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Iran targets US bases in Gulf after deadly wedding strike blamed on Washington
TEHRAN, Sept 4 — Iran said it hit US military bases in Kuwait and the UAE yesterday, vowing to avenge a wedding attack it blamed on Washington as US Vice President JD Vance said the strike was being investigated. The
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More than 700 fall ill in latest food poisoning linked to Indonesia’s free school meals
SEMARANG, Sept 4 — Hundreds of students and teachers in Indonesia have fallen ill after eating free school meals, their principal said yesterday, the second major food poisoning this week linked to the government’s hallmark programme. The multi-billion-dollar meal scheme,
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US issues US$1 coin featuring Trump despite law barring living presidents on currency
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 — The US Treasury yesterday issued US$1 (RM4.04) coins featuring the face of President Donald Trump, the latest move in an unprecedented campaign by the Republican billionaire to put his personal stamp on national institutions. The coins
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‘It destroyed everything’: Nepal seeks climate justice after glacial collapse, says rich nations must answer for Himalayan catastrophe
KATHMANDU, Sept 3 — When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border tore through his village last week, Pemba Chhring Tamang watched the landscape he had known all his life disappear. “The flood was
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Kuwait says air defences intercept Iranian missiles and drones as Tehran targets US allies across region
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 3 — Kuwait’s army said today it was intercepting a missile and drone attack from Iran, as Tehran targeted US allies in the Middle East. Iran has targeted US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates,
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Iran hits US bases across Middle East after deadly US strikes, wedding deaths
TEHRAN, Sept 2 — Iran launched a wave of attacks on US sites across the Middle East on Wednesday as violence surged after an extensive American bombardment and the deaths of four people at an Iranian wedding party. Iran’s Revolutionary
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China’s Xi holds talks with Sisi on first Egypt visit in a decade as Beijing deepens Middle East ties
CAIRO, Sept 2 — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday received his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on his first visit to Cairo in a decade, as Beijing seeks a greater foothold in the region against the backdrop of the
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Cargo ship sinks off Istanbul after collision, 10 crew missing
ISTANBUL, Sept 2 — A Turkish cargo ship sank in the Marmara Sea near Istanbul after colliding with a second vessel, with rescuers searching for its 10 crew members, Turkish officials said Wednesday. The incident occurred before dawn when the
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‘It’s THE Great Satan’: Iran negotiator brands US after children killed at wedding
TEHRAN, Sept 2 — Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Wednesday called the United States “Satan” after an attack on a wedding ceremony in the country’s south. At least four people were killed and dozens wounded in a late-night
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US tightens grip on Venezuela oil as Trump defends multibillion-dollar deal
CARACAS, Sept 2 — US officials on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela, saying it would lower oil prices for Americans and counter Russian and Chinese influence on Washington’s doorstep. Venezuela’s government-dominated National Assembly on Tuesday backed
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