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This photograph shows the impact of a fire caused by a drone attack on a building of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), in Kuwait City on April 5, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

LIVE UPDATES: Hostile missile, drone attacks from Iran continues across GCC

Doha, Qatar: While tensions escalate with threats being traded by US and Iran, countries in the GCC were targeted with missile and drone attacks, that left six injured in Kuwait and one in UAE from falling debris.

Qatar condemns Israeli National Security Minister's storming of Al Aqsa Mosque

Doha: The State of Qatar condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli National Security Minister under the protection of the occupation police, considering it a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and a provocation of the feelings...

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