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GENEVA — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the “main contributing factor” to the potentially devastating one per cent drop in projected global economic growth this year, UN development economists UNCTAD said on Thursday, in the body’s latest global economic update.“The main headline is a downgrading of the ...

DUBAI — Iran has rescued 29 of the 30 crew members of a UAE-flagged cargo ship that sank in the Arabian Gulf amid high winds and rough seas, Iranian state media reported.An operation was continuing to find the missing sailor, an emergency response official told Irna news agency.Two ...

LONDON — Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday.British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, was shot dead after a standoff with police in Colleyville.Details of the ages or genders of the ...

WASHINGTON — Seven senior US officers serving on a military jury have rebuked the alleged CIA torture of a prisoner as "a stain on the moral fiber of America", BBC News reported.A clemency letter from most of the panel, published by the New York Times, condemns the treatment of ...

Saudi Gazette reportMANAMA — Bahrain Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad, who is also the country’s prime minister, met here on Thursday with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.During the meeting, Prince Salman underlined the importance of strengthening bilateral relations, including cooperation against COVID-19, which requires strong coordination and solidarity ...

NEW DELHI — Almost two years after the abrogation of Article 370, which scrapped the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), prospects are looking bright for ushering in the era of progress and development in the region battered by years-long militancy.With the sharp drop ...

WASHINGTON — The US Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Zahid Quraishi to be a US District Judge for the District of New Jersey, making him the first Muslim American federal judge in US history."Mr. Quraishi will be the first American Muslim in United States history to serve as ...

GENEVA — The top UN rights body passed a resolution on Thursday seeking a probe into crimes committed during the 11-day long Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza this month in which at least 248 Palestinians and 12 Israelis were killed.The UN Human Rights Council passed the resolution by a 24-9 ...

NEW YORK — The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday launched a $164 million appeal for personal protective gear, together with COVID-19 testing and control equipment, to save lives amidst the deadly wave of infections that continues to sweep across South Asia.Across the region of almost 2 billion people, ...

Saudi Gazette reportMANAMA — Travelers from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, who have been inoculated against coronavirus or have recovered from it, will no longer have to undergo a PCR test for the virus upon their arrival in Bahrain.The move, which will come into force on the first ...