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Iranians head to polls to pick new parliament
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Feb 21 (ANI): Many Iranians on Friday stood in long queues outside polling stations at various locations in Tehran as well as in other parts of the Middle Eastern country to cast their franchise in the country's eleventh parliamentary election that will choose a new parliament
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Profits at Jazeera Airways soar to INR 3.5 billion in 2019, up 124.1 pc
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kuwait City [Kuwait], Feb 12 (BusinessWire India/ANI): Jazeera Airways today announced a net profit of INR 3.5 billion, up 124.1 per cent from last year, supported by a 20.6 per cent increase in number of passengers, reaching 2.4 million, and a 25.9 per cent increase in operating revenue to
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Palestinians reject US Peace Plan, Mahmoud Abbas tells UNSC
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], Feb 12 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday (local time) rejected the US President Donald Trump's Middle East Peace Plan at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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Palestinian President to address UNSC on US Mideast peace deal next week
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], Feb 6 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is slated to address the UN Security Council (UNSC) next week over the US Middle East peace plan, better known as the 'Deal of the Century', a senior Palestinian official has said.
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OIC rejects Trump's Middle East plan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mecca [Saudi Arabia], Feb 04 (ANI): The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has rejected US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.
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UNSC to discuss US-Middle East plan with Jared Kushner on Feb 6
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Feb 04 (Sputnik/ANI): The UN Security Council is considering plans to hold a closed-door session on Thursday with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner to discuss the newly unveiled US-Middle East peace plan, Belgium Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ma
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Will palm oil spate start a trade war between India and Malaysia?
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, Feb 3 (ANI): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is one of the more colour political personalities in Southeast Asia.
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Amendment in Income Tax rules will bring hardship to Keralites working in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 2 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday urged the Central government not to make changes in section 6 of the Income Tax Act asserting that it will prove to be counter-productive to the interest of the people from Kerala working in th
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First coronavirus case in Middle East confirmed as Chinese family of four
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Jan 29 (WAM/ANI): A Chinese family of four members infected with the coronavirus is the first confirmed case in the Middle East, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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India calls for two-state solution to Israel-Palestine issue
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): After US President Donald Trump tweeted maps of Israel and "future state of Palestine" as conceptualised under the Middle East plan, India on Wednesday called for a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian issue.
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Iranian Foreign Minister calls Middle East plan 'nightmare for region'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 29 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Tuesday called the Middle East plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump as a "nightmare for the region".
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Palestinian President rejects Middle East plan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], Jan 29 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday rejected the Middle East plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump today, remarking that his people's rights are "not for sale".
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