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With flowers and a gun salute, Japan bids farewell to Abe at state funeral
The ceremony started at 2:00 p.m. (0500 GMT), with Abe's ashes carried into the Nippon Budokan Hall in central Tokyo by his widow, Akie, to music from a military band and the booms of the honour-guard salute, which echoed inside the hall.
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US pushes for ‘constructive’ India-Pakistan relations
Blinken's comments came after India's defence and foreign ministers opposed a US decision to provide a support package of about $450 million for Pakistan's fleet of US-made F-16 fighter jets.
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Imran Khan demands Pakistan PM’s resignation over audio leaks
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said earlier that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into the audio leaks allegedly from PM House that features government officials.
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UAE scraps wearing of facemasks at most places from Sept.28
Wearing a mask is optional for all facilities and places, open and closed. It is left to airlines to decide whether or not to wear a mask on board the aircraft. Wearing a mask is optional in the closed and open areas in schools
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VIDEO: Russia's FSB detains and expels Japanese consul for alleged spying
The FSB said it had arrested the Japanese consul in the act of obtaining classified information about the impact of Western sanctions on the economic situation in Russia's Far East.
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VIDEO: Israeli police assault Palestinians at Al Aqsa Mosque courtyards, several injured
Palestinian media reported that hundreds of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Square from the Mughrabi Gate, with strict protection from the Israeli forces, in the form of groups, each of which includes 50 settlers, and performed Talmudic rituals and carried out provocative tours in the mosque’s courtyards.
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Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Snowden
Snowden, a former US National Security Agency contractor, has been lining in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the US after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programmes.
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UAE eases restrictions related to COVID-19
NCEMA explained that the vaccinated people will have to conduct PCR test every thirty days to ensure continuity of green pass on Al Hosn application, while the non-vaccinated will have to do that every seven days.
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No more social distancing between worshippers in mosques across UAE
In a media briefing on Monday, the authorities announce the easing of a number of restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic at the state level and the updates that are taking place in various sectors.
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Four Africans jailed and fined Dhs120,000 on robbery charges
The case dated back to last June when an Arab filed a complaint in which he stated an African gang, which lured him to buy 24 kilogrammes of gold, had robbed him.
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17 dead, 24 wounded in school shooting in Russia
The region's governor Alexander Brechalov confirmed there were "casualties and wounded among children", speaking in a video statement outside school No88 in Izhevsk.
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Six projects win the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The seemingly simple undertaking of cleaning up the access to the Nabaganga river in Jhenaidah led to a thoughtful and minimal landscaping project with local materials and construction techniques, say the Jury.
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