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Israeli protesters hold a poster of their prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gagged by a surgical protection mask during an anti-government demonstration in front of Netanyahus residence in Jerusalem on September 12, 2020, demanding his resignation over several corruption indictments and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. (AFP)World
Netanyahu announces second nationwide lockdown as cases surge in...

Lockdown is credited with having brought down what were much lower infection numbers, but it wreaked havoc on Israel-'s...

14 Sept 2020 8:43 AM IST

Protesters wave the Lion and Sun flag of the National Council of Resistance of Iran and the white flag of the Peoples Mujahedin of Iran, two Iranian opposition groups, with a placard depicting the crossed out face of Irans President Hassan Rouhani as they demonstrate outside the Iranian embassy in London on September 12, 2020 against the execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz and against the Iranian government. (AFP)World
Young wrestler-'s execution in Iran draws shock and condemnation

Donald Trump had pleaded for Afkari-'s life earlier this month, saying his -'sole act was an anti-government...

13 Sept 2020 12:19 PM IST

Four Afghan women who endured the Talibans oppressive rule and have fought for fragile gains since the militants were ousted are facing the hardline group in peace talks. (Image: Twitter\@Zarifa_Ghafari)World
Afghan-'s women negotiators face hardline Taliban in peace talks

Their presence at the negotiating table is significant in patriarchal Afghanistan, though they are outnumbered by the...

13 Sept 2020 11:45 AM IST

U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban groups top political leader sign a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar. The Taliban say the long-awaited peace talks with the negotiating team selected by the Afghan government are to begin on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar. The announcement on Sept. 10, came in a statement from the Taliban in Qatar, where the insurgents maintain a political office, and also as an announcement from Qatars foreign ministry. (AP File)World
Taliban, Afghan government to restart peace talks in Doha

Talks begin a day after the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which led the US to invade Afghanistan and topple the...

12 Sept 2020 10:47 AM IST

President Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Friday. (AFP)World
Trump announces -'normal ties-' between Israel and Bahrain

In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the agreement.

12 Sept 2020 2:50 AM IST

Fire burns in the port in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 10. 2020. A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents traumatized by last months massive explosion that killed and injured thousands of people. (AP)World
Large fire erupts in Beirut port area, a month after massive blast

The fire erupted in the duty free zone of the port, sending a huge column of smoke above the city

10 Sept 2020 5:00 PM IST

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told the Arab League in Wednesdays meeting that the Palestinian Authority called for an emergency meeting following the announcement of the UAE-Israeli deal. (AP)World
Palestine Foreign Minister calls on Arab states to dismiss Israel-UAE...

Most of the Arab world has long rejected diplomatic ties with Israel in the absence of a peace deal establishing a...

10 Sept 2020 10:47 AM IST

Afghan first Vice President Amrullah Saleh (right). Afghan officials claimed a failed assassination attempt against Afghanistans first vice president Saleh. Razwan Murad, a spokesman for the first vice president said Wednesday, Sept. 9, that the enemies of Afghanistan again tried to harm Saleh, but the vicious and terrorist attempt has failed and Saleh has survived. (AP)World
Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh escapes bomb attack with minor injuries

The explosion killed at least 10 civilians and wounded more than a dozen, officials said

9 Sept 2020 3:57 PM IST

A handout picture provided by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on September 8, 2020 shows Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) welcoming his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the ministry headquarters in the capital Tehran. (Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP)World
Jaishankar discusses Chabahar with Zarif in Iran

Two back-to-back high-level visits could mean New Delhi is concerned over reports of massive Chinese financial...

9 Sept 2020 12:09 PM IST

US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner (C-L) and US National Security Adviser Robert OBrien (C-R) disembark from the the El Als airliner, which is carrying a US-Israeli delegation to the UAE following a normalisation accord, upon landing on the tarmac on August 31, 2020, in the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE at the Abu Dhabi airport. - A US-Israeli delegation including White House advisor Jared Kushner took off on a historic first direct commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi to mark the normalisation of ties between the Jewish state and the UAE. (AFP)World
White House to host Israel-UAE deal-signing ceremony on September 15

The US-' hope is that more such deals between Israel and the Gulf states will emerge, prompting the Palestinians to join...

9 Sept 2020 9:47 AM IST

In a phone call to Trump on Sunday, King Salman affirmed the kingdoms keenness to reach a lasting and fair solution to the Palestinian cause to bring peace, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. (AFP)World
Saudi king calls for -'fair-' Palestinian solution in Trump call

Saudi Arabia has said it will not follow the UAE until Israel has signed an internationally recognised peace accord with...

7 Sept 2020 1:58 PM IST

Chilean and Lebanese rescuers search in the rubble of a building that was collapsed in last months massive explosion, after getting signals there may be a survivor under the rubble, in Beirut, Lebanon. Hopes were raised after the dog of a Chilean search and rescue team touring Gemmayzeh street, one of the hardest-hit in Beirut, ran toward the collapsed building. (AP)World
No sign of life: Rescue workers stop search for blast survivors in...

The signs of life detected in the past two days were possibly breaths of fellow rescuers already inside the building,...

6 Sept 2020 8:54 AM IST

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