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Suspicious packages found in 28 places across Nepal
Suspicious packages were found in at least 28 places across Nepal since Tuesday morning, police said. Not all the suspicious packages were bombs and some were planted to create a sense of fear among the people. "Suspicious packages
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Iran says US sanctions on Khamenei mean end of diplomacy
Iran said on Tuesday that a US decision to impose sanctions on the country's supreme leader and other top officials permanently closed the path to diplomacy between Tehran and Washington. "Imposing useless sanctions on Iran's Supreme
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US imposes new sanctions on Iran, including supreme leader
US President Donald Trump imposed new US sanctions on Iran on Monday following Tehran's downing of an unmanned American drone and said the measures would target Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Trump told reporters he was
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Pompeo meets King Salman, Mohammed bin Salman to discuss Iran
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and separately with Crown
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Mike Pompeo arrives in Saudi Arabia for Iran crisis talks
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for talks on coordinating with the close ally amid mounting tensions with
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No suspension of Etihad Airways flights over Iran-controlled airspace
Etihad Airways is carefully monitoring the situation, following the emergency order on Thursday by US Federal Aviation Administration (USFAA)
Read MoreDrone downed by Iranian missile in international airspace: US
A US military drone has been shot down in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, a US official said on Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The official said the drone was a US Navy MQ-4C
Read MoreAlert: Weather warning issued in UAE
The National Centre of Meteorology, NCM, has called on drivers and pedestrians to take all necessary precautions when on roads due to blowing dust and sand causing poor horizontal visibility. The NCM, in its statement today, warned of the poor
Read MoreFNC panel calls for unified school bus safety system
Members of the Federal National Council (FNC) have called on education authorities to introduce a unified safety system for school buses to protect the lives of schoolchildren across the country. The move followed the death of a six-year-old
Read MoreMan demands Dh60 million compensation from UAE bank
An Emirati businessman is demanding Dh60 million from a local bank for causing him financial losses when it refused to encash a Dh10 million cheque he issued as payment for a plot of land. Court records showed that the man bought the land in Abu
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