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A satellite image shows smoke rising from Subiya Power and Water Desalination Plant, in Subiya Kuwait. — Reuters
War expands across the region Strap: Tankers hit as Hormuz reports heightened tensions

DUBAI: US forces bombed Iran's south and west after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted US sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan on Tuesday and a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz. Yemen's Ansar Allah announced a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia on Monday, opening a potential new front...
A commuter walks past a wall mural along the street in Tehran on Tuesday. — AFP

Iran steps up attacks in return to war with US
The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches along the Queensland coast, is the world's largest coral reef system.

Great Barrier Reef faces collapse as El Niño intensifies
A satellite image shows smoke rising from Subiya Power and Water Desalination Plant, in Subiya Kuwait. — Reuters

War expands across the region Strap: Tankers hit as Hormuz reports heightened tensions
A cargo ship sails in Saudi waters near the Dammam Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. — Reuters

Saudi crude tankers turn back from Red Sea
Mourners weep next to the body of one of the Palestinians in Gaza. — AFP

UN condemns intensifying Israeli attacks in Gaza
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office of the White House. — AFP

Aoun urges Trump to support Lebanon's Army
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A commuter walks past a wall mural along the street in Tehran on Tuesday. — AFP

Iran steps up attacks in return to war with US

The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches along the Queensland coast, is the world's largest coral reef system.

Great Barrier Reef faces collapse as El Niño intensifies

The traveller must not be a frequent flier and must be at least 18 years of age to qualify for the exemption.

Personal imports worth over RO 300 face customs duty

INTERNATIONAL VIDEOS
Region
A commuter walks past a wall mural along the street in Tehran on Tuesday. — AFP

Iran steps up attacks in return to war with US

TEHRAN: Iran stepped up its attacks in the Middle East on Tuesday, two weeks after its war with the United States resumed, with sirens sounding in Bahrain and Jordan announcing it had intercepted two waves of missiles and drones. In Yemen, Ansar...

A satellite image shows smoke rising from Subiya Power and Water Desalination Plant, in Subiya Kuwait. — Reuters
War expands across the region Strap: Tankers hit as Hormuz reports heightened tensions
Mourners weep next to the body of one of the Palestinians in Gaza. — AFP
UN condemns intensifying Israeli attacks in Gaza
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office of the White House. — AFP

Aoun urges Trump to support Lebanon's Army
: A drone view shows Kuwait City, in the aftermath of strikes by Israel and the U.S. on Iran, in Kuwait

Kuwait summons Iran envoy over attack on ship
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Iran targets US military base in Bahrain
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Americas

Smoke rises from the southern flank of the Brunswick Creek wildfire near North Bend, Canada. — Reuters

Canada faces one of its most intense fire seasons

Death toll from earthquakes rises to 5,119 in Venezuela

Trump threatens to increase Canada tariffs over wildfire pollution

Venezuela quake death toll rises past 4,800

US mother who blamed vaccines accused of killing the twins

Africa

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At least 27 dead after Guyana ferry sinks, 83 missing

Ebola spreading in DRC at faster pace

South Africa's rooibos heads to space

Fire at Algerian orphanage kills at least 11, injures 20

Mali hit by new wave of attacks

Europe

A cargo ship sails in Saudi waters near the Dammam Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. — Reuters

Saudi crude tankers turn back from Red Sea

UN signals major rise in Ukraine-Russia war civilian deaths

Burnham targets lower energy bills in first PM move

Spain celebrates both a soccer win and a sense of wider success

Burnham becomes PM vowing 10-year plan for Britain

Asia
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Nine dead, 15 trapped after India tunnel collapse

 At least nine people have died and 15 others remained trapped after a tunnel collapsed at an under-construction hydroelectric project in India's remote northeast, officials said Tuesday. The...
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India's 'Cockroach' movement vows to continue with protest

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Floods, landslides across northern India kill at least 25

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Indian police baton charge protesters

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Men in shorts are shaking up Japan’s buttoned-down offices

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
Losing international students could devastate many US colleges

Xiaofeng Wan, a former admissions officer at Amherst College, now works as a private consultant to international students who want to come to the United States. This week, as he held meetings in China with prospective...

The campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 12, 2018. (Cody O'Loughlin/The New York Times)

Sanitation crisis in Gaza spreads disease

Gazans flee homes as Israeli strikes resume

10 years after typhoon, Philippine city rises from the ruins
Australia
The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches along the Queensland coast, is the world's largest coral reef system.

Great Barrier Reef faces collapse as El Niño intensifies

QUEENSLAND: Marine scientists have warned that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is facing a severe and widespread bleaching event that could escalate into an "ecosystem collapse," driven by the...
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Spate of shark attacks gets more drones to Australia’s Beaches

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H5 bird flu detected in second Australia state

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Man dies after shark bite off Western Australia coast

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Gynaecologist accused of unneeded surgeries on women

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