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<image:caption><![CDATA[ USS Abraham Lincoln (L) conducting blockade operations in the Arabian Sea]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sharjah Police deploy officers around school zones]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ UAE school buses are back on roads with students returning to classrooms today.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ UAE school buses are back on roads with students returning to classrooms today.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ UAE school buses are back on roads with students returning to classrooms today.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ GEMS Metropole School marks “safe zones” across campus with blue corridor stickers]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ GEMS Metropole School marks “safe zones” across campus with blue corridor stickers]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ GEMS Metropole School marks “safe zones” across campus with blue corridor stickers]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ UAE students return to classrooms after weeks of distance learning]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby-Brown as Mike Wheeler and Eleven in Stranger Things. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dubai Police hits 100% coverage in Nad Al Sheba]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dubai Police expands Esaad with Lari deal]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dust, clouds and light rain to sweep UAE through week ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Amid the unstable conditions, the Civil Defence issued a safety advisory urging the public to exercise caution during heavy rainfall and thunderstorms, avoid valleys and areas prone to flash floods, and stay away from open or elevated spaces during lightning activity.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Ronaldo shushing the crowd who chanted for Messi]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ ENRICHMENT: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) believed nearly half of Iran’s 60%-enriched uranium was stored in a tunnel complex in Isfahan. The agency estimated Iran had 440.9 kg of uranium enriched to 60% — enough, if further enriched, for about 10 nuclear weapons.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Babar Azam is just breaking records for fun]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T05:30:00.000+04:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, sitting, with his daughter observes what it says a test launch of an upgraded surface-to-surface ballistic missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea Sunday, April 19, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Vice President CP Radhakrishnan meets Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T04:10:44.621+04:00</lastmod>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Brent jumped higher in early Asia trading on Monday, April 20, 2026.]]></image:caption>
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