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Iran, the United States and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that progress had been made in talks on ending almost three months of war. Iran said it was focused on finalising a memorandum of understanding after its top officials met Asim Munir, the army chief of Pakistan. The Pakistani army s

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WASHINGTON:  Americans coming back from ​the Democratic Republic of the ‌Congo, ​Uganda or South Sudan now have a second entry point for returning to the United States, with the CDC on Saturday expanding its enhanced ⁠Ebola screening to include Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Hart

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PARIS: The first round of the French Open starts on Sunday, with Novak Djokovic beginning his hunt for a fourth ​crown and a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title when he takes on home hope Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, ‌while world number three ​Alexander Zverev faces Benjamin Bonzi. The claycourt

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NEW DELHI: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed trade and energy with Indian ‌Prime Minister Narendra Modi on ​Saturday on a visit aimed at shoring up relations battered by Washington 's tariffs and engagement with New Delhi 's rivals Pakistan and China. Rubio - who said before the trip th

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 Tempers flared between Virat Kohli and ​Travis Head in the Indian Premier ‌League, as ​the former Indian captain refused to shake hands with the Australian batter after Head 's Sunrisers Hyderabad handed Kohli 's Royal Challengers Bengaluru a crushing 55-run defeat. The two exchanged ⁠heated words

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WASHINGTON: Tulsi Gabbard said on Friday she was resigning from her job as President Donald Trump 's director of national intelligence, saying her husband had been diagnosed with ‌a rare form of bone ​cancer and she was leaving her role to help him. Gabbard advised Trump of her intention to step do

UAE Guide

Dubai: Starting or growing a small-to-medium business enterprise (SME) can be an uphill task. But if you’re an Emirati looking for business support, seize the opportunity to become part of the Khalifa Fund ecosystem. What is the Khalifa Fund? The Khalifa Fund is a non-profit economic development fu

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Global health authorities are racing to identify medical options to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic ​of Congo linked to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. Unlike the more common Zaire strain, there are no approved vaccines or treatments for Bundibugyo. About 177 suspe

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Captain Pat Cummins heaped praise on fast bowlers ​Eshan Malinga and Sakib Hussain as Sunrisers Hyderabad claimed ‌a 55-run ​win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League (IPL). On Friday, Hyderabad racked up a total of 255-4 thanks to Ishan Kishan 's knock of 79 (46) before Hus

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 The death toll from ​a gas explosion at a coal mine in ‌northern ​China 's Shanxi province has jumped to at least 82, state media Xinhua reported on Saturday, with nine still missing. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in ⁠Qinyuan county, with 247 workers on duty

Lifestyle

NEW YORK: First, the bad news. Users of credit cards that accrue airline miles and points toward various travel perks are likely to find their balances won 't take them as far this summer. As jet fuel prices have jumped during the Iran war, so have the cost of airline tickets and fees for checking

Entertainment

The 79th Cannes Film Festival draws to a close Saturday with the presentation of one of cinema’s highest honors, the Palme d’Or. This year, the race may be wide open. By wide consensus, it hasn’t been a banner festival. Hollywood largely sat out this year’s edition. Many of the selections struggled

UAE

The General Department of Airport Security at  Dubai Police successfully returned a handbag containing silver bars valued at approximately AED 2 million to an Asian passenger, following intensive efforts by the team at Terminal 1. Colonel Abdullah Faisal Al Dosari, Director of the Terminal 1 Securi

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Boon-dee-BOO-joh. Before it became the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a rare type of Ebola virus, Bundibugyo is a mountainous district in western Uganda that even some locals would struggle to pinpoint on a map. It 's home to roughly 200,000 people. Many are cocoa farm

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NEW YORK: Rob Base, a rapper and one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59. Base, whose real name was Robert Ginyard, was best known for the 1988 chart-topper "It Takes Two,” a blend of hip-hop and house music that helped bring both ge