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The Hope Probe will implement an ambitious vision that began six years ago when the UAE’s leadership announced the first Arab and Islamic probe to travel to the red planet.
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Hope Probe: Arab ambition to reach Mars
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Central London re-enters top 20 most expensive cities in Europe
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Veteran Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan dies aged 71
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Hope Probe: Arab ambition to reach Mars
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Barnier: Big differences remain in talks over future EU-UK ties
The move by the European aviation regulation agency follows the airline’s grounding of 150 pilots for cheating in order to get flying licenses. — Courtesy photo
July 1, 2020
Pakistan’s national airline banned from flying to Europe for 6 months
People tend to an aged man who was injured in Monday's blasts. — Courtesy photo
June 30, 2020
Market blasts in southern Afghanistan kills dozens
India recorded 548,318 COVID-19 total cases as of Monday, a jump of nearly 100,000 cases in a week in the world’s fourth-worst affected country after the US, Brazil and Russia. — Courtesy photo
June 29, 2020
Several Indian states reimpose partial or full lockdowns 
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The United Arab Emirates on Thursday announced 400 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 49,469, according to the country’s Ministry of Health and Prevention. — WAM photo
July 2, 2020
UAE records 400 new coronavirus cases, 504 recoveries
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Abu Dhabi will reopen some parks and public beaches from Friday (July 3) at a 40 percent capacity, with all generic precautionary and preventive measures and protocols in place to ensure public safety. — WAM photo
July 2, 2020
Abu Dhabi reopens some public beaches, parks amid anti-coronavirus measures
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Qatar on Thursday 894 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 97,897, according to a statement from the country’s Ministry of Public Health. — Courtesy photo
July 2, 2020
Qatar records 894 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths
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Khalid Al-Sulaiman
July 2, 2020
Travel in the time of coronavirus!
Hamad Alduraihim
July 1, 2020
The Golden Mirage
June 24, 2020
Collaborating with competitors during times of adversity
Tariq Al-Homayed
June 22, 2020
Erdogan does not pose danger, his ideas do
Europe
David Frost, left, and Michel Brainier after the talks.
July 3, 2020
Barnier: Big differences remain in talks over future EU-UK ties
WHO/PAHO recommendations have been instrumental in the Juarez Hospital in Mexico City. — courtesy photo UN Mexico/Luis Arroyo
July 2, 2020
‘Long, hard road ahead’ for countries taking piecemeal approach to COVID
This photo by the Naples branch of the Italian Guardia di Finanza law enforcement agency shows a record seizure of 14 ton of amphetamines, produced in Syria by Daesh (so-called IS) group. — Courtesy photo
July 1, 2020
Italy seizes record haul of Daesh-made Captagon pills
The EU has kept a travel ban in place at its external borders including non-EU Schengen area member states, including non-EU Schengen area member states — Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein — since mid-March. — Courtesy photo
June 30, 2020
EU to allow in visitors from 14 countries as it eases coronavirus lockdowns
The Aedes Aegypti mosquito transmits zika, in addition to dengue and chikungunya.
June 27, 2020
Drone test yields breakthrough for use of N-technique to fight mosquitoes: IAEA
Asia
The gunmen entered the building from the car park,
June 29, 2020
'Gunmen killed' in raid on  stock exchange in Karachi
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June 28, 2020
New Delhi worst-hit as India corona cases continue surge 
June 28, 2020
Pakistan producing own ventilators as cases surge
Africa
Unsightly landfills and litter in parks and even beaches continuously choke our environment.
July 2, 2020
Plastic Free Day: How can Kenyan businesses take responsibility for plastic...
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File photo of south terminal in King Abdulaziz International Airport at Jeddah.
June 27, 2020
After 40 years of service, Jeddah bids farewell to its old airport
July 1, 2020
Jawazat launches ‘Muqeem Report’ service for employers
Tourists are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the causeway which links Saudi Arabia with Bahrain. The bridge was closed on March 7 as part of the precautionary measures taken by Saudi Arabia to curb the spread of coronavirus in the Kingdom.
June 30, 2020
King Fahd Causeway likely to reopen by end of July
America
In a press statement, the Treasury Department said that American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Sky West Airlines, and Spirit Airlines have signed letters of intent setting out the terms on which Treasury would extend loans under a relevant provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. — Courtesy photo
July 2, 2020
US Treasury seals loan deals with 5 major airlines
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A widow holds her grandson in a displaced persons camp in northern Idlib Governorate, Syria. — courtesy OCHA/Steve Hafez
July 2, 2020
Stalled Security Council resolution adopted, backing UN’s global...
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File photo of New Zealand’s Māui dolphin. — courtesy photo Sea Shepherd
July 2, 2020
Sea Shepherd seeks injunction against US agencies
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