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TEHRAN: Iran has begun the first stage of state funeral ceremonies for the late Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, with foreign dignitaries, religious leaders, and thousands of mourners gathering at Tehran's…

CATIA LA MAR: Despite the continuously rising death toll, a miracle occurred yesterday when a man was successfully brought out alive after being trapped for eight days under the rubble of a building following the twin earthquakes in…

JEDDAH: The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the preliminary approval by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) of a bill to ban the azan call. The Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA)…

BRUSSELS: The unprecedented heatwave sweeping across Europe since late June has reportedly claimed thousands of lives, while several countries continue to record record-high temperatures as extreme heat moves towards the eastern…

ISTANBUL: The free passage of the Strait of Hormuz is only granted for a period of 60 days based on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently signed with the United States (US). In an interview broadcast via…

NEW YORK: The United Nations (UN) will supply 10,000 body bags to Venezuela, although it hopes that the final death toll from the twin earthquakes will not be that high. The twin earthquakes last week flattened entire…

CARACAS: Countries around the world are racing to channel aid to earthquake-stricken Venezuela, where at least 234 victims have been confirmed dead so far. Aid was offered a day after the natural disaster struck, which has claimed…

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that no Malaysians were killed in the improvised explosive device (IED) explosion incident in Narathiwat Province, Thailand, today. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that…

DOHA: The United States and Iran have reportedly agreed to halt hostilities and resume high-level talks in Qatar on Tuesday in an effort to defuse rising tensions over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. According to a report by Axios, the…

TEHRAN: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for launching attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for United States (US) strikes on Iranian territory, while warning that any further…