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Dubai Police unveil new strict traffic fines for motorists who flout the law
Motorists who break the rules of the road in Dubai face hefty fines of up to $27,228 (Dh100,000) under a…
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Gun battle leaves two Iranian policemen, four gunmen dead near Pakistan
Two police officers and four attackers were killed on Saturday when gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a police station in…
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Yemen’s Houthi authorities ban Swedish imports over Quran burning
Yemen’s Houthi movement, which controls the country’s north, has banned Swedish imports in protest at the burning of Quran in…
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Israel attacks launch site in Lebanon after rockets ‘fired’
Israeli forces have struck an area of Lebanon from which a cross-border rocket launch was carried, its military said. The…
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Why did Tel Aviv’s popular police chief quit?
Hundreds of protesters flocked to the streets of Tel Aviv on Wednesday night to protest against the forced resignation of…
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Three Russian fighter jets harassed US drones over Syria: US Air Force
Russian fighter jets harassed American aircraft on an anti-ISIS mission in Syria, the US military said on Wednesday. “Earlier today at approximately…
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Sudan conflict: UN denounces rising sexual violence against women
The United Nations on Wednesday condemned what it called rising sexual violence against women and girls in Sudan as fighting has raged there…
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Israel bombs Gaza following Jenin assault
Israeli fighter jets have struck the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired from the besieged enclave after Israel ended…
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Why did Israel use helicopter gunships on Jenin refugee camp?
Israel says it has ended what has been its biggest siege on the Jenin refugee camp in two decades, after…
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‘They can’t break our spirit’: Jenin residents after Israel siege
Waled Rashed Mansour’s arm is blue where an Israeli military dog attacked him, the memory as raw as the wound.…
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