A bank staff counts Afghan currency notes as Taliban government employees wait to receive their salaries at the New Kabul Bank in Kandahar on June 2, 2025. — AFP KABUL: Abdul Saboor usually treats his children to new clothes for the Eid ul Adha holiday but like many Afghan public sector workers, he is scraping by this year awaiting a …
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US President Donald Trump participates in a Summer Soiree on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2025. — AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Wednesday targeting 12 countries including Afghanistan, Iran and Yemen, reviving one of the most controversial measures from his first term. Trump said the measure …
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Pilgrims gather to pray at Jabal al-Rahmah, also known as Mount Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on June 5, 2025. — Reuters MOUNT ARAFAT: Pilgrims prayed atop Mount Arafat on Thursday during the high point of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, as Saudi Arabian officials called on participants to refrain from being …
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A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, April 15, 2025. — Reuters United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to suspend US entry of foreign nationals seeking to study or participate in exchange programmes at Harvard University, the White House said on Wednesday, amid an escalating dispute with the Ivy League institution. …
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UN Security Council members criticized the United States Wednesday after it vetoed a resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, which Washington said undermined ongoing diplomacy. It was the 15-member body’s first vote on the situation since November, when the United States — a key Israeli ally — also blocked a text calling for an end …
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Elon Musk listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 11, 2025. — Reuters Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill has careened into an Elon Musk-shaped brick wall, complicating its passage into law and risking a schism between the most powerful man in the world and the wealthiest. …
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Tourists gather to watch the sunset over the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park near Tusayan, Arizona, U.S., May 16, 2025. — Reuters The Trump administration is considering a $1,000 fee for tourists and other non-immigrant visa applicants seeking an expedited interview appointment though government lawyers have raised legal red flags over the plan, according to a US official …
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. — Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump in a telephone conversation on Wednesday that Moscow would have to respond to the recent Ukrainian drone attacks, the US President said. Trump …
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024. — Reuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to make his first visit to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) since a conflict between Pakistan and India last month, inaugurating a strategic railway to the mountainous region, his office said on Wednesday. …
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A boy lies unconscious following a stampede outside a cricket stadium in Bengaluru, India, June 4, 2025 — Reuters BENGALURU: A stampede broke out on Wednesday as a tightly packed crowd celebrated the victory of their home cricket team in the Indian city of Bengaluru, resulting in deaths, a senior government official said. India media reported as many as 11 …
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