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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has announced the normalization of bilateral ties between Bahrain and the occupying regime of Israel, the second Arab state to join a deal widely censured as a betrayal of the Palestinian nation and the Palestinian cause. Trump said in a tweet on Friday that Bahrain …

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump brags he shielded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to an explosive new book. Talking to journalist and writer Bob Woodward, Trump defended bin Salman over the assassination inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey. “I saved …

AYODHYA: Despite the coronavirus restricting a large crowd, Hindus rejoiced on Wednesday as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke ground on a long-awaited temple of their most revered god, Ram, at the site of a demolished 16th-century mosque. Modi offered prayers to nine stone blocks with Ram inscribed on them …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been found guilty of corruption over the misappropriation of state funds. High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali declared Najib guilty of one count of abuse of power, three counts of criminal breach of trust, and three counts of money laundering …

MOSCOW: Russia has intercepted a US spy plane over the Black Sea, the third such incident in less than a week, the Russian Defense Ministry says. The ministry said it had sent a Su-27 fighter jet on Monday to intercept the US spy plane that was scanning Russia’s southern borders, …

TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister says the new world order, which will emerge following the deadly coronavirus pandemic, will not be of a Western type. Speaking in a live Instagram conversation with English-speaking audience from Tehran on Monday, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the past 30 years have constituted one of the …

FORT FRANCE: Anti-racism activists have torn down a statue of Napoleon’s empress Josephine and another colonial figure in the overseas French territory of Martinique, the latest test of President Emmanuel Macron’s vow not to erase controversial monuments. A statue of Josephine de Beauharnais, who was born to a wealthy colonial …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities launched a search on Sunday for 24 Rohingya refugees who went missing while trying to swim to shore from a boat off the resort island of Langkawi. Malaysia has long been a favoured destination for Rohingya Muslims seeking a better life after escaping a 2017 military …

KABUL: The Taliban accused Afghan security forces on Sunday of re-arresting insurgents who had been released as part of a crucial prisoner swap meant to kick-start peace talks. They said the National Directorate of Security (NDS) had detained an unspecified number of insurgents released under the exchange programme, warning Kabul …

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony next month for a Hindu temple on a disputed site in northern India where a 16th century mosque was torn down by Hindu hard-liners in 1992, according to the trust overseeing the temple construction. The ceremony is set …