TEHRAN – International tourist arrivals across the globe grew 5% in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, exceeding pre-pandemic levels by 4%, according to UN Tourism.
Nearly 690 million people travelled abroad…
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Saudi Arabia launches 24-hour women’s sports channel: What to know
The launch coincides with the start of the Saudi Women’s Premier League season, which will see the soccer competition broadcast nationally and globally for the first time.
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Japan sets new record with nearly 100,000 people aged over 100
The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has risen to a record high of nearly 100,000, its government has announced.
Setting a new record for the 55th year in a row, the number of centenarians in Japan was 99,763 as of September, the health…
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‘Show of humiliation’ as Israeli army lays siege to West Bank’s Tulkarem
Israeli forces have sealed off entrances to Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank, further escalating a campaign of raids, arrests and collective punishment that has displaced thousands of Palestinians as the military relentlessly…
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Afghanistan Situation: Afghan Returns from Iran and Pakistan Emergency Update #9 – Afghanistan – ReliefWeb
Afghanistan Situation: Afghan Returns from Iran and Pakistan Emergency Update #9 – Afghanistan ReliefWeb
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UN Security Council unite in condemning Israeli bombing of Qatar | Politics
NewsFeed In a rare move, the US backed a UN Security Council statement condemning Israel’s attack on Hamas’s political office in Doha. Members took turns to criticise the Israeli move, highlighting support for the “territorial integrity of…
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Jair Bolsonaro’s rise and fall
Caio QueroHead of BBC News Brasil
Getty ImagesBrazil’s ex-president has been convicted of plotting a coup In September 2018, as Jair Bolsonaro campaigned in the south-eastern city of Juiz de Fora, a 40-year-old man pushed through the crowd and…
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Netherlands ready to join Eurovision boycott over Israel
The Dutch public broadcaster, Avrotros, has confirmed the Netherlands will also boycott next year’s Eurovision song contest if Israel is involved.
It follows Irish broadcaster RTÉ, which has said it will not take part if Israel does “given the…
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Israel intensifies Gaza City strikes as many residents refuse evacuation
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, local health authorities said, most of them in Gaza City where many residents are staying put despite Israeli evacuation orders…
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