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Lukashenko says China, Belarus facing Western pressure

BEIJING: President Alexander Lukashenko said Belarus and China are both facing a pressure campaign from the West, as he met…

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China criticises Rubio remarks on 1989 Tiananmen protests

BEIJING: The United States, in its commemoration of the Tiananmen protests in 1989, “distorted” historical facts and attacked China’s political…

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Million-plus pilgrims begin Hajj under blazing sun

More than a million pilgrims joined Islam’s most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the Hajj kicked…

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South Korea’s new president vows to revive democracy from ‘near demise’

South Korea’s new liberal President Lee Jae-myung pledged on Wednesday to raise the country from the near destruction caused by…

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Vietnam scraps two-child limit as birth rate declines

HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam’s communist government has scrapped its long-standing policy of limiting families to two children, state media said Wednesday,…

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At least 27 Palestinians killed near Gaza aid site, medics say

CAIRO/JERUSALEM: At least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire near a food distribution site in the…

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UN says deadly attacks around Gaza aid sites ‘a war crime’

GENEVA: UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that “deadly attacks” on civilians around aid distribution sites in…

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US gives nod to Syria to bring foreign jihadist ex-rebels into army

DAMASCUS/AMMAN: The United States has given its blessing to a plan by Syria’s new leadership to incorporate thousands of foreign…

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Over 1,800 people arrested in crack down on Asia-based scam

HONG KONG: More than 1,800 people have been arrested in a joint operation across Asia targeting scam networks, police in…

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Saudi readies for ‘worst case scenario’ in sweltering Hajj

Near a sprawling tent city outside Makkah, Saudi hospital staff are preparing for a flood of heat-related cases as Muslim…

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