Corbis via Getty ImagesIn the winter of 1956, The Times correspondent David Holden arrived on the island of Bahrain, then still a British protectorate.
After a short-lived career teaching…
Category: 4. World
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When the glittering city and other Gulf states almost became part of India
Corbis via Getty ImagesA 1900 photograph of the customs department in Dubai -
The one man on speed dial for 50 years
Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, Sydney
ABC News/Declan BowringTerry Harper is retiring after half a century in the building Since the Sydney Opera House opened over 50 years ago, countless musical stars, world leaders and awestruck patrons have visited…
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Home Front Command tightens restrictions to highest level after US attacks on Iran |
Following the US attack on three nuclear sites in Iran, the Home Front Command announced that it has tightened restrictions to the highest level. As part of the changes, it was decided to move all regions of the country from a partial and limited…Continue Reading
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Kneecap performing at Glastonbury ‘not appropriate’, PM says
Getty ImagesPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he does not think Kneecap’s planned Glastonbury Festival performance is “appropriate”.
He made the comments after Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh appeared in court charged with a terror…
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Belarus opposition leader’s husband Sergei Tikhanovsky freed from prison
Sarah RainsfordEastern and Southern Europe Correspondent
Svetlana TikhanovskayaThe husband of Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been unexpectedly released from prison in Belarus, along with 13 other political prisoners.
Sergei…
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Sunken superyacht lifted from waters off Sicily as crews complete salvage operation
PORTICELLO, Italy (AP) — A British-flagged luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, was lifted from the water Saturday as salvage recovery crews completed the…
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Trump Lists Reasons He Deserves Nobel Prize in Epic Meltdown
President Donald Trump posted a laundry list of reasons why he believes that he should get a Nobel Peace Prize.
In a Truth Social post, the president celebrated that he was “very happy” to report on a series of deals and agreements to end…
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Eight killed, 13 injured in hot air balloon crash – DW – 06/21/2025
At least eight people were killed when a hot air balloon with 21 people on board caught fire in southern Brazil on Saturday.
Jorginho Mello, the governor of Santa Catarina state, where the incident occurred, took to X to express his…
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