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The number of Indian expats applying for work in Oman drops by more than 60%
DUBAI: Oman has seen a more than 65 percent drop in the number of Indian expat workers coming into the country as the ban on foreign labor continues, national daily Times of Oman has
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Gaza teen dies of wounds from Israeli fire during protest
DUBAI: Oman has seen a more than 65 percent drop in the number of Indian expat workers coming into the country as the ban on foreign labor continues, national daily Times of Oman has
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Pompeo presses Saudis for accountability on Khashoggi murder
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince that "every single person responsible" for the murder of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi needs to be held accountable. King Salman
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Cargo plane crashes in Iran killing 15: Army
A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of Tehran, killing 15 out of the 16 people on board, the Iranian army has said. A flight engineer survived and was
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Heatwave in Australia continues, tennis tournament hit
Marble Bar, a small town in western Australia, set a new record in December as it touched a gruelling temperature of 49.4C. On Sunday, it was 49.2C, equalling January's record of maximum temperature. It
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Theresa May tells MPs: It’s my deal, no deal, or no Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned MPs if they reject her deal to leave the European Union, they risk either leaving without a deal or not leaving at all. British parliamentarians are set
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‘China is after us’: Pakistan Uighur Muslims report intimidation
Rawalpindi, Pakistan - On a cold winter evening, Mohammad Hassan Abdul Hameed, 34, walks towards his restaurant, past silk stores in the busy China Market in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He, like many others here, belongs
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Egypt shuts six ports due to bad weather
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump warned Sunday that if Turkey attacks US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria, the United States will “devastate Turkey economically.”Trump’s decision to pull American troops out of Syria has left the United
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Pompeo and MBS agree on ‘importance’ of Yemen de-escalation
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed on the importance of de-escalation in military operations in Yemen amid United Nations peace efforts to the end the
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Morocco’s Amazigh push for official recognition of their new year
Hundreds of people gathered in Morocco's capital Rabat to mark the start of the Amazigh new year with a sit-in, calling on the state to make the celebration a national holiday. "This day is


