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Seven Kings Mosque on lockdown after shots fired
LONDON: A mosque was on lockdown yesterday after a man carrying a gun tried to enter it during Ramadan prayers, Anadolu Agency reported, quoting a statement by the police. Metropolitan Police confirmed that a big police presence will remain at
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Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung spews massive smoke and ash
SUMATRA: An Indonesian volcano erupted Tuesday, sending a massive column of ash and smoke 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) into the air, coating local villages in debris. Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island – which has been rumbling since 2010 and saw
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Palestine-Israel to end the deadly escalation
Palestinian leaders in Gaza agreed to a ceasefire with Israel on Monday to end a deadly two-day escalation in violence that threatened to widen into a fourth war between them since 2008. An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the deal,
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Prince Harry ‘over the moon’ as Meghan gives birth to a boy
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has given birth to a boy, her “over the moon” husband Prince Harry revealed to the world on Monday in a low-key announcement intended to protect their privacy. Prince Harry said that both mother and baby
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Israel army denies Gaza, mother, baby killed by Israeli strike
Israel’s army on Sunday denied claims from Gazan authorities that an Israeli strike killed a pregnant Palestinian mother and her baby, saying errant Hamas fire was to blame for the deaths. “The terror organisations’ propaganda at its finest,” Israeli army
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Palestinian militant killed in Israeli retaliatory strikes
A Palestinian militant was killed in an Israeli retaliatory strike in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Gazan officials said, in response to rocket barrages fired from the enclave. The Gazan health ministry identified the man killed as Hamad al-Khodori, 34. Hamas’s armed
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UAE man stops wife from playing PUBG. She files for divorce
An Emirati woman in her early 20s filed for divorce from her husband because he denied her from playing the online game, PUBG. Director of the Social Centre at Ajman Police, Captain Wafa Khalil who was handling the case told
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Internet hails Sikh bus driver Tarsem Singh after he made England lift ban on turban
Twitter is remembering the turban-wearing British bus driver, Tarsem Singh Sandhu who brought a radical change in Britain by helping lift the ban on wearing turbans and keeping beard at work for Sikhs in England. It has almost been 50 years since
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Sri Lankan cable operators, “Dialogue” and “SLT” block Peace TV
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan cable operators, “Dialogue” and “SLT” have banned the airing of Zakir Naik’s Peace TV following the bomb blasts in the island state on Easter Sunday. Both cable operators are the largest cable operators in Sri Lanka. An
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Islamic State features Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in video
CAIRO: Islamic State’s media network on Monday published a threatening video message purporting to come from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in what would be his first appearance since declaring the jihadists’ now-defunct “caliphate” five years ago. In the 18-minute
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