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2 months ago | 
arab.news | Sheany Yasuko Lai |Shehab Sumon
ISLAMABAD: Gunshots fired by a member of the Taliban’s security forces at the United Nations’ largest compound killed one person and injured another in Kabul, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday, it said. The person killed was a member of the Taliban-run security forces who was outside the compound, the statement said without adding any details.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
arab.news | Modaser Islami |Sheany Yasuko Lai
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan left a hospital in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Tuesday, less than a week after he suffered knife injuries in a scuffle with an intruder at his house, local media reported. Khan, 54, was stabbed six times by the intruder during an attempted burglary at his home after midnight on Thursday. He had surgery after sustaining stab wounds to his spine, neck and hands, doctors said. Khan was discharged from hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
arab.news | Jonathan Gornall |Ellie Aben |Sheany Yasuko Lai
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
arab.news | Ellie Aben |Hasaan Ali Khan |Sheany Yasuko Lai
Pakistan’s Punjab offers health, education, religious tourism incentives to Saudi investors /node/2585595/world January 07, 2025 21:21 Pakistan’s Punjab offers health, education, religious tourism incentives to Saudi investors Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz meets Prince Mansour, former governor of Hafr Al-Batin province Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have sought closer business and economic ties in recent months ISLAMABAD: The chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province has offered Saudi investors...
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
arabnews.com | Sheany Yasuko Lai
JAKARTA: Indonesia announced on Tuesday its acceptance into the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, vowing to strengthen cooperation with countries of the Global South. Initially comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the group expanded last year with the accession of Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia and the UAE.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
arab.news | Sheany Yasuko Lai
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation, telling the nation that “internal battles” mean he “cannot be the best option” in the next election. Trudeau said Monday he has asked the president of his Liberal Party to begin the process to select a new leader. He has faced rising discontent over his leadership, and the abrupt departure of his finance minister late last year signaled growing turmoil within his government. Parliament will be suspended until March 24.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
arab.news | Ray Hanania |Shehab Sumon |Sheany Yasuko Lai
Bangladesh prepares to send trained nurses to Saudi Arabia in 2025 /node/2580570/world November 24, 2024 15:14 Bangladesh prepares to send trained nurses to Saudi Arabia in 2025 Authorities are preparing to fulfill a Saudi request for 150 Bangladeshi nurses Migration of skilled Bangladeshi workers has been on the rise this year, government data shows DHAKA: Bangladesh is preparing to send the first batch of trained nurses to Saudi Arabia by early next year, the country’s state-owned...
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
arabnews.com | Sheany Yasuko Lai
Jakarta: Indonesia’s new leader, President Prabowo Subianto, is seeking closer cooperation with the UAE on Jakarta’s industrialization efforts as he made his first official trip to Abu Dhabi since taking office last month. Indonesia’s relations with the UAE grew under former President Joko Widodo, who in 2021 secured a more than $46 billion investment commitment from the Gulf state. The two countries signed a free trade deal a year later, which came into force last September.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
arabnews.pk | Sheany Yasuko Lai
VIENTIANE, Laos: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed regret Wednesday that his Chinese counterpart chose not to hold talks with him during meetings of Southeast Asian defense chiefs in Laos, calling it a setback for the entire region. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is holding security talks in Vientiane at a time of increasing maritime disputes with China and as the transition to a new US president approaches.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
arabnews.pk | Sheany Yasuko Lai
“If the official order is received today, his family and supporters will approach the authorities for his release,” one of his party’s lawyers, Salman Safdar, told journalistsSafdar added that, as far as he knew, Khan had been granted bail or acquitted in all the cases he facedISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan granted bail to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in a case relating to the illegal sale of state gifts, his party said on Wednesday.
