Photographs and videos on local media showed the Corniche Hypermarket Mall, a five-story shopping centre that had opened only a week earlier, fully engulfed in flames.
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India, Saudi Arabia discuss stronger trade ties in key sectors
The two leaders discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties, focusing on enhancing trade and investment partnerships and exploring collaboration in key sectors such as pharmaceuticals, petroleum, and ceramics. The minister also invited his Saudi counterpart to visit India at the earliest.
Ukraine conflict: 139 civilians have been killed due to Russian attacks in July so far, says OHCHR
Relentless missile and drone strikes by Russian forces have killed and injured hundreds of civilians in Ukraine this month
UN confirms more than 870 died in Gaza while trying to source food in recent weeks
Nearly 900 desperate and hungry Gazans have been killed in recent weeks trying to fetch food
Imran Khan’s ex-wife Reham Khan launches Pakistan Republic Party
Reham Khan has joined the political race in the South Asian country by launching her own party named Pakistan Republic Party
Bangladesh demolishes iconic filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s ancestral home in Dhaka
The house, located on Horikishore Ray Chowdhury Road, is over a century old and is historically significant. It once belonged to Upendra Kishore Ray Chowdhury, a renowned writer and the grandfather of Satyajit Ray.
China rains, dam breach trigger massive floods; 13,000+ people evacuated
Alongside the floods, China has also faced a heatwave in recent days. A Reuters report said: “Compounding the challenge for authorities, a subtropical high-pressure system has been baking the $19 trillion economy’s more north-easterly seaboard and central provinces since last week, straining power grids and parching croplands.”
Trump threatens Russia with tariffs “if we don’t have a deal in 50 days” on Ukraine war
The Republican president made the announcement during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. “We’re going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don’t have a deal in 50 days,” Trump said.
30 die as sectarian clashes break out in Syria’s Suwayda
At least 30 people died and 100 others were injured after armed clashes broke out between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in southern Syria
Jaishankar visits China, calls for open dialogue and mutually beneficial outcomes
The meeting came at the start of Jaishankar’s three-day visit to China to attend the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tianjin.
