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From chits to apps, new measures for India’s mega-election

NEW DELHI: Holding the world’s biggest democratic election is no mean feat, with 900 million Indians across the country eligible to vote between April 11 and May 19.To iron out some of the hiccups of India’s previous 16 national ballots — and increase public trust in the democratic process — the Election Commission has introduced…

Japan won’t submit UN resolution condemning North Korean rights abuses
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Japan won’t submit UN resolution condemning North Korean rights abuses

YANGON: Myanmar’s Rohingya militants urged their followers on Wednesday to refrain from crime in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, following reports of killings and abductions attributed to the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).ARSA, which emerged with attacks on border posts in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2016, is focused on winning rights for Rohingya,…

Daesh suicide bombers thwarted in last-stand battle for Baghouz: SDF
Middle East

Daesh suicide bombers thwarted in last-stand battle for Baghouz: SDF

DEIR EZZOR, Syria: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said it thwarted an attempted Daesh group suicide bomb attack early on Wednesday during a last-stand battle for the militant group’s final enclave.The SDF on Tuesday said the battle for Baghouz, a collection of hamlets and farmland near the Iraqi border, was as good as over.The enclave…

Netanyahu hits back at ‘Turkey’s dictator Erdogan’
Middle East

Netanyahu hits back at ‘Turkey’s dictator Erdogan’

CAIRO: Egypt is mourning the deaths of some of its leading scientists on board the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed on Sunday near the capital Addis Ababa, killing 157 people. The group included Dr. Ashraf El-Turki, head of the Department of Pesticide Research at Egypt’s Agricultural Research Center, and a leading researcher in Africa and…

Egypt mourns scientists killed in Ethiopian crash
Middle East

Egypt mourns scientists killed in Ethiopian crash

CAIRO: Egypt is mourning the deaths of some of its leading scientists on board the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed on Sunday near the capital Addis Ababa, killing 157 people. The group included Dr. Ashraf El-Turki, head of the Department of Pesticide Research at Egypt’s Agricultural Research Center, and a leading researcher in Africa and…

Saudi Arabia steps up the fight against cancer
Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia steps up the fight against cancer

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health is aiming to become a global leader in the prevention of cancer, one of the region’s biggest killers, the deputy minister for therapeutic services told Arab News on the sidelines of the War on Cancer Middle East conference in Dubai on Tuesday. In an exclusive interview, Tareef Yousef Alaama revealed that…

Kuwaiti musical serves up dose of nostalgia for Saudi generation
Saudi Arabia

Kuwaiti musical serves up dose of nostalgia for Saudi generation

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health is aiming to become a global leader in the prevention of cancer, one of the region’s biggest killers, the deputy minister for therapeutic services told Arab News on the sidelines of the War on Cancer Middle East conference in Dubai on Tuesday. In an exclusive interview, Tareef Yousef Alaama revealed that…

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