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Iran supreme leader warns ‘thugs’ amid gas price protests

7:13 pm November 17, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday backed the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike “thugs,” signaling a potential crackdown on the demonstrations. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments came as authorities shut down the internet across Iran to smother […]

One dead as petrol protests spread in Iran

7:58 pm November 16, 2019

Tehran: One person was killed and others injured in protests that spread across Iran on Saturday after a surprise decision to impose petrol price hikes and rationing in the country hit by US sanctions. The death occurred in the central city of Sirjan, where people tried to set fire to a fuel depot but were […]

Car bomb kills 19 in northern Syria: monitor

7:52 pm November 16, 2019

Beirut: A car bomb killed 19 people, 13 of them civilians, in the Turkish-controlled town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Saturday, a war monitor said. The bomb, which struck a bus and taxi station in the town, also wounded 33 people, some of them seriously, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Turkey […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Pak air traffic controller saves Jaipur-Muscat flight after pilot sounds alert

1:13 pm November 16, 2019

Islamabad: An air traffic controller from Pakistan ‘s Civil Aviation Authority saved a plane flying from Jaipur to Muscat, the capital city of Oman, after its pilot sounded alert due to bad weather. Sources in the aviation authority have said that the plane encountered abnormal weather conditions near the Chor area of the southern Sindh […]

Israel to probe ‘unexpected’ civilian casualties in Gaza strike

11:25 pm November 15, 2019

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories): Israel’s military pledged Friday to investigate unexpected civilian casualties in a strike targeting Islamic Jihad in Gaza, where a ceasefire agreement remained fragile after fighting left 34 Palestinians dead. Underscoring the frailty of the truce, a volley of rockets was fired from the coastal strip into the Jewish state after the […]