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A handout picture released by Iran’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday shows the “Kowsar” domestic fighter jet, a fourth-generation fighter, with “advanced avionics” and multi-purpose radar, which the local Tasnim news agency said was “100-percent indigenously made”. — AFP
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Iran unveils first domestic fighter jet
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Diaz wins first gold for Philippines
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Zazai stars as Afghanistan tops Ireland
37 minutes ago
Rooney magic continues to revitalize DC United
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Dortmund survives German Cup scare
President Tsai Ing-wen speaks to the media on Tuesday in Taipei after El Salvador ended diplomatic relations with Taiwan. — Reuters
August 21, 2018
Taiwan says China ‘out of control’ as it loses El Salvador to Beijing
Indian Army personnel and Kerala state police work to build a temporary bridge over a rocky river following heavy flooding in Nelliyampathy in Palakkad district, in the Indian state of Kerala, on Monday. — AFP
August 21, 2018
More than a million people in Kerala flood relief camps
August 21, 2018
Taliban release 160 civilians but keep 20 others captive, official says
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US pastor Andrew Craig Brunson is escorted by Turkish plain clothes police officers to his house in Izmir, Turkey, in this July 25, 2018 file photo. — AFP
August 21, 2018
Trump vows ‘no concessions’ with Turkey over detained US pastor
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August 21, 2018
Iran resumes electricity supplies to Iraq
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August 20, 2018
US service member killed in Iraq chopper crash
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opinion
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi
August 21, 2018
Performing Haj over and over again
August 21, 2018
Putin’s hidden threat
Hussein Shobokshi
August 20, 2018
Bahrain — the economy is again!
August 20, 2018
Improving Indo-Pak ties
Europe
Rescuers are seen at the Raganello Gorge, a popular hiking spot in Civita, a village in the Italian Calabria southern region, on Monday. — AFP
August 21, 2018
11 dead in surge of white-water creek in Italy
A woman walks in front of the headquarters with the logo of Italian infrastructure giant Autostrade per l’Italia, which operates and maintains nearly half Italy’s motorways, in Rome in this Aug. 16, 2018 file photo. — AFP
August 20, 2018
Italy allows docking of ship with migrants, ends standoff with Malta
Pope Francis meets Italian youth at the ancient Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy, in this Aug. 11, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
August 20, 2018
Pope Francis condemns child sex abuse and Church cover-ups
Airport staff write on a white board as Gatwick, Britain’s second busiest airport, was forced to post flight information on white boards after an IT glitch meant its digital screens failed in Gatwick, London, on Monday in this picture obtained from social media. — Reuters
August 20, 2018
Gatwick, UK’s No. 2 airport, shows flights on white boards after IT fails
British tourist Kay Longstaff speaks to the press upon her arrival in Pula with the Croatia’s coast guard ship, on Sunday, which saved her after falling off a cruise ship near Croatian coast. — AFP
August 20, 2018
UK woman survives 10 hours after falling off cruise ship
Asia
Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi gestures during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on Monday. — Reuters
August 20, 2018
Talks with India the way forward, says Pakistan’s new foreign minister
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August 20, 2018
Pakistan to ban jailed ex-PM Sharif from traveling abroad
August 20, 2018
Malaysia makes record $12m rhino horn seizure
Africa
Former South African President Jacob Zuma stands in the dock of the High Court of Pietermaritzburg during his hearing over 16 corruption charges in this July 27, 2018 file photo. — AFP
August 20, 2018
S. Africa inquiry opens into alleged graft under Zuma
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December 31, 2017
Saudi Arabia hikes fuel price
For most children, born and brought up in the Kingdom, saying goodbye to the country they consider their home is a tough call. It is psychologically and emotionally draining for these children who are often found discussing among themselves the trauma of leaving Saudi Arabia. — File photo
March 10, 2018
Expat children set to say goodbye to Saudi Arabia after exams
January 1, 2018
Wife gets divorce from man who loved her more than his mother
February 20, 2018
Stop hiring expats in private jobs
November 8, 2017
5% VAT on money transfer fee
December 18, 2017
Dependent’s fee impact: 62,000 expats leave
Khaled Aba Al-Khail
January 8, 2018
No new tax on expats: Ministry
America
US President Donald Trump reacts to a question during an interview in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday. — Reuters
August 21, 2018
Trump fears ‘perjury trap’ in Mueller inquiry
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Chrisopher Watts, 33, arrested on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters, in Frederick, Colorado, is shown in this handout photo. — Reuters
August 21, 2018
Colorado man charged in murder of family claims wife strangled kids
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Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt arrives at Blenheim Palace, where US President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump are attending a dinner with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and business leaders, near Oxford, Britain, in this July 12, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
August 21, 2018
Britain urges US, Europe to ‘go further’ in countering Russia
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Pakistan Independence Day
August 14, 2018
A bright spot: Football industry in Pakistan
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August 14, 2018
Modernizing Pakistani workforce skills- challenges & opportunities
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August 14, 2018
Defense industrial base of Pakistan
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India Independence Day
Indian navy personnel are the first responders in Sri Lanka when Cyclone Mora (2017) wreaked havoc in the island.
August 15, 2018
India’s commitment towards preventing crises
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August 15, 2018
Mangalyaan: Indian’s giant leap in space
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August 15, 2018
‘E-governance: The key for good governance’
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Indonesia Independence Day
King Salman with President Joko Widodo
August 16, 2018
Charting the future: New Indonesia-Saudi strategic partnership after King Salman...
Agus Maftuh Abegebriel
August 16, 2018
The future has never been so promising
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Mohamad Hery Saripudin
August 16, 2018
Year 2018 is special for Indonesia
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