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A Syrian man, selling juice, waits for customers in the city of Qamishli in Syrias northeastern Hasakeh province. (AFP)

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'Keep going': Syrian refugees use war resilience to confront virus

Refugees believe their experience of violence and exile helps them deal with the anxiety sparked by the novel...

3 May 2020 2:17 PM IST

Agam, a strip club dancer at the former Pussycat strip club in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv. (AFP)

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Curtains fall on strip clubs in Israel's 'Sin City'

3 May 2020 8:54 AM IST

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MEA: Allegations of Islamophobia against India are based on stray...

Some influential individuals in the Gulf countries have been mounting a campaign against India and accusing it of...

30 April 2020 8:58 PM IST

Demonstrators wearing protective masks against the COVID-19 coronavirus, take part in a protest against the Israeli Supreme Courts intention to have a hearing on whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is allowed to form a government, in front of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. (AFP)

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Israelis rally against court hearing to disqualify Netanyahu

If the Netanyahu-Gantz deal unravel, which would plunge the country into a fourth election in just over a year

30 April 2020 3:59 PM IST

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Indian embassy in UAE opens online registration to help expats get...

Indian expatriate community is reportedly the largest ethnic community in UAE, constituting roughly about 30 per cent of...

30 April 2020 12:18 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani chairs a cabinet session in the capital Tehran. Rouhani urged the International Monetary Fund to provide the country with a requested $5 billion emergency loan to combat its novel coronavirus. AFP photo

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Rouhani warns US, says Washington should not plot against Iran every...

Last year too, Tehran and Washington have traded barbs over a spate of incidents.

29 April 2020 4:30 PM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP)

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Netanyahu confident about annexing West Bank with US support

The annexation, which will kill chances of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, is likely to invite flak...

27 April 2020 12:16 PM IST

Saudi Arabia King Mohammed bin Salman. (AFP)

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Saudi Arabia puts an end to death penalty for minors

The decision comes on the heels of another judgement to end flogging, one of the most controversial forms of public...

27 April 2020 9:56 AM IST

Graffiti art depicting domestic abuse, inspired by the increase in cases of domestic violence amid a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)

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Shut down to resist spread of coronavirus, Iraqi women now face...

Activists have long pushed the government to adopt a better domestic violence law that would help victims and deter...

26 April 2020 1:31 PM IST

$The Saudi supreme court said the latest reform was intended to \bring the kingdom into line with international human rights norms\. Representational Image$ World

Saudi Arabia abolishes flogging as punishment

Court-ordered floggings in Saudi Arabia -- sometimes extending to hundreds of lashes, have long drawn condemnation from...

25 April 2020 3:02 PM IST

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Trapped by virus, foreign labourers in Gulf fall sick

United Arab Emirates is even threatening the laborers' home countries that won't take them back with possible quotas on...

23 April 2020 1:41 PM IST

Victory in this longest war for the Afghan Taliban is not yet assured. (Representational | AP)

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Amid covid pandemic, Taliban kills 23 in fresh violence in Afghanistan

The governor's spokesman, Mohammad Jawad Hejri, confirmed the attack and also blamed the Taliban, putting the death toll...

20 April 2020 4:06 PM IST