US suspends student visa processing in fresh swipe at foreign applicants
President Donald Trump's administration is seeking unprecedented control over leading US universities, including revoking foreign student visas and deporting some...
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Turkey’s 5,000-year-old bread finds new life
Round and flat like a pancake, 12 centimeters (five inches) in diameter, the bread was discovered during excavations at Kulluoba,...
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Afghanistan will be ruled by a council: Taliban leader
The insurgent group has made no official statement on the structure of their government even as a key Taliban member...
- Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said that he was “in talks” to return home.
- UAE said on Ghani has been received in the country on humanitarian grounds.
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Lebanon buries victims of fuel tank blast
The explosion on Sunday in the Akkar region scorched crowds clamoring for petrol that the army was distributing in light...
- The kin of victims criticized the political leadership of the country.
- Nearly 80 people were injured in the blast, many with burns that further overwhelmed hospitals struggling to function without electricity.
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Troubled land: The Sahel’s ‘three-border’ region
The vast arid region, along with central Mali, has become the worst-hit area in the jihadists' nine-year-old campaign
- The vast arid region, along with central Mali, has become the worst-hit area in the jihadists' nine-year-old campaign
- As elsewhere in the Sahel, the birthrate here is high and climate change has sharpened competition over scarce resources
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‘Complete stop’: New Turkish wall confronts fleeing Afghans
A concrete wall, topped with barbed wire and surrounded by trenches, is being erected along Turkey's border with Iran
- A concrete wall, topped with barbed wire and surrounded by trenches, is being erected along Turkey's border with Iran
- Official data shows 120,000 Afghan refugees in Turkey, and up to 300,000 undocumented Afghan migrants
Science
Israel tightens restrictions as virus cases leap
The measures, announced Sunday, require vaccination certificates or negative coronavirus tests to enter a range of public spaces
- The measures, announced Sunday, require vaccination certificates or negative coronavirus tests to enter a range of public spaces
- According to the health ministry, more than 8,700 people tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest number for a single day since January
Teenage pilot takes off on solo round-the-world record bid
The intrepid 19-year-old Zara Rutherford dreams one day of becoming an astronaut
- The intrepid 19-year-old Zara Rutherford dreams one day of becoming an astronaut
- The first leg was a short hop across the Channel from her Belgian hometown of Kortrijk to England
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UAE hosting Afghan ex-president ‘on humanitarian grounds’
Ghani fled Afghanistan on Sunday as the Taliban closed in on Kabul, before the insurgents walked into the Afghan capital...
- Ghani fled Afghanistan on Sunday as the Taliban closed in on Kabul, before the insurgents walked into the Afghan capital unopposed
- In a Facebook post, Ghani said the "Taliban have won" and that he fled to avoid a "flood of bloodshed".
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Twitter lets users flag ‘misleading’ content
A new test feature will allow some Twitter users mark tweets as "misleading".
- A new test feature will allow some Twitter users in the United States, South Korea and Australia to mark tweets as "misleading" after clicking "report tweet."
- Users can then be more specific, flagging the misleading tweet as potentially containing misinformation about "health," "politics" and "other."
Science
Probiotics can save corals from effects of climate change
A new study by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro shows...
- The scientists created a probiotic using microbes derived from the coral itself, selecting strains with traits deemed likeliest to boost resilience
- Probiotics increased the stability and survivorship in the algae-coral host relationship by more than 40%
Arts & Culture
Singers in the dark: Syria ‘power cut video’ goes viral
The video for the song "Ya Weel Weely", which topped five million views on YouTube within days of its release,...
- The video for the song "Ya Weel Weely", which topped five million views on YouTube within days of its release, was shot entirely in a small room lit by battery-powered devices
- The band Safar was formed two decades ago and remained little known to the wider Syrian public until one of its songs went viral last month
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UAE orders trial of 84 on terrorism charges, says media
Dubai, UAE - The Emirates is to put 84 people on trial for terror-related offenses, state media said on Saturday. The...
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India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 enters Sun’s orbit
New Delhi, India - India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success...
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EU urges peace at Israel-Lebanon border amid escalation fears
The European Union foreign policy chief warned against a regional conflict that would involve Lebanon, as border clashes intensified nearly...
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Fired over 60 rockets at Israeli military base, says Hizbollah
Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's Hizbollah fired on Saturday over 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, the group said, describing the...
- The Israeli military said it had identified around 40 rocket launches from Lebanese territory on Saturday morning.
- Air raid sirens went off in towns and cities across northern Israel, later also blaring in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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Death toll from IS twin bombings rises to 91, says Iran
TEHRAN, IRAN - A bombing attack in southern Iran claimed by the Islamic State group has killed 91 people, state media...
- The attack is the deadliest in Iran since 1978, when arson killed more than 370 people trapped in a cinema in Abadan.
- The Iranian intelligence ministry said on Friday that "one of the suicide bombers" was "of Tajik nationality".
Global maritime trade sails into geopolitical storm
Most large international shipping companies have decided to reroute trading to avoid the Red Sea and Suez Canal through which...
- Maersk said Friday that it would divert all vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea for the "foreseeable future" after Yemeni rebels attacked its merchant ships
- Vessels are circumnavigating Africa via the Cape of Good Hope, which extends the journey between Asia and Europe by 10 to 20 days on average, said general manager of Ovrsea