The tallest flagpole in the world at 123m tall, the Abu Dhabi Flagpole stands at the end of the scenic Corniche Breakwater facing the heart of the city. — Instagram@ralphemerson_deperalta DUBAI: As the UAE celebrates Flag Day today, authorities have issued a reminder that any act of disrespect toward the national flag, such as using its design on cakes, decorations, …
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Anil Ambani, chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, attends the company’s annual general meeting in Mumbai, India, September 30, 2019. — Reuters ED freezes INR30.84bn in Ambani Group assets. Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai holdings seized, says source. Alleged $350 million siphoned via shell companies. NEW DELHI: India’s financial crime agency has provisionally frozen 30.84 billion Indian rupees ($350.87 million) …
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Turkey will on Monday engage leaders from the Islamic world to leverage their influence over Gaza’s future, amid growing concerns about the stability of a ceasefire that has lasted just a few weeks. The truce, brokered on October 10 by US President Donald Trump to end the two-year-long Israel-Hamas conflict, has been increasingly fragile, challenged by ongoing Israeli strikes and …
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Israel announced on Sunday that it had received the remains of three additional captives from Hamas as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange under the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement. The fragile truce, in place since October 10, has largely held despite occasional flare-ups, with the deal focusing on the return of all Israeli hostages, both alive and deceased. “Israel has …
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Afghan men walk on the rubble of a damaged house following a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2, 2025. — Reuters A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake …
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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stands by aboard Air Force One on his return to Washington, DC, March 9, 2025. — Reuters Says Christians are being killed in record numbers in Nigeria. Vows the US will intervene to bring the violence to an end. Threatens military action against North African country. …
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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright holds a press conference on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025. — Reuters Tests ensure all parts can function to set up nuclear blast. Aim is to confirm that new weapons outperform older designs. Trump ordered testing after 33 years, signalling China, and Russia. …
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The representational image of a Richter scale measuring an earthquake. — Unsplash/File A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, raising concerns over possible casualties and damage in the mountainous area. The earthquake hit at a depth of 28km (17.4 miles) and its epicentre was 22.5km from a town called Khulm, which …
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The picture shows CMS-03 satellite sent into orbit from the tower LVM3-M5, on November 2, 2025.— X/@isro India launched its heaviest ever communication satellite on Sunday, the latest step in the country’s ambitious space programme. The CMS-03 satellite blasted off from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 5:26 pm (1156 GMT). “Our space sector continues to make …
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks with Mohammad Eslami, Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2025.— Reuters Iran govt spox says received messages on resuming diplomacy. Nuclear sites, destroyed in Israeli strikes, will be rebuilt: Pezeshkian. Iranian scientists still had necessary nuclear know-how: president. Iran said on Sunday that it would rebuild nuclear sites damaged …
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