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23-02-2023 RAMALLAH/ WEST BANK: At least 11 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The ministry said on Wednesday that at least 50 of the injured were hit by live ammunition. …

23-02-2023 NEW YORK: The families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks cannot seize $3.5 billion in funds belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday. The assets, held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, were frozen on August 15, 2021, the …

23-02-2023 SEOUL: South Korea’s fertility rate, already the world’s lowest, has dropped yet again in the latest setback to the country’s efforts to boost its declining population. The national statistics body reported Wednesday that the fertility rate, or the average number of children expected per woman, fell to 0.78 in …

22-02-2023 JANDARIS: An infant child born in northern Syria during this month’s devastating earthquake was reunited on Saturday with her aunt and uncle, after her parents and siblings died in the disaster. Footage circulating widely on social media after the quake showed a rescuer scrambling down a hill of rubble …

22-02-2023 DUBAI: An Iranian foundation has praised the man who attacked novelist Salman Rushdie last year, leaving him severely injured, and said it will reward him with 1,000 square metres of agricultural land, state TV reported on Tuesday through its Telegram channel. Rushdie, 75, lost an eye and the use …

22-02-2023 WARSAW/MOSCOW: US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday Ukraine “stands strong” a year after the Russian invasion and that Moscow would never defeat its neighbour after the Kremlin suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty over the West’s support for Kyiv. Hours before Biden spoke in Poland following a …

22-02-2023 MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered a nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine, suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems had been put on combat duty and warning that Moscow could resume nuclear tests. Speaking nearly a year to the day since …

22-02-2023 TEHRAN: The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry described the Iran International TV channel’s decision to relocate its studio operations from the UK to the US as a puppetry that reveals collaboration among the intelligence services of several countries. In an interview with Tasnim on Tuesday, Nasser Kanaani described …

22-02-2023 BEIJING: Beijing is “deeply concerned” about the year-old conflict in Ukraine, which appeared to be “intensifying and even getting out of control”, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday. Beijing initiated a “no limits” partnership with Moscow shortly before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February and has avoided …

22-02-2023 SEOUL: A South Korean court has for the first time recognized the rights of a same-sex couple in the country. In a landmark ruling, the Seoul High Court found a government health insurer did owe coverage to the spouse of a customer after the firm withdrew it when it …