships, capab...
August 5, 2025 10:33 PM
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Crude oil prices edged down today. Brent Crude was trading 1.21 per cent down at 67 dollars and 93 cents per barrel, and WTI Crude was also trading 1.3 per cent down at 65 dollars and 43 cents per barrel, when reports last came in.
August 5, 2025 8:05 PM
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had been put under house arrest as per an order issued by the country's Supreme Court. The decision was announced yesterday as the former president is facing trial for allegedly plotting a coup against President Lula da Silva. Supreme Court Justice Al...
August 5, 2025 7:57 PM
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Russia has rejected recent US threats against India over its oil trade, asserting that sovereign nations have a right to choose their trading partners independently. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, addressing a press briefing today in Moscow, criticized the US for pressuring India, calling such ...
August 5, 2025 7:52 PM
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Dubai has reaffirmed its status as a global tourism powerhouse, recording 9.88 million overnight international arrivals in the first half of 2025 a 6% increase over the same period in 2024, the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism announced. This milestone reflects the emirate’s ambitious pursui...
August 5, 2025 5:33 PM
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Around seven thousand cases of chikungunya have been reported across China's Guangdong province since July, prompting measures similar to those taken during the Covid-19 pandemic. In China's Foshan city, which has been hit the hardest, patients admitted to hospitals are discharged only after...
August 5, 2025 5:21 PM
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India and the Philippines have agreed to elevate bilateral cooperation to the level of strategic partnership. Addressing the media in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Periasamy Kumaran said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Philippines President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos...
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