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An installation depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a mock \Last Supper\ by Israeli artist Itay Zalait, is placed at Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP)World
Last Supper of Israeli democracy: Artist slams Netanyahu with...

Critics accuse Netanyahu of clinging to power while on trial for corruption and using emergency powers under the guise...

29 July 2020 3:09 PM IST

An Iran Mockup Aircraft Carrier Bandar Abbas on February 15, 2020. - Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the US, satellite photographs released on July 27, 2020 show, likely signaling the Islamic Republic soon plans to use it for live-fire drills. (Photo by Handout/AFP)World
Iran launches missiles at UAE airbase where India-'s Rafales were...

However, the message of the drill seems to be targeted at the United States, which saw two American bases go on alert...

29 July 2020 1:34 PM IST

Though police did not confirm how she was murdered the scene of crime suggested that he might have poisoned her as there was froth at her nose and mouth.World
Kerala girl falls to death from apartment building in Sharjah

An official from the Sharjah Police told reporters that investigations are currently going on whether this was a case of...

27 July 2020 3:30 PM IST

Pilgrims arrive to King Abdulaziz Airport for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP)World
Saudi-'s downscaled Hajj season begins with restrictions and caution

Pilgrims are required to be tested for coronavirus before arriving in Mecca and will also have to quarantine after the...

27 July 2020 9:44 AM IST

A man wearing a face mask stands in front of Hagia Sophia during the preparations for the Friday prayer in Istanbul, on July 23, 2020. - The first prayers at Hagia Sophia since the Istanbul landmark was reconverted to a mosque will take place on July 23, 2020. (AFP)World
First Jummah held in Hagia Sophia after mosque reconversion

Experts say Erdogan-'s move to reconvert Hagia Sophia is an attempt to galvanise his conservative and nationalist base

24 July 2020 3:56 PM IST

An employee demonstrates a coronavirus breathalyser test by exhaling into a small bag called the Air Trap at the laboratory of NanoScents headquarters in Misgav industrial zone near the northern Israeli city of Karmiel. (AFP)World
Israeli firm developing coronavirus breathalyser test, gives results...

NanoScent, the firm making the test kits, said an extensive trial within Israel delivered results with 85 percent...

24 July 2020 11:09 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to join hundreds of worshipers Friday, July 24, 2020, for the first Muslim prayers at the Hagia Sophia in 86 years, weeks after a controversial high court ruling paved the way for the landmark monument to be turned back into a mosque. The conversion of the edifice, once the most important church of Christendom and the jewel of the Byzantine Empire, has led to an international outcry. (AP)World
Five things to know about the Hagia Sophia

The conversion of the edifice, once an important church of Christendom and -'jewel-' of Byzantine Empire, has led to an...

24 July 2020 10:32 AM IST

The ministry says a delegation led by its Directorate of Defense Research and Development will travel to India in the coming weeks to experiment with different tests that use voice recordings, breathalyzers, isothermal technology and analysis of polyamino acids.(AFP)World
Israel to send research team to India to test out diagnostic...

The delegation will also bring ‘cutting-edge equipment’ donated by Israel government and private firms, including...

23 July 2020 7:23 PM IST

Kuwaits ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah (center). (AP)World
Kuwait-'s emir travels to US for medical treatment

The emir, who has ruled the oil-rich Gulf state since 2006, had been in hospital since the weekend

23 July 2020 1:12 PM IST

In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo provided by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. (AP)World
Iran executes man convicted of spying for CIA, Mossad

The former translator also helped to locate a top Iranian general Soleimani, killed later by the Americans, the...

20 July 2020 4:17 PM IST

King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who has ruled the worlds largest oil exporter and close U.S. ally since 2015, was undergoing medical checks. (AFP)World
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz admitted to hospital

The de facto ruler and next in line to the throne is the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who is more popular among...

20 July 2020 12:12 PM IST

An H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe known as \Al-Amal\ in Arabic, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to explore Mars, blasts off from Tanegashima Space Centre in southwestern Japan. (Handout photograph released by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries via AFP)World
In a first for the Arab world, UAE-'s Mars probe takes off...

Named Al-Amal, or Hope, this is Arab world’s first space mission, a major step for the oil-dependent economy seeking a...

20 July 2020 8:53 AM IST

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